The Marlins are calling up right-hander Robinson Piña for his main league debut, experiences Kevin Barral of Fish On First. The crew has not introduced the transfer but. Piña’s contract will should be chosen to what’s at present a full 40-man roster in Miami, so the Fish might want to make a corresponding transfer in that regard.
Piña, 26, will make his huge league debut the primary time he takes the mound. He spent the 2017-23 seasons within the Angels system earlier than changing into a minor league free agent and signing with the Phillies forward of the 2024 marketing campaign. The Phils by no means added him to the 40-man roster, and Piña once more grew to become a minor league free agent this previous offseason, signing with Miami in his second run via the open market. This time round, he’ll get that coveted first MLB alternative.
Piña has definitely earned his name to the majors. He’s appeared in 13 video games, 11 of them begins, and tallied 57 innings with a 3.47 ERA, a 22.2% strikeout price, a 6.2% stroll price and a 46.9% ground-ball price. Command was a difficulty for him early in his minor league profession, however he’s now turned in consecutive minor league seasons with stroll charges that clock in significantly south of common. This 12 months’s 92.8 mph common sinker is up a mile per hour over final 12 months’s ranges, and Piña has been constant all season; he hasn’t yielded greater than three earned runs in any look and has held opponents to 2 or fewer runs in 10 of 13 outings total.
Miami has Edward Cabrera lined as much as begin immediately, with Janson Junk, Eury Pérez and Sandy Alcantara listed as probables of their subsequent three video games thereafter. There’s no want for a right away spot starter — barring an harm the crew has not but made public — however they might be trying so as to add some size with Junk having spent the season in an extended reduction position. The Marlins even have an off-day approaching Monday, so they might choice Adam Mazur and skip the fifth starter’s spot subsequent time via the rotation. Doing so would give them choices for the way greatest to make use of Piña, who’s absolutely stretched out and has topped 80 pitches in 5 of his previous six appearances.
