3:10pm: The Marlins have now officially announced these moves.
12:14pm: The Marlins are set to reinstate outfielder Dane Myers from the injured list and will designate fellow outfielder Cristian Pache for assignment in order to create roster space, reports Christina De Nicola of MLB.com.
Pache, 25, spent about seven weeks with the Fish after being claimed off waivers out of the Orioles organization in early August. He appeared in 35 games but totaled only 64 plate appearances with a bleak .183/.234/.283 batting line and 32.8% strikeout rate. The former top prospect played his typical brand of premium defense, but his continued offensive struggles and lack of minor league options have made it hard for him to stick on a roster this year. He’s also seen big league action with the Phillies and O’s in 2024, to say nothing of prior looks in Atlanta and Oakland.
Pache has appeared in parts of five big league seasons and tallied 610 trips to the plate over that half-decade run. His career .181/.243/.275 slash is right in line with the numbers he posted in both Philadelphia and Miami this year. Even in his top prospect days, Pache was viewed as a slam-dunk defender in center field but a work in progress at the plate. His offensive development has largely stalled out, but he’s been worth 11 Defensive Runs Saved and 17 Outs Above Average in just over 1500 career innings of defense in the majors. He’ll now head to waivers and potentially land with what would be his sixth organization in the past two calendar years.
The 28-year-old Myers has been sidelined since mid-July with a fractured ankle. He recently wrapped up a minor league rehab assignment during which he went 4-for-12 with a pair of homers in the final few games of the Triple-A season. Myers appeared in 40 games with Miami earlier this season and in 95 plate appearances turned in a sound .265/.337/.422 slash with a pair of homers, five doubles, a triple and four steals (in five attempts). Like Pache, he’s a right-handed hitter who can handle all three outfield positions. Myers doesn’t have the same defensive ability, but he’s a far better hitter than Pache and still has a minor league option remaining beyond the current season.
Wow – tough. This guy just couldn’t make the jump from AAA offensively. He was so highly touted once…
I’d love to see a team pick him up and turn him into a pure contact hitter
Maybe the Rays?
I don’t know about every team, but ATL went that route trying to utilize his speed. His K-rate has always been above average, so I’m sure there’s more teams (OAK, PHI) trying to get him to get more bat on the ball to utilize his top end speed. He has some flashes in PHI.
You can lead a horse to water.
Agreed. However, his k rate has improved some. He also hits to all fields (though not well) and has a 50% ground ball rate this year. It’s possible he lacks the instincts but I think there’s work to be done.
Destined to make contact with a water cooler near you! Fisted hand or foot!
He wouldn’t be a bad post season addition if it was still viable. Pure defensive replacement/pinch runner.
El busto.
Not so much as a bust but rushed to the majors. He bought into the hype he was supposed to have been paired with Acuna and year it up. Lack of success has messed with him. He really needs to go back to the minors and sit there. Maybe a year down there he can figure things out.
Miami. Home to Pache. And Pache Spice
LMFAO GOOD ONE
Christian Passé
Your humor makes me ache.
Christian Pache will be fine. Word on the street is that his agent has him working on his dance moves, hoping to join the “Savanah Bananas” for their musical remake of “The Natural”.
So the Marlins cut a guy loose, don’t spend on payroll…and yet no one is blasting them like they do the Pirates.
Hmm.
Pirates should pick him up
He’s looking like this generation’s Billy Hamilton.
Another fella who can’t hit a lick, huh? What good’s all that fancy defense if he can’t swing the bat worth a darn?