The Marlins are in agreement with left-hander Kent Emanuel on a minor league contract, reports Craig Mish of SportsGrid (on X). He receives a non-roster invitation to MLB Spring Training.
A North Carolina product, Emanuel has 10 big league games on his résumé. Those came back during the 2021 campaign, when he logged 17 2/3 innings of 2.55 ERA ball with the Astros. That year was cut short in June by a UCL injury that required surgical repair. Emanuel hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since then, largely because of injuries.
Houston waived him at the end of the ’21 campaign. He landed in Philadelphia via claim but opened the next year on the injured list as he worked back from the elbow procedure. Emanuel suffered a shoulder injury late in 2022 while pitching in the minors. Philadelphia let him go at the end of the year without getting him into a major league game.
The 31-year-old signed a minor league deal with the Pirates a year ago. He started 13 of 20 appearances for their top affiliate in Indianapolis. Emanuel posted a lackluster 6.19 ERA over 84 1/3 innings, running a slightly below-average 20.1% strikeout rate in the process. Pittsburgh released him in August.
Miami could give Emanuel a look as rotation or long relief depth in camp. He’s likely to start the season with Triple-A Jacksonville. He still has a minor league option remaining, so the Fish could move him between Miami and Jacksonville if he pitches well enough to earn a 40-man roster spot.
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At first I imagined they’d signed Immanuel Kant.
He’s very rarely stable.
Yeah. I’ve heard he’s not a good clubhouse guy.
They Kant sign him.
The fact that the Marlins weren’t willing to give Gary Sanchez one year, $8-10 million or bring Soler back on a two year, $30-35 million deal shows that they have absolutely no desire to actually win next year. They haven’t made a single MLB signing this offseason, I don’t believe. It’s sad to see, considering they’re not that far away from being a legitimate contender next season. A couple good bats and one more solid starter and reliever each would have given them a decent shot at being a playoff contender again in 2024. No wonder their attendance always sucks.