MIAMI – The Miami Marlins obtained proper-hander JT Chargois and infield prospect Xavier Edwards in a trade with Tampa Bay and added 3 pitchers to their 40-male roster in advance of baseball’s deadline ahead of the Rule 5 draft.
Miami despatched insignificant league correct-handers Marcus Johnson and Santiago Suarez to the Rays.
The Marlins extra proper-handers George Soriano and Eli Villalobos and still left-hander Josh Simpson to the 40-person roster to safeguard them from becoming selected in next month’s Rule 5 draft at the winter season meetings.
To make roster area, Miami specified for assignment ideal-handers Nick Neidert, Jeff Brigham and Elieser Hernandez, and infielders José Devers and Lewin Diaz.
Diaz’s defense at initially base was his energy, but he has struggled at the plate with a .181 profession batting ordinary.
Chargois was 2- in 21 appearances with Tampa Bay this calendar year. He concluded with a 2.42 Era and 17 strikeouts during two stints at the big league stage.
Edwards was rated Tampa Bay’s fourth-greatest prospect by MLB Pipeline. The 23-year-outdated played in 93 video games for Triple-A Durham this period, batting .246 with 5 household runs and 33 RBIs. He was drafted 38th in general by the San Diego Padres in 2018 out of superior university in Florida.
