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Marlins Claim Tommy Nance, Designate Yoan Lopez

By Darragh McDonald | March 27, 2022 at 4:27pm CDT

The Marlins announced that right-hander Tommy Nance has been claimed off waivers from the Cubs. To make room on the roster, fellow righty Yoan Lopez was designated for assignment.

Nance, 31, was designated for assignment by the Cubs on Friday. The righty made his MLB debut last year, tossing 28 2/3 innings out of the Cubs’ bullpen. His 7.22 ERA on the year was certainly unsightly, though there may have been some bad luck in there, as Nance’s 52.9% strand rate was about 20 points below league average. All of the advanced pitching metrics believed he deserved much better results. In 15 1/3 Triple-A innings last year, his ERA was much better at 2.35, along with excellent strikeout and walk rates of 31.6% and 5.3%. The Marlins clearly were able to see past the unfortunate results in the big leagues last year in order to focus on his potential. Since Nance still has options, he could be sent to the minors for extra bullpen depth.

As for Lopez, 29, this is yet another trip to DFA limbo for him, a place he’s spent a good deal of time in the past year. After being designated by the Diamondbacks in May, he was traded to the Braves, who designated him again in November, being claimed by the Phillies. Yet another DFA after the lockout resulted in a claim from the Marlins just over a week ago.

The fact that he keeps getting claimed shows that teams still see signs for hope in Lopez. After earning a hefty bonus when originally signed out of Cuba in 2014, Lopez didn’t show much reason for optimism in the following years. However, after being acquired by the Braves last year, his Triple-A performance seemed to give some hope, throwing 32 2/3 innings there with a 26.7% strikeout rate and 8.4% walk rate, finishing with an ERA of 3.03. Given that he still has options, it’s possible he is claimed on waivers another time, with some team adding him as depth and hoping that he can continue with the momentum he seemed to be building last year.

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6 Comments

  1. You Can Put It In The Books

    3 years ago

    With the Marlins payroll, the only thing they could possibly be focused on is “potential”.

    Reply
  2. YakAttack

    3 years ago

    Lopez to the Royals. Book it.

    Reply
  3. MarlinsFanBase

    3 years ago

    Claim Nance and designate Lopez?

    While Lopez doesn’t seem to be anything to talk about, the thing about him being dropped for Nance brings forth the “Huh!?” reaction.

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    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      they might just be claiming and DFAing to see who they can pass though, a la the Farhan approach.

      Reply
  4. Habeto

    3 years ago

    I can’t believe the Fish are giving a spot to Nance instead of Holloway. I really want to think that demoting Jordan was a pure class act of Service Time Manipulation.

    Jordan Holloway deserves a fair shot in the Miami bullpen.

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      3 years ago

      The move with Holloway and de la Cruz certainly look like time manipulation. Clearly it hasn’t been about performance.

      Reply

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