CHICAGO — The Pirates promoted catcher Jacob Stallings from Class AAA Indianapolis before tonight’s game, adding insurance at the position with Chris Stewart still dealing with various injuries.
Francisco Cervelli is out until the All-Star break after hand surgery, and Elias Diaz is recovering from elbow surgery. Stewart has had all kinds of bumps and bruises — head, knee, foot, elbow, ribs — and was unavailable Saturday night.
Stallings was hitting .199/.242/.340 in 153 plate appearances across 43 games with Indianapolis. Jason Rogers was optioned back to Indy to make room.