Pittsburgh – This was always the most logical answer. Not the most popular answer, of course. The popular answer would have included the phrase, “recalled right-handed pitcher Casey Mize from the taxi squad.”
But given most recent events, it stood to reason that left-hander Tyler Alexander would join the rotation and lefty Daniel Norris, still working back to form after testing positive for COVID-19 and missing summer training camp, would be used out of the bullpen.
“It just didn’t look like Danny was ready to this on a starting basis,” manager Ron Gardenhire said before the game Friday against the Pirates.