The Marlins introduced that they’ve claimed right-hander Ronny Henriquez off waivers from the Twins. The latter membership had designated him for project final week. To open a roster spot, the Marlins have designated right-hander Xzavion Curry for project.
Henriquez, 25 in June, got here up via the minors as a starter however has been stored largely in a reduction function for the previous two seasons. So far in his profession, he has thrown 31 innings within the large leagues over 19 appearances, together with one begin. He has allowed simply 2.90 earned runs per 9 in that small pattern. His 18.2% strikeout price is subpar however his 6.1% stroll price and 53.1% floor ball price are each sturdy numbers.
He made 34 Triple-A appearances final yr, simply three of these being begins, logging 55 innings total. In that point, he had a 3.44 ERA, 24.9% strikeout price, 7.2% stroll price and 53.8% floor ball price.
That was a fairly first rate season on the farm however he exhausted his remaining possibility yr, that means he’s now out of choices going into 2025. That obtained him squeezed off the Minnesota roster when the Twins wanted to create space for his or her signings of Danny Coulombe and Harrison Bader.
For the Marlins, they’re clearly not focusing on a aggressive yr in 2025. Their offseason has largely targeted on subtractions, as they’ve traded controllable gamers like Jesús Luzardo to the Phillies and Jake Burger to the Rangers.
Their bullpen is pretty vast open. They traded Tanner Scott, A.J. Puk, Bryan Hoeing, Huascar Brazobán and JT Chargois eventually yr’s deadline. Now Anthony Bender is the one reliever on the membership with greater than three years of service time and Andrew Nardi is the one different man over the two-year line. Briefly, Henriquez has significantly better odds of sticking on the roster in Miami than he did with a aggressive membership just like the Twins.
If he manages to carry onto a spot, he’ll be reasonably priced and controllable for fairly some time. He has lower than a yr of service time, that means he’s nonetheless at the least two years away from arbitration and 6 years from free company. Although after all, that every one relies on him performing nicely sufficient to keep away from one other DFA from his new membership.
Curry, 26, was claimed off waivers from the Guardians in August. He has 147 innings of huge league expertise with a 4.35 ERA, 15.7% strikeout price and 6.9% stroll price. He tossed 60 2/3 minor league innings final yr with a 6.97 ERA, 18.5% strikeout price and 9.6% stroll price.
The Marlins will now have every week of DFA limbo to determine what’s subsequent for Curry, whether or not that’s a commerce or some destiny on waivers. He was as soon as a notable prospect within the Cleveland system, which may intrigue some golf equipment. Over 2021 and 2022, he tossed 219 2/3 innings within the minors with a 3.28 ERA, 28.7% strikeout price and 6.5% stroll price. He was then stored within the large league bullpen in 2023 earlier than struggling final yr.
Curry nonetheless has an possibility remaining, so he may very well be stored as minor league depth if any membership is keen to offer him a 40-man spot. If he passes via waivers unclaimed, he would supply the Marlins with some non-roster depth. He has lower than three years of service time and doesn’t have a earlier profession outright, that means he received’t have the correct to reject an outright project.
