The Marlins announced (via the team’s media info account on Twitter) that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Tyler Cloyd from Triple-A New Orleans. In a corresponding move, the team has designated right-hander Jacob Turner for assignment.
The 30-year-old Cloyd joined the Marlins this offseason on a minors pact. He made just a single relief appearance for the Mariners in 2017. Prior to that, he hadn’t appeared in the majors since the 2013 season, during which he pitched 60 1/3 innings across 13 appearances (11 stats). Cloyd’s season stats were ugly overall; he gave up more earned runs more often than he struck out hitters, ending the year with a 6.56 ERA. Since then, he’s bounced around with the Triple-A affiliates of the Indians, Yankees and the aforementioned Mariners.
Turner, 26, has never quite lived up to his pre-2009-draft billing, which prompted the Tigers to select him ninth overall. Fangraphs pegs him as performing below replacement level in each of the past three seasons, while Baseball Reference believes him to have been roughly replacement level last year but worth nearly two wins below replacement in the two seasons prior combined. Though he made Miami’s opening day roster out of spring training, the righty gave up a startling ten earned runs across just 5 2/3 innings spanning four relief appearances to start the year.
TYLER CLOYD!!!!!
Will his dancing grandma show up in Miami?
ROFLOL!
Tuner will always be a prime example of a victim of Dealer Dave’s rushed-prospect strategy
He had strong minor league numbers. Not great but not bad either. He was traded to Miami after 6 big league starts though. I don’t know if you can blame DD for his development considering he barely got his feet wet with the tigers
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If you’re good you’re good. Harper, Miggy, Fernandez, a lot of young kids can be the example.
Turner has been an abject failure. Lucky for him he got a good signing bonus, bc the Atlantic League is in his near future.