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Mychal Givens Opts Out Of Marlins Deal

By Steve Adams | May 2, 2024 at 12:19pm CDT

Veteran right-handed reliever Mychal Givens triggered an opt-out clause in his deal with the Marlins, MLBTR has learned. Givens was granted his release and is now a free agent.

Givens inked his deal with the Fish back in mid-March. He only got into a pair of spring games after signing and opened the year with the club’s Triple-A affiliate in Jacksonville. He showed some early rust when he was tagged for five runs in 1 1/3 innings in his first outing but has righted the ship of late; he’s allowed one run with an 8-to-1 K/BB ratio in his past 5 2/3 innings. Givens is still sitting on an unsightly 7.94 ERA overall through 11 1/3 frames after that rough start.

The 33-year-old Givens spent the 2023 season back with his original Orioles club, but knee and shoulder injuries limited him to just four big league innings (plus another 15 rehab innings in the minors). The right-hander’s original run with Baltimore was quite good, however. From 2015-20, Givens was a mainstay in the Birds’ bullpen, pitching to a 3.32 ERA with a 29.6% strikeout rate and 9.4% walk rate over 336 innings. The O’s, then mired in a lengthy rebuild, traded Givens to the Rockies at the 2020 deadline as his initial window of club control was drawing to a close.

Givens would ultimately pitch for five clubs over a three-year period from 2020-22, suiting up for the O’s, Rockies, Reds, Cubs and Mets. The overall output was quite similar to his time in Baltimore. In 134 2/3 innings while bouncing around the league via a series of one-year contracts and trades, Givens posted a 3.41 ERA with a 26.4% strikeout rate and 10.4% walk rate.

Overall, Givens has pitched in 425 big league games and tallied 461 2/3 innings of 3.47 ERA ball. He’s a fly-ball pitcher, but not to extreme levels, and has whiffed 28.2% of his career opponents against a 10% walk rate. With 85 holds and 31 saves under his belt, he’s no stranger to working in high-leverage spots. Givens’ heater was down about three miles per hour in last year’s tiny sample, though he also surely wasn’t pitching at full strength in that brief four-inning stint on the mound. Now back on the open market, he’ll give bullpen-needy teams a veteran option to consider when pondering ways to deepen their relief corps and/or make some changes amid early-season struggles.

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17 Comments

  1. redhaze1

    1 year ago

    Reds should give him another look.

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    Reply
    • This one belongs to the Reds

      1 year ago

      Couldn’t be worse than Sims.

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      Reply
  2. soylentwill

    1 year ago

    Gell Gyv Gevoe…now you know.

    Reply
    • Bostonsportsforlife

      1 year ago

      yo slick, glow

      Reply
  3. CubsWin108

    1 year ago

    cubs? plz Jed?

    Reply
  4. billybilly

    1 year ago

    Since you were aware for a while that his accomplishments weren’t meeting your expectations, you should’ve let him know on Twitter years ago. Maybe you could’ve saved his career with your criticism. Maybe no one has ever told him that he was overrated and that would have made a difference in a career that has earned him 19.7M. I’m sure your concern carries weight.

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    • King123

      1 year ago

      Sensitive much?

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      • libertybell444

        1 year ago

        Probably his mom.

        Reply
    • BaseballBrewTown

      1 year ago

      BillyBilly relax. It is only the first week of May, you know. You are using up your yearly allotment of words far too soon.

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      Reply
    • libertybell444

      1 year ago

      You know both Billy Beane and Billy Bean played on the same Tigers team together? 88 Tigers.

      Reply
  5. Datashark

    1 year ago

    WhiteSox are a dreadful team this year, seems like these teams (WSox, Col, and Miami) replaced KC/A’s of last year

    Reply
  6. gorav114

    1 year ago

    I’m sure the Os would try again if he takes a minor league deal. They gave him 5 mil last year for nothing

    Reply
    • User 3594734386

      1 year ago

      That looked like a desperation signing on Orioles FO part. Very unElias like. The culprit? When it became apparent that Tate was gonna miss 2023, the Baltimore FO paniced.

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      Reply
  7. tbone0816

    1 year ago

    Come to the Cardinals

    Reply
  8. BannedMarlinsFanBase

    1 year ago

    The real news is, if Dane Myers continues to hit, do the Marlins finally DFA Avi once the 10-day IL expires or do the Marlins then transfer him to the 60-day IL?

    And darn it, yesterday was supposed to be Happy Avi Got DFA-ed Day! But the Marlins sent him to the IL instead.

    In other news of a more fictional comic relief nature – Billy Eppler keeps calling Peter Bendix and Kim Ng to ask them how to place garbage players on the IL and not get in trouble with the league office. Bendix and Ng have not returned Eppler’s calls. Too bad this isn’t true…the Eppler calling them part – not the Avi is on the IL because the Marlins needed to bring in someone that can actually help the team part because everyone on the planet knows that is true…including the league office.

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  9. Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

    1 year ago

    Marlins should trade Arraez. 2024 Marlins are a hot mess.

    Reply
    • Nosferatu Zodd

      1 year ago

      Why? He offers very little but a high BA. One very good tool, but not much else.

      Reply

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