The days of celebrating a “Roansy Day” have gone by the waste side and all but evaporated in baseball. Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed starter/reliever Roansy Contreras is now a former Pirate.
Pittsburgh designated Contreras for assignment to make room for Paul Skenes on the 40-man and 26-man rosters last Saturday. The Pirates could have designated lefty relief pitcher Josh Fleming, which they did following two disastrous innings against Chicago and Milwaukee, or placed catcher Jason Delay on the 60-day IL. Instead, the Pirates organization opted to move on from Contreras. He was traded to the L.A. Angels on Thursday.