Pittsburgh Pirates: Team Signs Lefty Pitcher Tyler Lyons

The Pittsburgh Pirates have added left-handed relief help with the signing of Tyler Lyons to a minor league deal for the 2019 season.

A year after the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Kevin Siegrist to a minor league deal – though that deal ended in a strange fashion with the refusal to show up to Triple-A Indianapolis – the Pirates turn to the well of DFA’d St. Louis Cardinals left-handed relievers once again. John Dreker of Pirates Prospects has reported that the Pirates have signed Lyons to a minor league contract for the upcoming season.

In 2018, Tyler Lyons pitched to a 8.64 ERA and 6.32 DRA, as his groundball rate dropped to 28.3 percent and the walk rate rose to 9.6 percent. He also posted…