The Cincinnati Reds have promoted right handed reliever Zack Weiss to Double-A Pensacola. It was one of several roster moves that have been made throughout the day in the organization.
The Blue Wahoos would like to welcome back @zackweiss32 to Pensacola! #WahoosLife pic.twitter.com/V33Mra4d5R
— Pensacola BlueWahoos (@BlueWahoosBBall) June 30, 2017
Zack Weiss was essentially on a rehab assignment with the Daytona Tortugas as he came back from missing all of the 2016 season and part of the 2017 season. With the Tortugas he psoted a 2.08 ERA in 13.0 innings with two walks and 19 strikeouts. I wrote about him earlier this week and how well he was performing, in case you happened to miss that.
At the top of the chain, shortstop Zack Cozart was activated from the disabled list. The move to create a spot on the 25-man roster was to send reliever Kevin Shackelford back to Triple-A. He made his Major League debut last night for the Reds.
Taking the place of Zack Weiss in Daytona will be right hander Sandy Lugo. He has spent most of the year in Daytona, but was recently sent back to Dayton. He was only with the team for a week and pitched in two games. Alfredo Mena was promoted from Billings to Dayton to take his spot on the roster.
Jon Moscot returning to the mound
It’s been a rough 24 months for Jon Moscot. On June 15th, 2015 he was making his third big league start. In the 1st inning against the Tigers he chased Anthony Gose back to second base with the ball, tagging him out. In the process, however, he would injure his non-pitching shoulder. He left the game and would require surgery, costing him the remainder of the season.
He returned in time to start the 2016 season and was heading back-and-forth between Triple-A and the Major Leagues over the first two months of the year. On June 30th of last season Jon Moscot would threw 6.0 innings of 3-run baseball against Gwinnett. It would be the last game he pitched in as he wound up needing Tommy John surgery to fix a torn UCL in his pitching elbow. That was one year ago today. The right hander posted this on twitter earlier today:
1 year ago I threw my last pitch before going under the knife. I’m back on the bump today for the first time and am ready to get it again!!
— Jon Moscot (@JonnyMoscot) June 30, 2017
Always good news to get guys back on the field.