{"id":259235,"date":"2026-05-05T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259235\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:01:09","slug":"marlins-dfa-chris-paddack-after-only-7-games-miami-marlins-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259235\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins DFA Chris Paddack after only 7 games &#8211; Miami Marlins Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLess than three months after signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paddach01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Paddack<\/a> in free agency, the Miami Marlins designated him for assignment on Tuesday, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/2051652195238679021\" rel=\"external nofollow\">first reported<\/a> by The Athletic&#8217;s Ken Rosenthal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe veteran right-hander has been the glaring weak link in an otherwise effective Marlins starting rotation.\u00a0In 30 \u2154 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&#8217;s\u00a0ever had in a game across part of eight MLB seasons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Marlins on Monday evaluated Paddack for a potential injury, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, but ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flasportsbuzz\/status\/2051391351250436382\" rel=\"external nofollow\">did not find anything<\/a> 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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo fill Paddack&#8217;s active roster spot for Tuesday&#8217;s game, the Marlins will recall right-handed reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=kempne000wil&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Kempner<\/a> from Triple-A Jacksonville, according to MLB.com&#8217;s Christina De Nicola.\u00a0Kempner owns a bonkers 47.9% strikeout rate this season, but he&#8217;s struggling with his control, hence a 6.46 ERA in 15 \u2153 innings pitched.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKempner is a placeholder until the Marlins bring up a new starter in the coming days to fill Paddack&#8217;s rotation spot. That job will go to either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garrebr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braxton Garrett<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=snelli000rob&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=fishonfirst.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-05-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robby Snelling<\/a>. The latter is not yet on Miami&#8217;s 40-man roster, but the DFA has created an opening for him to be selected.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fishonfirst.com\/news-rumors\/miami-marlins\/roster-moves-chris-paddack-dfa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than three months after signing Chris Paddack in free agency, the Miami Marlins designated him for assignment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99578,123,125,124,71515],"class_list":["post-259235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-chris-paddack","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-william-kempner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}