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Marlins Claim Christian Colon, Designate Steve Lombardozzi

By Jeff Todd | May 16, 2017 at 1:03pm CDT

The Marlins have claimed infielder Christian Colon off waivers from the Royals, per a club announcement. Miami designated fellow infielder Steve Lombardozzi to create roster space.

[Related: Updated Miami Marlins depth chart]

Colon, who just turned 28, had played a limited role thus far for Kansas City in 2017 and was designated for assignment recently. He carried a .263/.323/.329 batting line over 348 plate appearances in his four seasons with the Royals. While that fell far shy of expectations when Colon was taken with the fourth overall pick of the 2010 draft, he did end up playing a notable role in the organization’s 2014-15 postseason runs.

The Marlins have scrambled to find infield help over the past several weeks amidst a wave of injuries. Colon will now take the place of Lombardozzi, who was hitless in eight plate appearances. He has appeared in just 34 MLB games since the start of the 2014 season, but had been a regular contributor for the Nationals before that. Lombardozzi opened the current season at Triple-A New Orleans, where he slashed .250/.289/.317 over 129 plate appearances. He seems likely to clear outright waivers and return to New Orleans, though due the fact that he’s been outrighted earlier in his career, he’d also have the ability to reject that assignment and elect free agency

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17 Comments

  1. 00944

    8 years ago

    What a great pickup

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    • tharrie0820

      8 years ago

      Bro you make me want to hashtag. This is a solid pickup not a great one

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      • statmaster96

        8 years ago

        I agree. If nothing else, he’s definitely better than Lombardozzi.

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        • tim815

          8 years ago

          Transactions that make the team better, make the team better, and should executed when possible.

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    • agentx

      8 years ago

      Whatever your choice of adjectives, Colon represents a definite upgrade over Lombardozzi and Yefri Perez.

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  2. oct27

    8 years ago

    CC was part of two of the biggest plays in Royals history – and he’s a great dude.
    Good luck to him in Miami – hopefully he can carve out a utility role at the ML level for the next few years.

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    • TheMichigan

      8 years ago

      Can you refresh my memory on just which plays those were? I have two very different plays in mind.

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      • ba2929

        8 years ago

        1) Scored the winning run in the 2014 Wild Card game. The Royals first post-season win in 29 years.

        2) Drove in the winning run in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series. The Royals first World Series title in 30 years.

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        • MajorLeague79

          8 years ago

          Check and mate!

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        • TLB2001

          8 years ago

          And stole a base to get into scoring position so that a ground ball past the third basemen could score a run.

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  3. jay13

    8 years ago

    To think the Royals could have had Harvey or Sale with that 4th overall pick stings a little. He did everything the organization asked him to do. Good luck to him in Miami.

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    • GareBear

      8 years ago

      He played a nice role on the Royals to World Series runs. I will take that over train wreck Harvey because at the end of the day we have the ring to show for it

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  4. stymeedone

    8 years ago

    Since when is .250/ .289/ .317 considered slashing?! My only real complaint about this site is how batting lines are described. No consistency from one article to the next. In this article, the disappointing major league numbers put up by Colon are better than Lombardozzi’s minor league slashing. Did I miss something? Is slashing the ball now referring to a slump?

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    • cuban1

      8 years ago

      Im pretty sure when they said “slashed” it was simply referring to his slash line, avg/obp/slug, it wasnt a description

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    • fettichico shiznilty

      8 years ago

      Cuban1 is 100% correct. I hope that changes your opinion on how this site describes batting lines. Basketball has triple slash too.

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  5. Monkey’s Uncle

    8 years ago

    I’ve always felt like Lombardozzi should see more major league action than he does. He absolutely has limits but he can be a useful bench piece for the right team.

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  6. marlinsrising16

    8 years ago

    The Marlins are wasting money. With the subpar staff they should be promoting in house to save money. Lombo just needed more time and opportunity. Colon was a good pick up, but it’s time for them to give the 24 year old prospects a chance, rather than throwing money at 4A players

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