Josh Bell Promoted to Indianapolis

The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted first baseman Josh Bell to Indianapolis following Friday's game. In 95 games for Altoona, Bell has a .310/.379/.431 slash line. He has 17 doubles, six triples, five homers and an impressive 44:48 BB/SO ratio. He switched to first base last fall, getting his first action at the position in the Instructional League and then in the Arizona Fall League. The results haven't been great this year with 13 errors, but he has shown improvements over the season.

A the plate, the 22-year-old switch-hitter has done much better from the left side, with an .868 OPS, while his .643 OPS from the right side is due more to a contact-based swing that has very little power,…