Austin Meadows is out of the lineup for the sixth time in the past seven games, and the Pirates are determining whether or not they should keep the former top prospect on their 25-man roster.
With Wade Miley, a left-hander, on the mound for the Brewers Thursday night, Clint Hurdle chose to start Jordan Luplow over Meadows for a second consecutive game. Meadows, the National League Rookie of the Month in May, has batted .254/.289/.296 over his past 23 games. He's logged only nine at-bats since the team returned from Los Angeles a week ago -- with three hits -- and Hurdle is now looking at Luplow as a possible fourth outfielder to use with Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco.
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