The Marlins announced that they have claimed infielder/outfielder Rosell Herrera from the Royals. Herrera was designated for assignment by K.C. last month.
The 26-year-old Herrera made his Major League debut last season, hitting .234/.286/.317 over 302 combined plate appearances with the Reds and Royals, as Kansas City claimed him off waivers from Cincinnati last June. In this brief time in the big leagues, Herrera has already played all three outfield positions as well as time at second base and third base, so he offers quite a bit of versatility to a Marlins team that parted ways with Derek Dietrich earlier this winter. Herrera doesn’t have Dietrich’s upside at the plate, of course, so he could perhaps fit better as competition or perhaps a replacement for current utilityman Miguel Rojas.
Herrera has been added to Miami’s 40-man roster, giving the Marlins a full 40-man complement.
Low key love how the Marlins have played this offseason out. Harold Ramirez, Pedro Alvarez and Gabby Guerrero were among my top minor league free agent rankings, and I’ve been a huge Herrera fan for years.
Do you actually have rankings wrote out or is it just in your head?
I’m low key curious about this
He just really loves baseball. No need to pick on him.
I do
LHP Ryan Merritt
RHP Tony Zych
LHP Angel Perdomo
1B Sandber Pimentel
3B Pedro Alvarez
LHP Livan Moinelo
RHP A.J. Schugel
LHP Tommy Layne
RHP Williams Perez
INF Peter Mooney
1B Tommy Joseph
RHP Felix Jorge
OF L.J. Kalawaia
C Jin-De Jang
2B Brad Miller
OF Harold Ramirez
LHP Kevin Canelon
OF Gabriel Guerrero
RHP Joan Gregorio
RHP Marcos Molina
RHP Louis Coleman
OF Cesar Diaz
RHP Anthony Bass
RHP Scott Copeland
RHP Taso Stathopoulos
Moinelo is a free agent?? isnt he playing in Japan?
I agree. I think all three were good gets, Ramirez specifically.
Sign Hanley, Reyes, Nolasco, Bonifacio. Let them retire all together.
What’s Josh Beckett up to? And aj Burnett? Mark buerhle.
Mark and Reyes weren’t there long enough
Same birthday as Bryce Harper.
So much for the birthday theory…..
Rojas is a lot better than Herrera
Royals cut Herrera for Chris Owings, which riled many Royals fans, including me. Why do we get fired up about utility guys, anyhow?
No, they cut him for Terrance Gore.
But Herrera’s roster spot was given to Owings.
Gonna be another horrible season for my marlins