Parmaclima announced on Tuesday that they have released Eduard Pirvu. As reason the club cited that the Romanian right-hander missed a two-game series against Unipol Bologna in the Serie A1 this past weekend, as he stayed with his national team at the European Championship C-Level in Ukraine. The club also mentioned that he missed a team trip on another occasion. He was 1-0 with an ERA of 1.85 in 12 games (one start) for Parma this season, his first in the top division in Italian Baseball. He struck out 25 and walked 11 in 24 1/3 innings pitched.