The Marlins are in settlement with catcher Rob Brantly on a minor league take care of an invitation to MLB Spring Coaching, experiences Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. The veteran returns to the group with which he made his MLB debut greater than a decade in the past.
Brantly, now 35, was a Tigers draftee whom Detroit included of their 2012 deadline deal to amass AnÃbal Sánchez and Omar Infante from Miami. The Marlins known as him up inside a month of the commerce. Brantly appeared in 98 video games for the Fish, hitting .235/.298/.325 over 356 plate appearances. Miami misplaced him on waivers to the White Sox through the 2014-15 offseason.
That kicked off an prolonged profession as a journeyman depth catcher. Brantly has appeared on the main league degree in seven of the previous 10 seasons. He hasn’t appeared in additional than 14 huge league video games in any of these years. Brantly nonetheless has way more MLB expertise with the Marlins than he does with some other group. He has appeared in 39 contests with 5 completely different groups for the reason that finish of the 2013 marketing campaign.
Three of these video games have been final 12 months as a member of the Rays. Brantly had a short stint on Tampa Bay’s huge league roster whereas beginning catcher Ben Rortvedt was away attending to the start of his little one. He spent the remainder of the 12 months with Triple-A Durham, hitting .250/.316/.394 over 179 journeys to the plate. Brantly is a .266/.324/.390 hitter over components of 12 Triple-A seasons.
The Marlins have three catchers on their 40-man roster: Nick Fortes, Liam Hicks and AgustÃn RamÃrez. Hicks is a Rule 5 select of the Rangers group. RamÃrez is a highly-regarded prospect who headlined final summer season’s Jazz Chisholm Jr. commerce return. Fortes is the one member of that trio who has performed within the huge leagues. Brantly brings a whole lot of expertise to the higher minors. He may again up RamÃrez at Triple-A Jacksonville to open the season.
