As expected, lefty Jordan Wicks has been promoted and he’ll take the bump Saturday night in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, his spot on the active roster was created by placing righty reliever Michael Fulmer on the 15-day IL with a right forearm strain. While that could end up being relatively innocuous as we saw with Justin Steele earlier in the season, these injuries can linger or even be precursors of something worse.
Wicks is 7-0 with a 3.55 ERA in 20 starts between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa this season, walking 32 and striking out 99 over 91.