{"id":103700,"date":"2025-07-08T22:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T02:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=103700"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T02:09:16","slug":"pirates-recall-jack-suwinski-help-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/08\/pirates-recall-jack-suwinski-help-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Recall Jack Suwinski to Aid Sputtering Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled left-handed-hitting outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suwinja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-08_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Suwinski<\/a> for Tuesday\u2019s game in Kansas City against the Royals. Sharp-eyed reporter Colin Beazley of the <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> noticed that Suwinski had a locker in KC and was the first to report this salient tidbit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103716\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-103716\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_25881208_168400885_lowres.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apr 8, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Jack Suwinski (65) dives to catch a ball during the sixth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On his radio show last Sunday, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington stated what the rest of the world had known since PNC Park opened in 2001. \u201cBetter offenses tend to be balanced, and we all know <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/06\/a-closer-look-pnc-park-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">PNC Park is generally going to be a little more favorable to left-hand hitters<\/a> than right-hand hitters,\u201d said Cherington. \u201c[T]o build a good offense here. . . it is probably going to be a little bit more left-handed than we are currently.\u201d It appears that Suwinski is the solution to that problem, at least until a trade is made.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">Pirates OF Jack Suwinski has a locker in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Beazley (@colin_beazley) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colin_beazley\/status\/1942685053403685238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pirates Recall Jack Suwinski<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Suwinski has fallen on hard times since he led the Pirates with 26 home runs in 2023. Never a hitter for a high average, since 2024, he\u2019s hit .173\/.264\/.298 in the majors. Those seasons included <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/24\/pirates-call-up-prospects-send-down-suwinski-roster-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">constant shuttling<\/a> between Pittsburgh and Triple-A Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he\u2019s righted himself during this latest stint in Indy. In his last seven games, he\u2019s 12-for-23 with a double and three home runs. The Pirates like to call up hot hitters while they\u2019re on a roll, as they did earlier this season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/solakni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-08_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Solak<\/a>. One guesses Suwinski is likely to see more playing time than did Solak. After a successful six-game homestand, the Pirates&#8217; offense has sputtered again. They were shut out in all three games in Seattle over the weekend. Then they managed just three runs on four hits in KC on Monday night. Suwinski&#8217;s name is on Tuesday\u2019s lineup card, hitting seventh and playing right field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shugart to the Injured List<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have recalled OF Jack Suwinski from Triple-A Indianapolis, and placed RHP Chase Shugart on the 15-day injured list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pirates\/status\/1942705001195004044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the corresponding move, relief pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shugach01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-08_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Shugart<\/a> was placed on the 15-day injured list. At press time, specifics about his injury were not available. With the All-Star break approaching, the Pirates must feel that they can get by with a 12-man pitching staff. After the break, there will probably be another shoe to drop. Meanwhile, the Pirates will see whether Suwinski can inject some life into a morbid offense.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled left-handed-hitting outfielder Jack Suwinski for Tuesday\u2019s game in Kansas City against the Royals. Sharp-eyed reporter Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noticed that Suwinski had a locker in KC and was the first to report this salient tidbit. On his radio show last Sunday, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5010,"featured_media":103714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1071,35],"tags":[3215,5720,4197],"class_list":["post-103700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirates","category-mlb","category-news","tag-ben-cherington","tag-jack-suwinski","tag-nick-solak"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103700"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103717,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103700\/revisions\/103717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}