Miami Marlins: First Look At Prospects Acquired At The Deadline

By Michael Sonbeek |

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Aug 5, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Steve Cishek throws against the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th inning at Great American Ball Park. The Cardinals won 4-3 in 13 innings. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports

As we all know, the Miami Marlins made some moves at and around the trade deadline. The moves were made to try to “retool” their farm system. But as we all know, the Marlins have a bottom three front office in the MLB, so most of the moves were, let’s say, not good. Fellow writer Dillon Murrell wrote a review for the deadline moves soon after the deadline.

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In this piece, I’m going to show statistical data on how these newly acquired prospects have done on their respective levels.

Let’s start with Kyle Barraclough.

The Marlins traded their former closer Steve Cishek to get Barraclough from the Cardinals. Barraclough is a pitcher known for a high-speed fastball, with some decent secondary pitches. People criticized the trade because Kyle was a 25-year old reliever pitching in Double-A.

Kyle was called up to the Majors league for the first time in his career and has had really good success in a very, very, very small sample size, 2.2 innings sample size. He has posted a 6.75 K/9, giving up zero earned runs while posting a 1.60 FIP. Opponents have a .111 batting average against him.

In his four games with the Marlins Double A affiliate, Kyle recorded 2 saves and had a FIP of -.42(!). Kyle could be an interesting bullpen piece for the Marlins moving forward.

Aug 8, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Mat Latos (55) delivers a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Next lets take a look into the blockbuster Mat Latos trade. This trade was a three team deal between the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Atlanta Braves.

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The Marlins, being their cheap selves, used this as a salary dump, getting rid of the contracts of the two Miami grown players, Mat Latos and Michael More. In this trade, the Marlins got back three prospects: Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman.

Araujo is the only one of the three that has found some success with his new organization. In 7 innings pitched in High A, Araujo has posted a K/9 of 10.29, 1.29 BB/9 while having a FIP of 1.76 (1.29 ERA).

Jeff Brigham was the only one of the three players that appeared on the Dodgers top 30 prospects list but has struggled a bit in his short time with the Marlins organization. Like Araujo, Brigham was assigned to High-A. In 9 2/3 innings, Brigham has posted a 3.71 FIP but an ERA of 5.59. Brigham has a 4.66 K/9 and a BB/9 of 3.72 in those 9+ innings of work.

Kevin Guzman was the last player acquired by the Marlins. Guzman has struggled the most out of three players., in 5 innings, he has a 0 K/9, and a FIP of 3.92 (ERA of 5.40) His FIP is up .14 points from his time with Dodgers.

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Aug 11, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Dan Haren (50) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports

Let’s move on to another one: the Dan Haren trade. The Marlins sent Haren to the Cubs in exchange for Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto.

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Pineyro, like the rest of the guys, is a pitcher. He is currently at AAA New Orleans and has been bad. But again, small sample size. In 3.2 innings in AAA he has a FIP 7.43 (ERA of 14.73), he posted a career high BB/9 of 7.36.

Elliot is a short stop who was taken in the 15th round of the 2010 draft and is currently in AA for the Marlins. In 37 plate appearances, Soto has a slash line of .125/.243/.188 and a wOBA of .221 along with a pathetic wRC+ of 27. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out Soto has struggled in his time with his new organization.

The last trade I’m covering was the trade that sent Sam Dyson to the Rangers for Cody Ege and Tomas Telis. I really liked this trade for the Miami Marlins.

Cody Edge is currently in AA and performing well. In 7.1 innings pitched, Edge has posted a 3.74 FIP (1.23 ERA). He is also striking out 9.82 hitters and walking just 2.45 per nine innings pitched.

Last but certainly not least, is Tomas Telis.

One of the most interesting pieces the Marlins got, in my opinion. Telis has spent some time in the Majors before with the Rangers and currently is in the Majors with the Marlins, but is having trouble finding at bats.

He is 0-3 with the Marlins and only played one game for the New Orleans Zephrys (Marlins’ AAA affiliate). Telis went 1-2 with an RBI and a walk in his lone AAA game.

I can see Telis being a backup to JT Realmuto if the Marlins decide to not bring back Jeff Mathis.

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