Ashcraft (forearm) was reinstated from the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Indianapolis,Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Ashcraft (forearm) threw a live batting practice session earlier this week and is expected to be activated from the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Indianapolis later this week, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Ashcraft's placement on Triple-A Indianapolis' 7-day injured list July 12 was the result of recurrent symptoms of lateral forearm tightness, MLB.com reports.

Triple-A Indianapolis placed Ashcraft on its 7-day injured list July 6 with an unspecified injury.

Pittsburgh optioned Ashcraft to minor-league camp Monday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.

The Pirates selected Ashcraft to their 40-man roster Tuesday.

Ashcraft finished the year on the development list at Double-A Altoona after logging a 1.35 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 23 strikeouts in 20 innings over eight appearances for the Curve.

Ashcraft (elbow) returned from High-A Greensboro's 7-day injured list Friday and struck out six over four scoreless innings while allowing two hits and no runs in a 2-1 win over Greenville.

Ashcraft recently underwent Tommy John surgery, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.