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Marlins Acquire Peter O’Brien

By Steve Adams | June 1, 2018 at 1:16pm CDT

The Marlins have acquired first baseman Peter O’Brien from the Dodgers in exchange for cash, tweets Matthew DeFranks of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. It’s a homecoming of sorts for O’Brien, a Miami-area native, though he’s been assigned to the team’s Double-A affiliate in Jacksonville for the time being. He wasn’t on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster, so no corresponding move is necessary for the Marlins.

O’Brien, 27, came up through the Yankees minor league system as a catcher noted for his tremendous power, but he’s bounced all over the diamond thanks to questionable defensive skills and has ultimately settled in at first base. He’s had a rough start to the season with the Dodgers’ Double-A affiliate, hitting .150/.241/.390. While he’s shown his typical brand of impressive power, clubbing seven homers in 112 plate appearances, he’s also struck out at a 38.9 percent pace so far.

The Marlins will be the seventh organization for O’Brien, who went from the Yankees to the D-backs in the 2014 Martin Prado trade and has since bounced from the D-backs to the Royals, Reds, Rangers and Dodgers in a series of smaller trades and waiver claims. He’s a career .176/.228/.446 hitter in 79 Major League plate appearances and has slashed .254/.306/.495 in 1162 plate appearances at the Triple-A level.

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  1. danegalloway

    7 years ago

    Any word on his defense?

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    • TheMichigan

      7 years ago

      Reviews by independent sources do not really substantiate (or as these youngins say: “rave”) a helpful defensive ability that could competently excel at the major league level.

      TL;DR: He doesn’t get rave reviews

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    • brucewayne

      7 years ago

      AND it lives!

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  2. jhinde103

    7 years ago

    Doesn’t get rave reviews….

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    • reflect

      7 years ago

      I love that this is still a thing. I had forgotten all about it.

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    • ronnsnow

      7 years ago

      May this joke never die.

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      • angelsinthetroutfield

        7 years ago

        Harrumfph

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  3. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    When he retires, MLBTR needs to get him on here and just do like a once a week post where he talks about random stuff and gives it rave reviews or not rave reviews:

    Avengers Movie: Rave Reviews
    JR Smith’s play in last night game: Not rave reviews

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    • dbacksrs

      7 years ago

      Lol, love the idea.

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  4. stubby66

    7 years ago

    Think he Should’ve stayed at catcher and kept working on his defense. would’ve given him a better chance at getting back to the majors

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    • ronnsnow

      7 years ago

      He does not get rave reviews as a catcher.

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    • dbacksrs

      7 years ago

      He couldn’t throw the ball back from behind home plate. Don’t know how that develops for a catcher, but it’s pretty alarming.

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      • sufferforsnakes

        7 years ago

        Rube Baker in Major League 2.

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    • layventsky

      7 years ago

      Blake Swihart would like a word.

      Has he played 1B at all? If so, does his defense at that position draw rave reviews?

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    • fox471 Dave

      7 years ago

      Not his choice.

      Reply
  5. pinkerton

    7 years ago

    I am so happy to see that this joke stayed alive. There’s going to be some party poopers who come on here and complain about it, but I for one am thrilled to keep it going.

    Rave Reviews: The Peter O’Brien Story

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  6. sandman12

    7 years ago

    another Sweet Lew Brinson bat? One was already too many.

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  7. lesterdnightfly

    7 years ago

    The defense of the rave-reviews comments here gets rave reviews.

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    • CowboysoldierFTW

      7 years ago

      You get a rave review for that!

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      Reply
  8. layventsky

    7 years ago

    The fact that this meme is still a thing has rendered me unable to even.

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  9. driftcat28 2

    7 years ago

    The other day I was thinking back to the rave review time and could not remember who the player was…mystery solved. I’ll sleep better tonight

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