After an abysmal outing on Sunday in which Tanner Rainey was charged with all four runs scored by the San Diego Padres in their seventh-inning comeback that cost the Pittsburgh Pirates the game and the series, he was designated for assignment. In a corresponding move, the Pirates picked up INF/OF Ronny Simon off waivers from the Miami Marlins, added him to the 40-man roster, and sent him to Triple-A Indianapolis.
Simon, standing at 5’8” and 150 pounds, was signed by the Marlins this winter to a Minor League contract after a solid campaign in AAA Durham with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.