The Marlins despatched right-hander Christian Roa outright to Triple-A Jacksonville, in accordance with the MLB.com transaction log. That drops the crew’s 40-man roster depend to 37. Groups must determine by Tuesday which prospects they need to add to the 40-man to maintain out of the Rule 5 draft.
Miami simply grabbed Roa off waivers from the Reds two weeks in the past. They presumably did so with the hope of getting him by waivers themselves. They succeeded in that bid and might retain him as non-roster depth (assuming he goes unselected within the Rule 5). Roa had by no means beforehand been outrighted and doesn’t have the requisite service time to elect free company.
Roa was Cincinnati’s second-round choose in 2020. The Texas A&M product has but to make his main league debut. The Reds chosen his contract final offseason to maintain him out of the Rule 5 draft. They stored him on non-compulsory project to Triple-A Louisville for a lot of the season. Roa struggled to a 5.55 earned run common in 48 2/3 innings throughout 23 appearances. His season ended with a shoulder pressure.
That clearly wasn’t a terrific displaying, however Roa ranked among the many Reds’ prime 30 prospects at Baseball America coming into 2024. He’d been a starter for many of his profession earlier than transferring to the bullpen this 12 months. Prospect evaluators have raised that chance for some time due to his subpar management. Coming into the season, BA credited Roa with a good four-pitch combine headlined by an above-average slider. He’ll most likely get a non-roster invite to huge league Spring Coaching.
