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Marlins Claim Christian Roa

By Darragh McDonald | November 1, 2024 at 2:25pm CDT

The Marlins announced that they have claimed right-hander Christian Roa off waivers from the Reds. Christina De Nicola of MLB.com relayed the claim on X prior to the official announcement. The Fish also announced that right-handers Shaun Anderson, Darren McCaughan and Adam Oller as well as infielder/outfielder David Hensley have been outrighted to Triple-A Jacksonville. Oller is expected to elect free agency and pursue opportunities in Asia, per Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 on X.

Roa, 25, was on Cincinnati’s 60-day injured list but the IL goes away five days after the World Series. Rather than reinstating him to the 40-man roster, the Reds evidently tried to pass him through waivers but the Marlins grabbed him.

The righty was a second-round pick of the Reds and has been a notable prospect in the club’s system since then. He has racked up a fair number of strikeouts as a minor leaguer but also given out a large number of walks. He has thrown 318 2/3 innings in his minor league career with a 4.46 ERA, 27.4% strikeout rate and 14.3% walk rate.

He was added to Cincinnati’s 40-man roster a year ago to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He spent this year pitching in Triple-A with a 5.55 ERA. His walk rate was still high at 13.5% and his strikeouts dropped to a rate of 21.2%. In August, the Reds recalled him to the majors and added him to their 60-day IL with a right shoulder sprain in order to open up a 40-man roster spot.

The Marlins will take a shot on him and see if they can help him rein in that control a bit. Roa still has two more option seasons and less than a year of service time. For a rebuilding club like the Marlins, they can take their time and see if the Roa project can bear some fruit for them down the line.

The four outrighted players were all fairly recent additions to the Miami roster. The club suffered a high number of injuries in 2024 and was often grabbing players from everywhere in order to keep the roster filled as they played out the string on the campaign.

Anderson was designated for assignment by the Rangers at the end of May and got flipped to the Marlins for cash. He posted an 8.27 ERA in 16 1/3 innings for the Fish after that. McCaughan was claimed off waivers from the Guardians in July and went on to throw 36 innings for Miami with a 5.75 ERA. Oller signed a minor league deal with the club in July, later having his contract selected to throw 42 1/3 innings with a 5.31 ERA. Hensley was claimed off waivers from the Astros at the end of July and then hit .212/.293/.288 in 23 games as a Marlin.

The three pitchers have previous career outrights and therefore have the right to elect free agency. This is Hensley’s first outright but she should have the right to elect minor league free agency as a player with seven years on the farm.

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  1. User 2770661946

    8 months ago

    Caught the Reds and the rest of MLB off guard. Great heist by my Fish.

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    • Big whiffa

      8 months ago

      Reds player development is poor. Maybe fish can fix him !?

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  2. This one belongs to the Reds

    8 months ago

    No surprise. He hasn’t lived up to his prospect status. There will be a lot more of these guys cut loose as they need 40 man spots.

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  3. b00giem@n

    8 months ago

    He’s not good, looked terrible. Being a reds fan I’d otherwise not care too much here except when the marlins do something like this you just know they’ll be back and better.

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    • Reds2024

      8 months ago

      Yea Roa hasn’t been good at all in AAA, especially in a very pitcher friendly ball park. He was kind of an odd 2 round draft pick in 2020. He didn’t look or came off as an athlete at all – but at that time I shrugged it off thinking he could be the next Mike Leake.

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      • This one belongs to the Reds

        8 months ago

        Reds 2020 draft all gone now but Austin Hendrick, and he hit under .200 in AA so he is probably released soon too.

        They really messed up that one.

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        • Reds2024

          8 months ago

          You’re absolutely right. The Reds basically throw 9 million dollars away. Jackson Miller retired at the old age of 22, Mac Wainwright is barred from baseball because his sexual assault/rape case, and Joe Boyle was traded to A’s and was lite up this year as if he was throwing batting practice – may have been the worst starting pitcher in baseball.

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        • earmbrister

          8 months ago

          And yet the 2018, 2019 and 2021 drafts were quite successful to date.

          Let’s not forget the 2018 international signing of teenager Elly de la Cruz.

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        • Reds2024

          8 months ago

          The Reds throw 9M away in 2020. Jackson Miller was injured 95 percent of the time in the minors and retired at the old age of 22, Mac Wainwright was recently released from prison, and Joe Boyle had an era of about 7 for the A’s in 2024 with about an equal walk to strikeout rate.

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        • earmbrister

          8 months ago

          At least Joe Boyle got us five years of Sam Moll. That trade worked out very well for the Reds.

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  4. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    8 months ago

    This is Hensley’s first outright but she should have the right to elect minor league free agency as a player with seven years on the farm.

    Damn didn’t know Hensley was MLBs first woman player.

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