The Marlins announced today that they’ve selected the contract of infielder Deven Marrero. He’ll take the roster spot of fellow infielder Miguel Rojas, who is heading to the 10-day injured list with a hamstring strain.
Marrero, 29, is a former first-round pick who has yet to show he has the stick to hang in the big leagues. The shortstop owns a .197/.250/.283 slash line through 343 plate appearances at the game’s highest level.
There has been a notable change for Marrero this year at Triple-A, where he has cracked 14 long balls in 380 plate appearances after never previously finishing a season with even a double-digit tally. Of course, that’s the sort of thing we’ve seen from quite a few other players in the homer-friendly International League, so it’s hard to put too much stock in this particular development.
Cmon where is Eddy
Agree, Eddy Alvarez has been killing it in the minors this year, thought he deserved a chance.
Anothrt bum.
I wish the Marlins wore those light blue uniforms during the regular season. Those things are SOOOOO much better than the ones they wear.
*Pacific Coast League*
Didn’t they start using the Major League ball in AAA this year? I thought I read something about that being partly responsible for the inflated power numbers across AAA this season.
Yes. Makes me curious what kind of balls they used to use. From a different source?