The Marlins introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Christian Roa off waivers from the Reds. Christina De Nicola of MLB.com relayed the declare on X previous to the official announcement. The Fish additionally introduced that right-handers Shaun Anderson, Darren McCaughan and Adam Oller in addition to infielder/outfielder David Hensley have been outrighted to Triple-A Jacksonville. Oller is predicted to elect free company and pursue alternatives in Asia, per Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 on X.
Roa, 25, was on Cincinnati’s 60-day injured checklist however the IL goes away 5 days after the World Collection. Fairly than reinstating him to the 40-man roster, the Reds evidently tried to cross him by waivers however the Marlins grabbed him.
The righty was a second-round decide of the Reds and has been a notable prospect within the membership’s system since then. He has racked up a good variety of strikeouts as a minor leaguer but in addition given out a lot of walks. He has thrown 318 2/3 innings in his minor league profession with a 4.46 ERA, 27.4% strikeout fee and 14.3% stroll fee.
He was added to Cincinnati’s 40-man roster a yr in the past to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft. He spent this yr pitching in Triple-A with a 5.55 ERA. His stroll fee was nonetheless excessive at 13.5% and his strikeouts dropped to a fee of 21.2%. In August, the Reds recalled him to the majors and added him to their 60-day IL with a proper shoulder sprain with the intention to open up a 40-man roster spot.
The Marlins will take a shot on him and see in the event that they can assist him rein in that management a bit. Roa nonetheless has two extra possibility seasons and fewer than a yr of service time. For a rebuilding membership just like the Marlins, they’ll take their time and see if the Roa mission can bear some fruit for them down the road.
The 4 outrighted gamers had been all pretty current additions to the Miami roster. The membership suffered a excessive variety of accidents in 2024 and was usually grabbing gamers from in every single place with the intention to maintain the roster stuffed as they performed out the string on the marketing campaign.
Anderson was designated for project by the Rangers on the finish of Might and obtained flipped to the Marlins for money. 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 cope with the membership in July, later having his contract chosen to throw 42 1/3 innings with a 5.31 ERA. Hensley was claimed off waivers from the Astros on the finish of July after which hit .212/.293/.288 in 23 video games as a Marlin.
The three pitchers have earlier profession outrights and due to this fact have the suitable to elect free company. That is Hensley’s first outright however she ought to have the suitable to elect minor league free company as a participant with seven years on the farm.
