Marlins’ backup catcher Bryan Holaday and reliever Drew Rucinski have been outrighted to Triple-A New Orleans, per the Sun Sentinel’s Wells Dusenbury. Rucinski has elected free agency.
The 30-year-old Holaday has appeared in the big leagues with the Tigers, Rangers, Red Sox, and Marlins since 2012. The veteran backstop has mostly been an emergency catching option, highlighted by an ALDS appearance for the 2014 Tigers, catching four innings to close out a Game 3 loss to Baltimore. That season was also his most prolific in the majors, appearing in 62 games for Detroit. This season, however, was a close second: 166 PA across 61 games, slashing .205/.261/.258 for the fish.
The 29-year-old Rucinski was serviceable in 32 appearances out of the Marlins’ bullpen in 2018 (0.1 fWAR, -0.6 rWAR), but there’s little to indicate he’ll be much more than an extra arm moving forward. Relying on a 6-pitch mix, Rucinski leans heavily on his cutter, which averaged 90.1 mph, per statcast. The right-hander finished 4-2 in 35.1 innings with a 4.33 ERA (4.76 xFIP).
Left-handed pitcher Miguel Del Pozo was also outrighted today, the team announced (via Twitter). Del Pozo spent 2018 in Double-A, but the Marlins have given themselves some extra breathing room, creating nine open spots on their 40-man roster with the removal of Holaday, Rucinski, and Del Pozo.
I’m thinking that if you’re not good enough to stick on the Marlins’ 40 man roster at this stage that there’s a chance the playing days are near over…
AAAA-type players rarely stick on 40-man rosters for the entire offseason, even for the worst of teams.
Hey, what a game last night.
E-rod & Pomeranian all rested for history
What does have to with anything said in the article?
Would you rather EY say something?
Bahahaha!
Loved the grave she was digging the other day.
goodbye fellas
Guess we won’t have you to kick around anymore.
Getting my 33.3333% Sox spirit ready for more drama in game 4. Plenty of stats created by the marathon I’m sure.
EY? 😉 He was a Met for a while too.