The Marlins have agreed to a minor league contract with free-agent righty Chi Chi Gonzalez, tweets Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Presumably, the Paragon Sports client will vie for a roster spot in Spring Training.
Gonzalez, 30, was a first-round pick by the Rangers back in 2013 and has spent parts of seven seasons in the Majors. He has had some success in the minors but has rarely been able to be effective in the majors. For his career, he has a 5.66 ERA in 284 2/3 big league innings.
It was a similar story in 2022, with Gonzalez spending time with the Brewers, Twins and Yankees throughout the season. He tossed 23 innings in seven games between those three clubs, but with a 5.87 ERA, 15.2% strikeout rate and 7.1% walk rate. In 80 1/3 minor league innings, it was a 4.03 ERA, striking out 20.8% of batters faced while walking 7.9%.
For the Marlins, pitching is their strong suit but they’ve long been rumored to be considering a trade from their rotation surplus to upgrade their offense. They’ve yet to pull the trigger on a significant pitching deal, but Gonzalez gives them a veteran depth option if they do. As of right now, their rotation consists of Sandy Alcantara, Pablo López, Jesús Luzardo, Edward Cabrera, Trevor Rogers and Braxton Garrett, with prospect Eury Pérez on the way from the minors.
Chi Chi Cha Cha Go Go Gonzalez I love saying this guys name.
Les Nessman called him “Chy Chy Gonzaleez”
And the little Mexican dogs are che-hooa-hooas
Chi Chi Rodriqueez
Funny how this guy keeps getting shots of playing time when there are a ton of veterans in the minors that hasn’t gotten a shot yet,
I wonder the same thing. I don’t understand why he keeps getting opportunities, but, I’m not a scout, so what the hell do I know.
Crazy right? Dude is cheeks. Weird that teams would rather run him out there than their own prospects. You know what he is. You never know if some young kid will surprise you.
I wonder the same thing every time someone else signs him. You know what you’re getting out of him, and it’s not good. You could sign just about anyone else and, at worst, get the same results.
I agree jock. He probably hired a private investigator to get dirt on some mlb owners.
This make me chuckle
That’s what Lenny Dykstra did for umpires so not all that far fetched.
5.66 ERA. WHY??
Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to buy a pitching machine to serve up batting practice slop?
Iron Mike always delivers!
Leave it to the Marlins to sign a retired golfer.
If you look up “replacement level” this is the guy whose picture should pop up.
Oh cool, free in-game batting practice for the NL East
The Marlins new Closer after Floro loses the job.
He should learn to do golf trick shots.
Guys beg to get a deal with any team.. This guy pitches terribly and still gets work. I swear he was with 4 or 5 organizations last season.
The article neglects to mention the 4th organization was the Tigers, but only for 5 games in Toledo. So it was the Brewers,Twins,Yankees and Tigers. The waiver wire king!
Here we go. Now the train is moving and all the Kim Ng detractors can eat crow.