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Daniel Moskos Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 57 Relief Pitcher Born: April 28, 1986
Greenville, South CarolinaBats: Right Throws: Left MLB debut April 30, 2011 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Win-loss record 1-1 Earned run average 2.96 Strikeouts 11 Teams - Pittsburgh Pirates (2011–present)
Daniel Ross Moskos (born April 28, 1986) is an American baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. A left-handed pitcher,[1] Moskos was drafted with the 4th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
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Early life
Daniel Moskos was born on April 28, 1986 and attended Damien High School in La Verne, California along with Minnesota Vikings running back Ian Johnson, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Freddie Brown, and Chivas USA forward Chukwudi Chijindu .
Scouting report
He has a fastball that sits at about 94 mph (90 mph was MLB average is 2007), and has been clocked as high as 96. His slider during this time was clocked at 83.
Moskos has a big arm with above-average velocity. His ability to throw, potentially, three pitches (the fastball, slider and changeup), which is a plus as well.
Professional career
Moskos was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 4th overall pick of the 2007 MLB draft and signed with the Pirates.
After placing pitcher Evan Meek on the 15-day DL with right shoulder tendinitis, the Pirates called Moskos up to the majors for the first time on April 30, 2011. On that same night, he made his Major League debut. On May 22 he was optioned back to their Triple A team, the Indianapolis Indians. Less than a week later on May 28, Moskos was recalled to Pittsburgh due to Joe Beimel went on the 15-day DL with shoulder tightness.
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Pittsburgh Pirates current roster Active roster 3 Pedro Ciriaco | 12 Chase d'Arnaud | 18 Neil Walker | 22 Andrew McCutchen | 24 Pedro Alvarez | 27 Jeff Karstens | 30 Chris Resop | 31 José Tábata | 32 Brad Lincoln | 34 Daniel McCutchen | 35 Jason Jaramillo | 36 Ryan Ludwick | 39 Jason Grilli | 43 José Veras | 44 Alex Presley | 46 Garrett Jones | 47 Evan Meek | 49 Ross Ohlendorf | 50 Charlie Morton | 52 Joel Hanrahan | 53 James McDonald | 55 Michael McKenry | 57 Daniel Moskos | 60 Aaron Thompson | 61 Jeff Locke | 62 Josh Harrison | 63 Chris Leroux | 64 Bryan Morris | 65 Tony Watson | 66 Gorkys Hernández | 67 Kyle McPherson | 70 Jared Hughes | -- Rod Barajas | -- Clint Barmes
Disabled list 29 Kevin Correia | 51 Steve Pearce | -- Kevin Hart
Coaching Staff Manager 13 Clint Hurdle | Bench Coach 17 Jeff Banister | 1st Base Coach 15 Luis Silverio | 3rd Base Coach 16 Nick Leyva | Hitting Coach 58 Gregg Ritchie | Pitching Coach 54 Ray Searage | Bullpen Coach 56 Euclides Rojas | Bullpen Catcher 86 Heberto Andrade | Coach 59 Mark Strittmatter
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles County, California
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Clemson Tigers baseball players
- Gulf Coast Pirates (baseball) players
- State College Spikes players
- Lynchburg Hillcats players
- Altoona Curve players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from California
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