Prospect Glasnow placed on 15-day DL

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PITTSBURGH — The shoulder discomfort that ended Tyler Glasnow’s PNC Park debut has landed the highly-regarded rookie on the disabled list.

The Pirates announced Sunday morning that Glasnow was placed on the 15-day DL after he had been pulled from his second Major League start while facing his third hitter of the fourth inning on Saturday.

General manager Neal Huntington will be available later on Sunday and is expected to address the situation. Manager Clint Hurdle did not provide any details on the potential seriousness Glasnow’s ailment.

“I’m not part of the injury program evaluation team, so I don’t know,” Hurdle said Sunday morning. “Regardless of what we say now, it can be taken one way and presented another, so I stay out of that.”

After an erratic start in which he allowed four hits, three walks and five stolen bases and hit two batters over three-plus innings, Glasnow was hesitant to discuss his injury in detail.

“It’s a long year, and you’re always going to have things come up,” the 22-year-old Glasnow said. “But [the level of discomfort] was kind of a progression [on Saturday], I guess. Inning …

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