Go time: Pirates prospect Gregory Polanco bound for bigs

Tom Gatto

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The Pirates couldn't wait any longer: Gregory Polanco is coming to the Show.

Pittsburgh announced that it will call up their top prospect Tuesday. They needed to make a move after placing second baseman Neil Walker (appendectomy) on the disabled list Monday night.

If the Bucs wanted to keep it on the down low, well, Polanco foiled those plans.

Fans have been clamoring for Polanco, 22, to get the call. He has been pounding Triple-A pitching (.347/405/.540 through Sunday). Many skeptics believe the Bucs kept Polanco in the minors so he would not earn enough service time to qualify for a fourth season of arbitration eligibility. Pirates management swore that wasn't the case.

(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.