The Pittsburgh Pirates liked Miguel Andujar’s bat enough to take a chance on a waiver claim and didn’t hesitate to insert the 27-year-old into their starting lineup at designated hitter.
The 2018 AL rookie of the year runner-up, claimed from the New York Yankees on Sunday, answered by going 1 for 3 with a walk, a single in a four-run seventh inning and a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Pirates manager Derek Shelton liked that Andujar was aggressive, calling his Pirates debut a “really good first impression.”
“I think this is a kid who has proven that he can hit,” Shelton said, “and we want to give him the opportunity to get some at-bats.”