{"id":426883,"date":"2026-01-21T03:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426883\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T03:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:40:10","slug":"marlins-acquire-right-hander-bradley-blalock-from-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426883\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins acquire right-hander Bradley Blalock from Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI &#8212; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/mia\/miami-marlins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Marlins<\/a> acquired right-handed pitcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4720860\/bradley-blalock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Blalock<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/col\/colorado-rockies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> on Tuesday in exchange for minor league right-hander Jake Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>Blalock, 25, was designated for assignment by the Rockies last week to open a roster spot after Colorado finalized an $8 million, one-year contract with right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33252\/michael-lorenzen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Lorenzen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of Blalock adds depth to Miami&#8217;s pitching staff after the Marlins traded <a data-player-guid=\"de267d58-fbaf-a33a-4842-526ae031aec5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40944\/edward-cabrera\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edward Cabrera<\/a> to Chicago and dealt <a data-player-guid=\"5402c89c-491c-069e-9642-55ee5246433a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41178\/ryan-weathers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Weathers<\/a> to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2b9cedf3-ce60-0bcf-fafe-8cd055255685\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Blalock made 12 starts for the Rockies last season, going 2-6 with a 9.36 ERA. Blalock also spent time with Milwaukee in 2024, and in parts of two major league seasons has a 3-9 record with an 8.16 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The Marlins designated right-hander <a data-player-guid=\"bee95b9c-7db0-3525-81aa-b5753b264295\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5132624\/osvaldo-bido\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Osvaldo Bido<\/a> for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI &#8212; The Miami Marlins acquired right-handed pitcher Bradley Blalock from the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday in exchange&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-426883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}