Marlins DFA Chris Paddack after only 7 games

[Ely Sussman]

Less than three months after signing Chris Paddack in free agency, the Miami Marlins designated him for assignment on Tuesday, as first reported by The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.

The veteran right-hander has been the glaring weak link in an otherwise effective Marlins starting rotation. In 30 ⅔ innings pitched this season, Paddack has a 7.63 ERA and 5.00 FIP. This past Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies was rock bottom (2.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 1 K). In addition to being completely ineffective, his four-seam fastball velocity plummeted to 91.3 mph, the lowest average velo he's ever had in a game across part of eight MLB seasons.

The Marlins on Monday evaluated Paddack for a potential injury, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, but ultimately did not find anything to justify an IL stint. Instead of moving forward with an untrustworthy arm, they are turning the page. Unless another pitcher-needy team values the 30-year-old enough to claim him off waivers and take responsibility for what remains of his $4 million salary, the Fish are on the hook for it.

The Marlins won on April 5 when Paddack served as the bulk guy out of their bullpen against the New York Yankees, but they lost all six of his traditional starts.

To fill Paddack's active roster spot for Tuesday's game, the Marlins will recall right-handed reliever William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville, according to MLB.com's Christina De Nicola. Kempner owns a bonkers 47.9% strikeout rate this season, but he's struggling with his control, hence a 6.46 ERA in 15 ⅓ innings pitched.

Kempner is a placeholder until the Marlins bring up a new starter in the coming days to fill Paddack's rotation spot. That job will go to either Braxton Garrett or Robby Snelling. The latter is not yet on Miami's 40-man roster, but the DFA has created an opening for him to be selected.

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[Jose Herrera]

Get him some aloe vera, he has major sunburn. He probably went fishing or partying on our day off after the Los Angeles series.

Nonetheless welcome William!

[Jose Herrera]

Check out his tan line.

[Robert Hanson]

  Obviously, this move was necessary. Fortunately, the Marlins acknowledged the mistake and are moving on. 
    After trading both Eddy and Weathers, the Marlins had several question marks in the rotation heading into the season and thought signing Paddack was necessary. 
   Max and Junk have answered those questions at the MLB level and both Snelling & Braxton have pitched well in Jville.  And Blalock & Gusto have pitched well recently, both going 6 innings in their last start. 
     So on a brighter note, Paddack wasn’t even needed and unfortunately, other than the Yankee game when he pitched 4.2 innings of shutout relief and the Tiger game when he went 6 innings, he wasn’t much help. 
     Only question now is, who starts Friday? Braxton or Snelling? Braxton pitched last Tuesday and did not have a good outing. If he starts tonight, then it will be Snelling, who last pitched Friday. 
  

[2qbn]

It would have been a nice story if he found his stuff, but his stuff is MIA. Ba dum tish

 

This is great news as we are about to bolster the rotation. Now if only the offense could score runs on a consistent basis. :/

[MRDHU75]

1 hour ago, 2qbn said:

It would have been a nice story if he found his stuff, but his stuff is MIA. Ba dum tish

 

This is great news as we are about to bolster the rotation. Now if only the offense could score runs on a consistent basis. :/

Agreed! Glad the team cut bait and realized dude didn't have it. But yes offense definitely needs a boost.

I would love to see Snelling, but will be ok with Brax....anyone is better than Paddack at this point