The Cleveland Indians have traded reliever James Hoyt to the Miami Marlins for cash considerations, per TribeInsider (via Twitter). Hoyt was designated for assignment on July 28th.
The Marlins continue their efforts to re-stock their pitching supply after more than half their active roster tested positive for coronavirus. They will need to field a big league roster as soon as Tuesday when they’re set to resume play. Basically, if there’s a pitcher with major league experience on waivers these days, chances are the Marlins will claim them. In the past week, they claimed Josh D. Smith and Justin Shafer from the Reds and Mike Morin from the Brewers. They also signed Pat Venditte and traded for Richard Bleier from the Orioles.
Hoyt pitched for the Astros from 2016 to 2018, making 66 appearances out of the pen across those three seasons. While he owned an unexceptional 4.40 ERA, a 3.84 FIP and 3.92 K/BB ratio suggested a better effort. He made just 8 appearances in his lone season with the Indians, serving primarily as organizational depth. In Triple-A, he continued to put up solid numbers (2.93 ERA, 3.50 K/BB across 30 2/3 innings).
While no spring chicken at the age of 33, Hoyt represents a solid low-cost option for the Marlins as they look to fill out their roster. For Hoyt, these are obviously not the conditions under which he would choose to break out as an MLB regular, but he nonetheless has the opportunity to do exactly that if he can provide Miami some stability out of the pen.
Marlins II ™
Puig next.
Poor James. I hope he’s stocked up on mask and hand sanitizer
Well played.
I don’t know why but it seems really fun to me that the Marlins will just consist of a bunch of castoffs and okay/bad veterans. Like, if I was a player who isn’t officially retired but hasn’t played in 2-3 years, I would be banging on the door of Marlins Park to let me in (actually I should take a Corona test first). Players like Kennys Vargas, Vin Mazzaro, and Alfredo Simon should pick up their bats and gloves and start practicing because you never know.
Bartolo Colon should be signed by the Marlins.
Yes!! Good call!
Perfect time for José Bautista to get some work in as a big league reliever. Lol
Marlins won’t be able to afford the locker room spread with Big Sloppi on the team…
He’s in a high risk group: the elderly.
Depends which birth certificate he’s using this time, but his experimental surgeries probably put him there as well.
Manny Ramirez would like another chance to get paychecks to never cash.
I agree it will be fun to see if through these rough times they stumble into a few decent ML pieces they can use moving forward
I could even see Marlins fans having your perspective, Pap. Talk about no pressure. If they lost 50 games, we would all understand. But if they do better than anyone thinks, it will only be to there credit.
if they win its a movie
They already won 2 outta 3 at Philly, short handed.
PapiElf-This is already happening. It’s called the San Francisco Giants Baseball Club.
LOL! Like the Replacements except baseball.
Doesn’t it seem like a bad idea to get a bunch of guys from all over the country together in one room right now? I love that they all are getting a better chance to prove themselves, but I hope there isn’t a breakout again.
The marlins are like the Cleveland Indians in “major league”…..except in real life.
“This guy here is dead”
“Cross him off then!”
Next day: Hoyt opts out for 2020 season. Most thought it was due to covid, turns out being a marlin is rock bottom
Baseball limbo, stuck between a major league team and AAA…
What happens when their infected players get two negative tests and can return?
The other half will test positive.
The players infected right now could very well be the “players to be named later” in the other deals. Give me a healthy player and I’ll give you a player when they get healthy. This is the world we live in.
Appropriate addition for that AAAA team…
Bautista would be cool. Lives in Florida to i believe. Big name, veteran, maybe pitch 15-20 innings hit 185/325/415.
Yea right, would be cool tho but you have to think if he was even close to game shape he or his agent if he still has one would be in touch
If I were the Indians, I’d launder that money.
Which makes it all the more puzzling that the Marlins would not claim Foltynewicz. He has more MLB experience that all the rest of these claims combined.
He’s not cheap.
GOOD TO SEE PAT VENDITTE LINE UP A CHANCE AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE HIM THROW FROM BOTH SIDES AT SOME POINT.
I AGREE AND HOPE PAT VENDITTE THE BEST ON THE MIAMI MARLINS.
VERY GOOD!
Danny Salazar is still looking for a starting gig… Wonder if the Marlins would give him a chance.??
He’s done, he used to throw gas and then his last games his FB and change up were practically the same. He just doesn’t want to do it anymore, mind over matter.
I’m rooting for the Marlins to do well. It would be an incredible story if they can get ‘this team’ to win.
Sign Puig now