The Marlins added pitcher Geoff Hartlieb to a minor league deal, per Baseball America’s minor league transactions page. Harltlieb, 29 next week, pitched for Boston’s Triple-A affiliate in 2022, tossing 61 innings of 5.16 ERA ball. He appeared in the big leagues for the Pirates and briefly the Mets, throwing 66 1/3 innings across three seasons with a 7.46 ERA. He had a slightly below average 20.5% strikeout rate against a 14.4% walk rate.
Here’s some other minor league signings from around the sport:
- Matt Koch has landed a deal with the Rockies for 2023. The 32-year-old pitched a handful of innings for the Mariners in 2022, but spent most of the year at Triple-A, tossing 38 1/3 innings of 3.05 ERA ball. He spent four seasons in Arizona, throwing 129 2/3 innings of 5.00 ERA ball across 16 starts and 20 relief appearances. He doesn’t walk many batters, but doesn’t strikeout many either, averaging just five per nine innings across his big league career.
- The Braves re-signed Brooks Wilson and Alan Rangel to minor league deals. Wilson, 26, largely worked as a reliever at Double-A, tossing 44 innings with a 2.45 ERA while striking out 14.9 batters per nine innings. He made a handful of appearances at Triple-A, and should start the year there in 2023. Rangel, 25, made 26 starts at Double-A, working to a 5.81 ERA across 114 2/3 innings.
- The White Sox brought back 30-year-old outfielder Mark Payton. He appeared in just eight games in the big leagues this year, tallying three hits in 25 plate appearances. He had a strong season at Triple-A, hitting .293/.369/.539 with 25 home runs. He’s yet to translate that to the majors though, and has a lifetime .164/.261/.180 line in 40 games for the Reds and White Sox since his 2020 debut.
- Daniel Duarte re-signed with the Reds for 2023. Celebrating his 26th birthday tomorrow, Duarte spent most of the season on the injured list, but appeared in three games for the Reds in 2022, giving up three runs in 2 2/3 innings. At Triple-A, he worked to a 9.39 ERA across 7 2/3 innings.
- The Athletics added right-handed pitcher Jasseel De La Cruz to a minor league pact. The 25-year-old was signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Braves, and came up through their system as a solid pitching prospect. He struggled with injury in 2022, tossing just 26 1/3 innings in total, with 12 1/3 of those coming at Triple-A. There, he had an 8.03 ERA across seven appearances.
- The Padres brought back Mexican pitcher Efrain Contreras on a minor league deal. The 22-year-old made 17 starts at High-A in 2022, working to a 5.74 ERA across 53 1/3 innings. While those numbers don’t look promising, he has averaged 10.2 strikeouts and 2.8 walks per nine innings across three seasons in the minor leagues.
- Utilityman Taylor Motter has joined the Cardinals for the upcoming season. Motter, 32, has appeared in the big leagues for six different teams since 2016, hitting a combined .191/.262/.309 with ten home runs. He’s appeared at every defensive position outside of catcher and center field, but primarily handles the middle-infield spots. He made a handful of appearances for the Reds in 2022, but spent most of the year at Triple-A where he slashed .254/.357/.523 with 20 home runs for the Reds’ and Braves’ affiliates.
- Puerto Rican shortstop Shawn Ross and the Pirates agreed to a minor league contract for the 2023 season. Ross, 22, played for Grand Junction in Independent ball in 2022, hitting 280/.408/.614 with 24 home runs.
Man, I feel like the Marlins are going to be the subject of the Winter Meetings with a trade….. but who goes where….?
I think they’ll move one of their pitchers for one of the Toronto catchers.
Someone will get one of the Toronto catchers. I’d want one of them.
Give u Moreno for hunter greene lmao
Not happening but we got tons of infield prospects for some reason!
Marlins dont need a catcher. They have significantly bigger holes on their roster. Holes at third base, first base, short stop and the entire outfield
Is anyone else getting frustrated with this new website design? I don’t know why websites get revamped that are working well already.
Some we traded Newman for a return of nothing.
Dauri Moreta who was in the Newman trade and Daniel Duarte are two different pitchers, but interestingly had about the same results.
I don’t want either in my bullpen.
Oh thanks guess I got mixed up.
No problem even Reds fans got them confused because of the walks and the ball left the park the same way off both of them.
Umm Duarte got hurt almost as soon as the season began, he only had 2.2 innings. Not that he is going to be good, but there is no evidence that he is not at this point.
I hope to see Jassel de la Cruz turn it around next year. I remember he got called up to the bigs twice without making an appearance. He was once a top 10 prospect in the braves system (which is extremely sad.)
JDLC has some upside to his game, and I think we could see him as soon as roughly midway next season with the A’s.
Although, I don’t think we will see him as a starter anymore. I think if the A’s work with him as a multi innings option/opener type then I could definitely see him having some success once he’s fully healthy.
When he was healthy, as a starter, he would typically sit anywhere from 95-98 with his fastball, but that would only he for the first couple innings. After that, he would typically drop more towards the 93-95 range.
If the A’s can get JDLC in better shape, and get him to fully utilize his lower half, then I think we could see his fastball back more towards 97-98mph occasionally back to hitting 100.
There’s also the possibility that his recent injuries have led to him remaining out of shape, and he isn’t able to regain his velocity on his fastball. He’s definitely a gamble for the A’s, hence the MiL deal, but he is one with some solid upside I think.
If anyone can get the most out of him I think it would be the A’s. He typically pairs his FB with an above average slider, and he could make for a very effective weapon out of their pen.
Hopefully, they’re able to get him healthy and back on track, as he was once a very promising young pitcher in the Braves system. He never really rated all that highly as a prospect, but that had little to do with his arm talent, it was moreso based off his limitations as a relief pitcher.
It’s a solid minor league pick up for my A’s. They have a good history of picking up pitchers like this like last year with Jimenez, Jackson, and Acevedo.
I thought Koch would go back to working for Koch and make some real money.
idk working for Koch isn’t easy. Long nights and undesirable clients can really make life difficult.
Watching all the top talent being picked up by teams wanting to win? The White Sox? Resigned Mark Payton, and signed a broken down pitcher to a 1 yr prove it deal…
Big signing for the Cardinals. Moe working that magic again……….sigh.