The Cardinals introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Roddery Muñoz from the Marlins. The Fish evidently put him on waivers in current days with St. Louis grabbing him off the wire.
Muñoz, 24, simply made his main league debut with the Marlins this 12 months. As they suffered a lot of accidents to their rotation, they needed to attain into their depth, with Muñoz getting a shot within the huge leagues.
The numbers weren’t particularly spectacular, as Muñoz posted a 6.53 earned run common in 82 2/3 innings this 12 months. His 18.5% strikeout fee, 11.1% stroll fee and 34% floor ball fee have been all under league common.
Regardless of the uninspiring debut, Muñoz has a little bit of prospect pedigree and a few respectable minor league outcomes. Because the begin of 2021, he has struck out 24.3% of batters confronted on the farm. His 11.4% stroll fee in that point was excessive and his 5.18 ERA unimpressive. Nevertheless, a low strand fee of 64.8% may very well be an element there, main his 4.83 FIP to be a bit extra palatable.
The Cardinals are set to interact in a reset 12 months the place they reduce payroll and overhaul their participant growth equipment. They only declined membership choices on Kyle Gibson and Lance Lynn. They might look into buying and selling dear vets Sonny Grey, Erick Fedde, Miles Mikolas or Steven Matz this winter.
These strikes may very well be accompanied by others that usher in youthful, cheaper and extra reasonably priced arms, however going with less-proven guys might imply depth arms turn into extra necessary. Claiming Muñoz is the primary of what may very well be many transactions that impression their rotation image this winter.
