The Marlins have sent left-hander Patrick Monteverde outright to Triple-A Jacksonville, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment on Sunday.
Monteverde, 27, was just selected to a big league roster for the first time on Saturday. The Fish had used four relievers in their previous game and wanted to add a fresh arm to their bullpen. Cal Quantrill took the ball on Saturday but allowed seven earned runs to the Phillies through 3 1/3 innings. Monteverde came in for some mop-up work and tossed 3 2/3 innings, allowing four earned runs on nine hits and a walk, with four strikeouts.
He likely wasn’t going to be available for a few days after that, so he was promptly designated for assignment on Sunday as the Fish called up another couple of fresh arms. He has now cleared waivers and will stick with the Marlins as non-roster depth. Since he doesn’t have a previous career outright or three years of service time, he doesn’t have the right to elect free agency.
An eighth-round pick from 2021, Monteverde has primarily been working as a starter. He has 369 1/3 minor league innings under his belt to this point, having allowed 4.26 earned runs per nine. His 23.6% strikeout rate and 8.6% walk rate are both pretty close to par. As recently as June of last year, FanGraphs ranked him the #24 prospect in the system, calling him a “high-floored depth starter type.”
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Wow. Huge move.
not sure why another club didn’t put a claim in on this lefty. seems like he avoids barrels and has something to work with even though he doesn’t have much velo. “soft tossing lefties” just need the “crafty” part to be serviceable.
Guy was the Marlin’s 2023 MiLB pitcher of the year. Got to be something more from him in the future.
I was assuming option but they outrighted a previous organizational award winner. Had to get Cade Gibson and Ronny Simon on the 40 man. If you have unsustainable starting pitching ugly moves like this will probably happen again, perhaps soon.