The Angels have placed righty Jose Marte on the injured list, per a team announcement. Fellow righty James Hoyt has been recalled to take his spot on the roster.
Acquired just a few weeks ago in the Tony Watson trade, the Angels added Marte to their roster on Friday. The 25-year-old made his major-league debut that very night, which could hardly have gone much better. In two innings out of the bullpen, Marte allowed just one hit, a single, and struck out four. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to immediately build off the momentum of that sizzling debut, heading to the IL for unspecified reasons.
As for Hoyt, this is yet another move in the unfortunate life of the optionable reliever. He’s already been recalled and optioned five times previously this season. Acquired from the Marlins for cash considerations at the end of spring training, Hoyt has a monstrous ERA of 10.41 through 27 2/3 Triple-A innings this year. His ERA in the majors this season is almost half as high, coming in at 5.40, though that is over a small sample size of just 6 2/3 innings.
Well that was fast!
He’s officially an Angel now.
Lol. So true
Possible phantom DL so as to not use up one of his option years?
They put him on the major league IL thus letting his clock run instead of using up an option? Plus, he was good and likely wouldn’t have been optioned. That seems like a leap to me, but it’s possible.
He’ll hit arb/free agency at the same time as he would if he was optioned so it doesn’t really matter. The extra 45 days on the big league roster likely isn’t enough for him to get super two after 2023 either. (Not that I think 1st year arb for a reliever would be prohibitive but you never know with Arte.) Perry probably sees Marte as an up and down kind of guy anyway, so he’ll want to keep as much flexibility as possible
Since he’s on a major league I.L. these days accumulate. If he was optioned, they would not. And why call him up at all if the team was afraid of losing an option?
I like the out of the box thinking, I disagree with it, but I like it. I doubt anything is being manipulated. He’s on the IL because he’s hurt.
This sounds about right.
Why do the Angels bother with Hoyt? He is dreadful. Shows the lack of depth in the organization.
He tends to get strikeouts, doesn’t usually walk everyone and gets enough groundballs. It’s possible that Hoyt is trying to pitch through an injury he sustained in 2020 while as a member of the Marlins.
We’re cursed!!!!
Lather, rinse, repeat……