As first reported by Jason Mackey and Alex Stumpf, the Pittsburgh Pirates will promote right-handed pitcher Luis Ortiz for Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds. Ortiz was recently promoted to Indianapolis, where he had two drastically different starts, giving up four runs over four innings in his debut, followed by six no-hit innings earlier this week. Prior to that, the 24-year-old had a 4.64 ERA in 114.1 innings with Altoona, posting a 1.17 WHIP and 126 strikeouts.
Ortiz has worked himself into a Rule 5 draft protection for this off-season, so this is just moving up his impending addition to the 40-man roster.