Pirates Prospects has learned that the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted right-handed pitcher Kyle Nicolas and left-handed pitcher Anthony Solometo on Wednesday. Nicolas moves up to Triple-A Indianapolis, while Solometo is headed to Altoona.
Solometo has had no trouble in his run through Greensboro to start this season. That’s not surprising because we have seen a lot of left-handed pitchers not run into any trouble until they reach Double-A. They face a lot of batters who in the lower levels who haven’t seen lefties often enough in their career, especially not someone with a funky delivery like Solometo, combined with his improved velocity and strike-throwing ability.