The Marlins introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Seth Martinez off waivers from the Diamondbacks. The latter membership had designated him for project earlier this week. To open a roster spot, the Marlins transferred right-hander Eury Pérez to the 60-day injured listing. Pérez is recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure and isn’t anticipated again till across the All-Star break.
It’s the second waiver declare of the offseason for the 30-year-old Martinez. The Astros put him on waivers firstly of November, simply because the offseason was getting going. The Snakes claimed him and stored him for a couple of months, however he received nudged off their roster once they signed Kendall Graveman a couple of days in the past.
His complete large league monitor report has been with the Astros so far. That membership added him to their roster late in 2021. He received a cup-of-coffee MLB debut that 12 months, then spent the previous three seasons as an up-and-down depth arm for Houston. From his preliminary choice to the 40-man till being placed on waivers, the Astros optioned him 12 instances.
In between these journeys to Sugar Land, he threw 137 1/3 main league innings for the Astros, permitting 3.93 earned runs per 9. He struck out 20.7% of opponents and gave out walks 9.2% of the time, marks only a bit worse than league common.
His minor league numbers have been a bit extra intriguing. He logged 105 innings on the farm over the previous 4 years with a 2.66 ERA. His 10% stroll fee in that pattern was nonetheless a tad excessive however he paired it with a robust 31.5% strikeout fee.
Nevertheless, he exhausted his last choice 12 months in 2024, which means he may not be freely shuttled to Triple-A and again. That’s why he has twice been placed on waivers previously few months and why he has been claimed as we speak.
The Astros and Diamondbacks are golf equipment with aggressive aspirations, so protecting Martinez in an enormous league spot could be a bit extra difficult. The Marlins ought to discover it far simpler, nevertheless. As a part of their rebuild, they’ve aggressively despatched out gamers with large league expertise, with the bullpen being no exception. Tanner Scott, A.J. Puk, Bryan Hoeing, Huascar Brazobán and JT Chargois have been traded finally 12 months’s deadline. Anthony Bender is now the one reliever on the roster with even three years of huge league expertise.
Earlier than this transfer, Andrew Nardi was the one different man over the two-year service mark, however Martinez now joins him in that camp. Although he’s out of choices, Martinez may grasp onto a spot in Miami’s bullpen if he’s pitching semi-effectively, given the dearth of confirmed choices. A lot of the different guys within the aid combine are optionable. He ought to get an opportunity to put up numbers extra in step with his minor league monitor report. If he holds a spot all season, he can theoretically be retained by way of arbitration by way of 2028.
