On Friday, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted reliever Geoff Hartlieb from Triple-A Indianapolis. This was a move that was long overdue and should have happened a few weeks ago.
In his first two appearances he made Padres hitters look clueless in the box. Hartlieb only has 1 and 2/3 innings under his belt, but his stuff looked very effective. He hasn’t given up a hit in those innings, and he’s recorded his first career strikeout.
Hartlieb has been very good at getting swings and misses in the minors. In four seasons at four different levels, he sports a 10.