{"id":104304,"date":"2025-07-18T18:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T22:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=104304"},"modified":"2025-07-18T18:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T22:19:21","slug":"pirates-recall-shortstop-liover-peguero-after-frazier-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/18\/pirates-recall-shortstop-liover-peguero-after-frazier-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Recall Shortstop to Take Adam Frazier\u2019s Roster Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pegueli01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liover Peguero<\/a> from Triple-A Indianapolis to bring the active roster to 26 men. The team announced the news on its Transactions page. They had a vacant roster spot after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/16\/royals-trade-pirates-frazier\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">trading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fraziad01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Frazier<\/a> to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Peguero joins the Pirates in time for Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatles.com\/rain\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rain<\/a>-threatened game against the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104314\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-104314\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26217993_168400885_lowres-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indianapolis Indians third baseman Liover Peguero (2) goes for a ball hit by Louisville Bats designated hitter Ivan Johnson (15) during the second inning of a game Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Victory Field in Indianapolis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Pirates Recall Liover Peguero from Triple-A<\/h2>\n<p>Although the Pirates acquired him way back in 2020 in Ben Cherington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/01\/27\/arizona-diamondbacks-acquire-starling-marte-from-the-pittsburgh-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">first trade<\/a> as Pirates general manager, Peguero is only 24 years old. The right-handed batter got a good look in 2023 and hit .237\/.280\/.374, 7 HR, and 26 RBI in 59 games. The Pirates never gave him much of a chance after that, however. Up and down in 2024 and 2025, he appeared in just seven games during that stretch and was 4-for-19.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have recalled INF Liover Peguero from Triple-A Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, RHP Johan Oviedo had his rehab assignment transferred from Low-A Bradenton to Double-A Altoona.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pirates\/status\/1946285946418131109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Peguero didn\u2019t do much with the bat at Indy, either, this season, hitting .251\/.312\/.373, 5 HR, and 36 RBI in 72 games. He also stole eight bases in 11 tries. He\u2019s considered a good defender, despite middling fielding stats at the major league level at shortstop and second base. Peguero will likely slide into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/triolja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Triolo<\/a>\u2019s role as the primary backup infielder. As such, he may also see action at third base. It\u2019s doubtful, however, that he\u2019ll be given Triolo\u2019s job as the right-handed-hitting first baseman.<\/p>\n<p>Peguero may stick with the Pirates for a while in light of the inevitable trade of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kineris01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a> and a possible deal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hayeske01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes<\/a>, depending upon whether another infielder or two come back to the Pirates in those deals. But it\u2019s also possible that his window of opportunity may slam shut quickly if he doesn\u2019t take advantage of it. Power-hitting shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=devann000cam&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Devanney<\/a> is waiting in the wings at Indy after being <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/16\/cam-devanney-adds-pirates-middle-infield-glut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">picked up<\/a> in the Frazier deal. Triolo may return, too, if the bat gets hot in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/11\/pirates-option-triolo-add-pitcher-ramirez-dfa-fan-favorite-gorski\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Triple-A<\/a>. Despite Triolo\u2019s offensive shortcomings, he\u2019s a better defender than Peguero and is still higher up in the food chain in the Pirates\u2019 eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Mike Lang \/ Sarasota Herald-Tribune \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled shortstop Liover Peguero from Triple-A Indianapolis to bring the active roster to 26 men. The team announced the news on its Transactions page. They had a vacant roster spot after trading Adam Frazier to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Peguero joins the Pirates in time for Friday\u2019s rain-threatened game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5010,"featured_media":104313,"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":[1103,3215,29065,4809,6463,3070,3329],"class_list":["post-104304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirates","category-mlb","category-news","tag-adam-frazier","tag-ben-cherington","tag-cam-devanney","tag-isiah-kiner-falefa","tag-jared-triolo","tag-kebryan-hayes","tag-liover-peguero"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104304","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=104304"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104315,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104304\/revisions\/104315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}