Raise the Jolly Roger · Jul 21, 2015
More Jordy Mercer injury fallout
The news wasn’t the worst case scenario for Jordy Mercer and the Pirates, but it still leaves them stuck without a starting infielder for a while.
#Pirates Mercer out 6 weeks with lower leg contusion and a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of his left knee
— Rob Biertempfel (@BiertempfelTrib) July 20, 2015
As we suspected, Brent Morel was called up, although Sean Rodriguez started at third on Monday night. (I’d honestly rather see Morel at this point.) Mercer went on the DL, and to make room on the 40-man roster, Corey Hart moved to the 60-day DL (kind of odd since he just *finished* a rehab stint)…so he won’t be back anytime soon (if at all).