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Marlins To Designate Matt Mervis, Ronny Simón For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | May 30, 2025 at 11:15am CDT

The Marlins are planning to make several roster moves, per Craig Mish of the Miami Herald. It was already reported earlier today that they would be selecting the contract of outfielder Heriberto Hernández. Kevin Barral of Fish on First reports that infielder Jack Winkler will also be selected to the roster. Per Mish, the club is planning to designate infielders Matt Mervis and Ronny Simón for assignment. That would open two 40-man spots for Hernández and Winkler.

Mervis, 27, was acquired from the Cubs in December with the Fish sending Vidal Bruján to Chicago. Mervis got out to a hot start but with some red flags. Through April 23rd, he already had seven home runs but had also struck out in 36.2% of his plate appearances. The feast-or-famine approach has since pushed hard to the famine side. He hasn’t hit a homer since then while still striking out at a 38.5% clip.

Combining this year’s struggles with his time with the Cubs, Mervis now has a .165/.238/.322 line and 34.5% strikeout rate in 261 major league plate appearances. He had tremendous minor league production in 2022 and 2023, slashing .297/.388/.576, but the strikeouts became a big issue last year. He spent most of 2024 in Triple-A and was punched out at a 30% rate at that level.

There’s clearly some pop in the bat but the Marlins ran out of patience. Mervis is only really capable of playing first base, so he needs to hit in order to have any value. Eric Wagaman isn’t doing much better, with a .227/.277/.382 line this year, but it seems he’ll be the regular first baseman now.

The Marlins will now have a week of DFA limbo to figure out what’s next. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so that gives the club five days to see if there’s any trade interest. He does still have an option, so it’s possible some club out there grabs him and sends him to the minors to try to catch lightning in a bottle.

Simón, 25, was was just added to the 40-man roster last month. He had signed a minor league deal with the Marlins in the offseason. He has since received 56 plate appearances and hit .234/.327/.277.

He got an unfortunate moment in the baseball spotlight this week, as recapped by Jason Foster and Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. Simón made several errors and other defensive miscues as the Marlins blew a 6-0 lead to the Padres on Tuesday, eventually losing 8-6. Simón was seen wiping tears from his face amid the ordeal. But later, he received plenty of encouragement from his teammates and even text messages from players on the opposing team such as Manny Machado, Luis Arráez and Fernando Tatis Jr..

But he’ll now have to endure another challenge, as he’s heading to DFA limbo. He was putting up good numbers in the minors earlier this year, which is why he got up to the big leagues in the first place. He had hit .354/.441/.521 in 15 Triple-A games. That was bolstered by an unsustainable .410 batting average on balls in play but he was drawing walks at a 15% clip while only striking out 16.7% of the time.

As recently as July, FanGraphs considered him to be one of the top 20 prospects in the Rays’ system. But he didn’t get called up last year and hit free agency, which led to his deal with the Marlins. He’s a switch-hitter and capable of bouncing around the diamond while stealing 20-35 bases a year. He still has a full slate of options.

Winkler, 26, gets the call to the big leagues for the first time. He’s never really been a top prospect but the Fish nabbed him from the Athletics in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft in November. He has gone on to hit .275/.331/.423 at the Triple-A level this year. That’s propped up by a .351 BABIP but Winkler already has 15 steals. He has played all four infield positions in his career as well as the outfield corners.

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  1. Cave

    1 month ago

    I feel badly for Ronny Simon, after that one game it’s hard to get your morale back up. Hoping he does well enough to get another call up.

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    • davehuntuk

      1 month ago

      Agreed. DFA off the back of that performance is awful timing for him. Wish him the best as he seems like a top guy.

      Reply
    • Boston’s Alignment

      1 month ago

      He made it this far. He will recover.

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      • SD_SF_DET

        1 month ago

        Would love to see the Pads give the kid a shot on a minor league deal. Imagine that story if he gets a call up this season

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      • letsgooakland123

        1 month ago

        He’s a good player and crying shows he cares. Everybody’s had a bad day in sports.

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  2. Cardinals are good

    1 month ago

    Mervis was off to a great start. Sad he can’t find a home

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    • solaris602

      1 month ago

      It’s looking like Mervis truly was a flash in the pan.

      Reply
  3. harrycarey

    1 month ago

    Would have thought that Mash Mervin would have hit more doubles. Hope the Duke standout can find an opportunity somewhere. Maybe Brewers would need his services at 1B if they trade Hoskins as that would improve the financial outlook for the Brewers owners.

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    • kevnames42

      1 month ago

      Maybe the Red Sox will take a flier

      Reply
      • imissjoebuzas

        1 month ago

        Matt Mervis for Bobby Dalbec, straight up.

        Oh wait, the Red Sox already got ris of Bobby Dalbec.

        Ok, White Sox. Step up to the plate and bring Matt Mervis back to Chicago.
        Mervis for Dalbec, straight up.

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        • imissjoebuzas

          1 month ago

          ** rid **. Sorry for mistype.

          Reply
        • Cardinals are good

          1 month ago

          Wouldn’t be bad

          Reply
      • Cardinals are good

        1 month ago

        They got noda and Kristian cambell is now playing first

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  4. thickiedon

    1 month ago

    Shay Whitcomb was pulled after 3 errors in a game as a rookie for the Astros last year. He’s currently strokin’ it in Sugarland waiting to for next call up. It’ll be ok, Ronny.

    Reply
    • Informed Sportsball Discussion

      1 month ago

      Phrasing.

      Reply
  5. BaseballBrian

    1 month ago

    Hernandez sucks. That’s right, I said it.

    Reply
    • Boston’s Alignment

      1 month ago

      I have the receipts!

      Reply
  6. HEHEHATE

    1 month ago

    Is de Los santos coming now? Asking for a friend here.

    Reply
    • UKPhil

      1 month ago

      de los Santos is on the IL. Groin Strain. Yesterday took BP and fielded ground balls

      Reply
      • HEHEHATE

        1 month ago

        I know he’s hurt but it ain’t long till he’s here.

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  7. Sour Bob

    1 month ago

    I feel like Mervis’s best play may be Korea now.

    If he takes off there and unlocks another level, he might make it back to MLB eventually for a season of three of useful time as a regular. An Eric Thames kind of progression. Maybe.

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  8. frankf

    1 month ago

    Mervis is definitely a Japan or bust type of player.

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  9. WadeBoggsWildRide

    1 month ago

    At least his first name isn’t Pervis

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  10. Alan53

    1 month ago

    We Cubs fans knew Mervis wasn’t going to last.

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  11. Fgh

    1 month ago

    Mervis, who cubs fans and writers had being traded straight up for Pete Alonso in 2023 season and offseason

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    • Alan53

      1 month ago

      @Fgh: Not all of us. Please don’t lump us all in with Brett Taylor and other hopeless homers.

      Reply
  12. Sour Bob

    1 month ago

    There were definitely some weirdo people who thought stuff like that. Most of us, at least from the subset of analytically minded folks who would read MLBTR, hoped he could be a right-hand version Nathaniel Lowe maybe.

    Maybe he still will for a few years but he will need to regroup, either in AAA or maybe more likely in Japan or Korea before he earns a shot again.

    Reply
  13. hiflew

    1 month ago

    There’s no crying in baseball. Sack up and try again.

    Reply
  14. mack423

    1 month ago

    Winkler has to be ectastic to be in the MLB after OPS’ing .655 in AA in his age-25 season last year. Still, 42 K in 142 AAA at bats for him, and 57 K in 141 AAA at bats for Hernandez. Neither of these guys should be sniffing the MLB. Doesn’t portend much future success.

    Reply
  15. Ok Yankees Fan

    1 month ago

    Matt Mervis might be a bit nervous hearing about all this.

    Reply
  16. Cardinals are good

    1 month ago

    Womp Womp

    Reply
  17. Old York

    1 month ago

    wRC+ of 73, poor defense and offense? Yeah, definitely a candidate for DFA. Next!

    Reply

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