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Marlins To Sign Pat Venditte

By Jeff Todd | January 3, 2020 at 6:44pm CDT

The Marlins have a minor-league deal in place with reliever Pat Venditte, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (Twitter link). It includes an invitation to the MLB side of Spring Training.

Venditte, 34, has thrown only 68 MLB innings to this point of his career. But as journeyman middle relievers go, he’s as interesting as they come. Venditte is a true unicorn of the game: a switch-pitcher who utilizes a customized glove to change his throwing hand depending upon the batter.

Things didn’t work out last year with the Giants, as Venditte received only two appearances in the bigs. But he did work to a 2.85 ERA in 47 1/3 innings at Triple-A, with a healthy combination of 11.2 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9.

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  1. Moonlight Grahamcracker

    1 year ago

    If there are no other pitchers left to sign, then I guess he is the right man for the job!

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    • frontdeskmike

      1 year ago

      From what I hear, Venditte is not all right. I’d love to see him turn it around.

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      • nymetsking

        1 year ago

        Correct, he’s not all right. Sometimes he’s left.

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        • throwinched10

          1 year ago

          Hahaha!!!!

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      • andrewgauldin

        1 year ago

        Lengthy career, I wonder what he’s got left

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        • cardslefty

          1 year ago

          Maybe he can right the ship.

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    • fighting69th

      1 year ago

      Or the left man

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    • sherlock_

      1 year ago

      He’s underrated. Just look at his (AAA) stats the last 2 years.

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      • doug.daniel243

        1 year ago

        I love the novelty of a switch pitcher but his MLB stats just aren’t that good unfortunately.

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        • GareBear

          1 year ago

          He hasn’t had a lot of exposure to big league pitching and he’s been solid at the AAA level. I’d go out on a limb and say he would have been productive in a couple of seasons had he been given a chance over his career.

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  2. frontdeskmike

    1 year ago

    I wonder if he has anything left in the tank. If so, he’ll be able to right the ship.

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    • Bosin Rag

      1 year ago

      That’s the cool thing about Venditte, he can left the ship too

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      • i hate my father

        1 year ago

        Lol! That should of not made me laugh but it did. Thanks!

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    • andrewgauldin

      1 year ago

      Ahh beat me to it.

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  3. Kolukonu

    1 year ago

    No harm with a minor league deal. Hopefully he can stick in the Marlins pen.

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    • nymetsking

      1 year ago

      Speaking of pens, did he sign his contract righty or lefty?

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      • axisofhonor25

        1 year ago

        Depends if the guy he’s handing the paper back to is righty or lefty.

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      • GareBear

        1 year ago

        Well, he’s naturally a right but his dad taught him to pitch left handed because he thought that lefties were more desirable. So…probably righty

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  4. cubsfanbudman1908

    1 year ago

    Interesting to see if any added value is placed on a guy that can pitch with both arms because of this ridiculous rule change.

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    • Dodgethis

      1 year ago

      The blurnsball era isn’t far off…

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      • moody

        1 year ago

        grab your scooter

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    • nymetsking

      1 year ago

      Unfortunately there isn’t much value there to begin with.

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  5. jneumann

    1 year ago

    The only player to have a rule named after him still playing

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    • DarkSide830

      1 year ago

      Trea Turner count?

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    • jkinser20

      1 year ago

      Posey rule

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    • sherlock_

      1 year ago

      Utley Rule

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      • sherlock_

        1 year ago

        Oops sorry misread

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    • Gasu1

      1 year ago

      And that rule absolutely screwed him. He is mediocre against pure left handed hitters, and mediocre against pure right handed hitters. But, if not for this rule, he would have been pure death against switch hitters. If the rule had been backwards, he would have forced switch-hitters to face pitching from a side that they absolutely never see. It’s a pity, that baseball had the opportunity to have this truly fascinating twist on the game, and they blew it.

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      • forwhomjoshbelltolls

        1 year ago

        Exactly.

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      • bradthebluefish

        1 year ago

        Thanks for this take! Very insightful.

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      • bravesfan88

        1 year ago

        They had to enforce the rule; otherwise, the hitter and pitcher would just continue switching spots..

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        • PTSD Jays

          1 year ago

          When the batter enters the batters box, that’s where he should stay. The advantage should go to the pitcher, to pitch from which arm he chooses. Baseball got it wrong.

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  6. phatboi69

    1 year ago

    I had a nice little comment queued up in the best pitcher of the decade article about my “other” write in and how they forgot the most important stat of them all: Most pitches thrown from both sides of the mound. Then low and behold, an ultra rare Pat Venditti article. I’ve always had thoughts Alexa was listening in, but now I’m convinced mlbtr is listening In as well. Kidding of course, but nice little coincidence.

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    • bobtillman

      1 year ago

      From Bloomberg News the other day:

      “Our goal is to free Alexa from the confines of electronic devises. Soon she’ll be encapsulated in the very air you breathe”

      Science Fiction, huh?

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  7. schellis

    1 year ago

    Shame he’s not a starter. Go one game as a lefty then another as a righty. Hit 300 plus innings win 30 games strike out 400.

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    • batter up

      1 year ago

      Or go 6-7 inning with one then rest with the other to throw a complete game

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  8. Polish Hammer

    1 year ago

    Signed a minor league deal with the Marlins? Seems redundant, considering they’re running a AAAA outfit…

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    • TheMick7

      1 year ago

      Why would you polish a hammer? Smh.

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  9. Batman69

    1 year ago

    Of courrrrrrseeeeeeee they do

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  10. johnsilver

    1 year ago

    Always wanted boston to let Greg Harris to pitch LH to some guys when they had him for several years. it was said his curve and 93-5fb RH was about the same LH as RH and he threw BP both sides, used the 6 finger glove in MLBs at all times.

    Maybe was an oddity before it’s time was the issue.. 25y ago.

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  11. jimthegoat

    1 year ago

    The amphibious pitcher?

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    • AZPat

      1 year ago

      now that he’s with the marlins.

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      • TheMick7

        1 year ago

        These two comments made me giggle.

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  12. Gasu1

    1 year ago

    On the one hand, this was a good signing. But on the other hand…

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  13. whyhayzee

    1 year ago

    So does he have to face 6 batters when he comes in?

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  14. phenomenalajs

    1 year ago

    Good signing by the Marlins. The new three batter minimum rule is perfect for him. Unless a team has switch hitters in the inning he’s pitching, he has the advantage. For switch hitters, he has to declare which arm he’s going to use before they do.

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    • seth3120

      1 year ago

      I was thinking the rule change does enhance his value to some type of degree. If he can’t get either right or left handers out obviously that’s an issue

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  15. justalittleoutside

    1 year ago

    With the new rule does he have to face three batters from the same side before he can switch hands? That would totally suck for him if someone like Joe West totally forced him to do that.

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    • phenomenalajs

      1 year ago

      No, there shouldn’t be any change to that. The switch hitter has an advantage in that Pat has to choose first before the at-bat, but how much more strategy can they suck out of the game?

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  16. anthonyd4412

    1 year ago

    Ah the ‘amphibious’ pitcher signs

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  17. BlueSkyLA

    1 year ago

    Unicorns are mythical. Venditte is real.

    I mean, I’m pretty sure. Last I checked anyway.

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  18. driftcat28

    1 year ago

    Wow can’t believe he’s 34 already. I remember him coming up through the Yankees system. Feels like yesterday

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