PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates can't seem to have a healthy catcher corps and suffered another blow to their position group.Pirates manager Don Kelly announced that they are placing catcher Rafael Flores Jr. on the injured list with concussion symptoms ahead of their series opener vs. the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on July 24.Kelly said that the injury occurred late in the second game of the doubleheader vs. the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on July 22 and that symptoms got worse over time. “I think it was late in the game the other day," Kelly said pregame."He got hit pretty good. We went out and checked on him. It just seem to transpire over night, going into yesterday. Got checked out today and unfortunately, IL.”Kelly also announced that the Pirates are activating catcher Shawn Ross off the taxi squad and making him available for the Cubs game.The Pirates need to add Ross to both the 26-man roster and the 40-man roster, so they'll need to place someone on the 60-day injured list or designate a player for assignment.Flores came back to the Pirates for his second stint of 2026 on July 8, as they placed Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with a left glute hamstring.He has just two hits in 12 at-bats for a .167 batting average and two walks to two strikeouts in six games in July for Pittsburgh.Make sure to visit Pirates OnSI for the latest news, updates, interviews and insight on the Pittsburgh Pirates!Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow