The #Pirates have reinstated RHP A.J. Burnett from the 15-day DL & he will start the game tonight in Pittsburgh vs St. Louis.
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 21, 2012
Kevin Correia is experiencing discomfort in his L side & #Pirates will make corresponding roster move prior to tonights gm.
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 21, 2012
Well, this is certainly unexpected. Burnett got hit around pretty badly in his last rehab start with Indianapolis, but the report was that his velocity was pretty good and his pitches looked fine, so I wouldn’t worry about the final result too much. Hopefully this isn’t too much of a rush back to the big leagues for him.
There’s no official word that Correia will go to the disabled list yet (the wording around that injury is awfully vague), but it’s already immediately apparently why Neal Huntington felt like the team needed another starter when he went out and got Burnett towards the end of the winter.
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