The Marlins announced they’ve claimed reliever Taylor Williams off waivers from the Padres. In a corresponding move, Miami designated infielder Deven Marrero for assignment.
Williams has pitched in the majors in each of the past five seasons. The right-hander broke in with the Brewers in 2017 and landed with the Mariners last year after three seasons with Milwaukee. San Diego acquired Williams late last season but he made just one appearance down the stretch. The 30-year-old pitched in five games with the Padres this April, working 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts and three walks. He landed on the injured list with right knee inflammation midway through the season’s first month, though, and he remained on the IL until September 1.
The Friars designated Williams just a couple days after reinstating him from the IL. He’s out of minor league option years, meaning San Diego had to expose him to waivers in order to remove him from the active roster. The Marlins stepped in to add Williams for almost no cost, but they’ll too now have to keep him in the majors of risk losing him on waivers themselves.
Over the course of his career, Williams has a 5.17 ERA in 92 1/3 innings of relief. His strikeout and walk rates (24.3% and 10.5%) are right around league average for bullpen arms, and he’s induced whiffs on a solid 12.9% of his career offerings. Those peripherals suggest Williams could yet settle in as a decent middle relief option, at the very least. If the Fish keep him on the roster, he can be controlled through 2024 via arbitration.
Miami has now designated Marrero five times this year. The Marlins have selected him to the 40-man roster whenever the club finds itself in need of additional infield depth, but he hasn’t stuck on the big league roster for long. Marrero cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Jacksonville each of the previous four times, so it seems likely he’ll stick around in the high minors yet again.
From one destination city to another… At least he won’t be pummeled with state taxes if he ends up sticking with the major league club.
Marrero needs to file a lawsuit at this point
The life of a AAA player. Never better than a Ham and Egger minus, who can never work out of his reputation! A tough life! BTW, unless he improves, in a hurry, Williams is also a bad player! He has never improved snice the Brewers let him go!
The cycle just never ends for Deven Marrero.
Bye Deven 🙁
Miami just keeps becoming more and more the southern Miami Brewers lol
Williams…Scrub
Was he a scrub when he pitched well for SD in April prior to being hurt?
Marrero should be like his non-baseball playing age group and just sit home and collect unemployment. Who wants to work anymore? Work is for old people. Elon Musk said there will be robots doing all the work anyway, so I will just sit home and wait for my UBI check.
The extra welfare cash ended this weekend! He still needs a job ,like many other people!
I’m just going to start referring to anyone being DFA’d as “being Deven Marrero’d”.
CLASSIC! BINGO!
Gee where is “Marlins Fan Base” does he only post on Mets threads and not his beloved Marlins?
Tonight was the Marlins Fan Club banquet, so him and the other 3 members were out celebrating and missed this post.
I’m here. I was out of town. Posting was low on my priority list.
And I think a Mets fan should be the last person to question any other fan. Look at the droves of Mets “fans” that have disappeared from this Board or have made less appearances since the Mets fell. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen you around much either.
Marrero, we’ll see you back in a couple of days.