The Marlins have designated right-hander Yonny Chirinos for project, the group introduced as we speak. His spot on the roster will go to right-hander Kyle Tyler, who’s been recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville.
Chirinos, 30, is one among a number of former Rays who made their solution to the Marlins group over the offseaon — he signed a minor league deal — after Miami employed former Rays GM Peter Bendix as their new president of baseball operations. Initially introduced in as a depth possibility, Chirinos discovered himself known as to the large league roster after 12 stable begins in Triple-A (3.00 ERA, 17.2 Ok%, 8.4 BB%, 66 innings) at a time when the Marlins’ rotation had been decimated by damage.
By means of his first 4 begins, Chirinos generated high quality outcomes. He pitched simply 19 1/3 innings however held opponents to 9 runs (4.19 ERA) on 26 hits and 5 walks with 20 punchouts. He’s been shelled for a dozen runs in 10 2/3 innings since that point, nonetheless, and now sports activities an unpleasant 6.30 earned run common on the season.
From 2018-22, Chirinos was an intriguing however regularly injured member of the Rays’ pitching workers. He logged 241 1/3 innings in that point, recording a 3.54 ERA (4.07 FIP, 4.13 SIERA) with a 20.9% strikeout charge and 5.9% stroll charge. Forearm, finger, triceps and elbow accidents all mixed to tamp down Chirinos’ innings, nonetheless, with the elbow challenge specifically proving detrimental. Chirinos missed your entire 2021 season and a portion of the 2022 marketing campaign on account of Tommy John surgical procedure.
Whereas Chirinos’ 2018-22 observe document is pretty intriguing, he’s additionally now pitched 115 innings in two full post-surgery seasons and seemed like a special pitcher. Relationship again to Opening Day 2023, he’s logged a 5.63 ERA with strikeout and stroll charges of 15.3% and seven.8% — a far cry from his pre-surgery charges. He’s additionally seen his common fastball dip from a 94.3 mph peak, per Statcast, to 93 mph over the previous two seasons.
The Marlins can have per week to commerce Chirinos, try to move him by outright waivers or launch him. He has greater than 5 years of massive league service, so he can reject an outright project even when he clears waivers.
