The Pittsburgh Pirates are moving veteran left-handed starting pitcher Andrew Heaney to the bullpen. They are doing this as Heaney has 119 innings on the year, one inning shy of reaching a $50K bonus. He will also now likely miss out on bonuses for reaching up to 170 innings pitched, increasing with every 10 IP starting at 120. While there are a select few who want to say this is Rowdy Tellez all over again, the numbers don’t lie. The two situations can’t be compared because of how different they are.
Heaney did get off to a strong start to the year.