The Marlins made a couple of roster moves today, according to their transactions tracker at MLB.com. Right-handed pitcher Paul Campbell was placed on the injured list, retroactive to April 18th, with a right elbow strain. Lefty Daniel Castano was recalled to take his place on the active roster.
Campbell was recalled from the minors a few days ago but didn’t get a chance to pitch in any big league games before this IL placement. While there was no timeline provided for the injury, an elbow issue is always somewhat concerning for a pitcher. He made his MLB debut last year, throwing 26 2/3 innings for the Marlins with a 6.41 ERA, 21% strikeout rate and 8.1% walk rate. In eight Triple-A innings this year, he has an elevated 11.25 ERA and 13.2% walk rate, though a strong 23.7% strikeout rate.
Castano already has two scoreless MLB innings under his belt this year. For his career, he’s thrown 52 innings for the Marlins since his 2020 debut, putting up an ERA of 3.63, 11.8% strikeout rate and 8.3% walk rate. He’ll join Richard Bleier, Tanner Scott and Steven Okert as left-handed options in Miami’s bullpen.
Elbow strains and Marlins are becoming close friends this young season.
Meh…Not likely to be a difference maker.,,unless Castano becomes a stud.
Which is also unlikely.
Exactly, so this is a “meh” kind of move.
Over/under on how long we see a similar post about Alcantra and Meyer.
I’ll say June 1st.
Our “Closer” loses another game for us. Yawn.
Yeah, we needed to spend the whole offseason focused on a CF. We certainly didn’t need a legit Closer. Didn’t need one last year. Didn’t need to get one for this year either.
Nah, instead, this organization needed to waste as much as possible on OFers they either dont need/should have signed 4 years ago for way cheaper, and to trade off pieces for a catcher that had 1 decent season, and to get rid of any semi useful reliever they had left over these last 2 years, instead of making any attempt to improve a bullpen that was already trash before. I seem to remember Ng said that the bullpen would be a priority when she was first hired, and then she proceeded to get rid of their only useful pieces, and never address it at all. Then they lost 30 1 run games last year, and another 15-20 2 run games, with a positive run differential most 9f the season, which is super indicative of a garbage bullpen. Not sure if they led the league in blown saves again, but they probably did
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I mean i didn’t expect Bender to blow up like this. He was fantastic last year. And to be fair Arrenado hit a 97mph two seamer riding inside and guessed right stayed on it and one the game.
Game one in SF his great slider was just thrown flat and any major leaguer would have hit that out….
They really should have signed Jansen or traded for Kimbrell. I still don’t want Bass near the 9th inning. I still think Bender can be the answer but they have to find a way to get him the closer mentality. Cause Floro is not a closer. He’s an above average set up man. At this rate maybe it’s time to covert Sixto to a closer. Meyer needs to be in the rotation….I don’t care about Hernandez’s last game he is not a starter. Castano should take his place until Meyer comes up. And hopefully Cabrera will be ready soon (they claimed he didn’t make it because he started spring too late). Whichever one of those BAL relievers we got that throws hard might get some closing roles. But basically right now once the 9th hits and we have a lead or it’s tied and we go to extras, I expect to lose….
But as Z pointed out, I blame the offense more than anything. Signing OFers who haven’t done a thing yet. BA and DLC getting sporadic time . Keeping Soler leading off when he has tons of 1-5 games. Aguilar hasn’t woken up. Asvail is a doppleganger. I’m still happy to have Stallings. Jazz and Sanchez look like they were great moves and seem to be winning games on their own. Wendle seems in between. He will get the hits then commit 2 errors that cost us the game. I definitely didn’t expect Aggy and Asvail to be doing nothing right now. They need to get going and things will change. Hopefully Jazz and J Sanchez keep it up. At least Sandy can go 7-8ip for the most part . I still have faith in Pablo, Rogers and Luzardo. It’s early to judge starters(except Hernandez and his 1.100 OPS against his fastball) so Meyer or Cabrera needs to step in soon or at least Castano for now.
Sorry for the long rant. i work when their playing and dont get to talk much about it. How you all doing ?
I find it comical when fans use the word “we” when referring to their favorite team’s front office moves.
Anthony Bass has been one of their best and steadiest pitchers over the past few years and does not get the credit he deserves,
That’s because Bass blows every save situation he’s ever in or if he comes in extra innings with a man on second he blows the game.
The team uses him incorrectly. Last year he had a 0.71 ERA in the 7th inning. So….why is he pitching anything but the 7th? Maybe the 6th or 8th sometimes? But for some reason if it’s the 9th in a save situation he’ll blow it. Bender looks EXACTLY like Bass did last year. Like legit carbon copy. Bender also has way better stuff so we know he can do better. Bass for some reason can’t throw his “sinker” anymore as it’s very flat 70% of the time. And his slider is plus when it works otherwise he throws tons of cement mixers….so either you’re just looking at numbers or just watching a game here and there. Go on to a Marlins fan site like FishStripes.com and read all the Bass hate and numbers to prove it.
Although to be honest at this rate, just closing out the 5-0 win to STL I wouldn’t be mad if he got the chance again and they see what Bender does in the 8th.