The Marlins introduced they’ve chosen catcher Jhonny Pereda onto the key league roster. He fills in for Christian Bethancourt, who’s headed to the 10-day injured checklist, retroactive to April 14, as he battles a viral sickness. Miami already has a gap on the 40-man roster after designating Matt Andriese for project over the weekend.
It’s an early birthday present for Pereda, who turns 28 on Thursday. He reaches the massive leagues for the primary time after greater than a decade within the minor leagues. The Venezuela native initially signed with the Cubs through the 2012-13 worldwide novice interval. He obtained to Double-A within the Chicago system six years later earlier than being traded to the Pink Sox. Pereda didn’t attain the majors in Boston and have become a minor league free agent after the 2021 season.
The precise-handed hitter has bounced round by way of minor league free company over the previous few years. He spent 2022 in Triple-A with the Giants and joined the Reds final season. Pereda turned in a wonderful .325/.405/.468 batting line in 68 video games with Cincinnati’s Triple-A workforce however by no means obtained an MLB name. He inked one other minor league pact — this time with the Fish — in January.
Miami assigned Pereda to Triple-A Jacksonville. He has performed in eight video games, accumulating 9 hits and 5 walks over his first 32 plate appearances. That brings his profession slash on the high minor league stage to a robust .294/.383/.404 in components of 4 seasons. That was sufficient to make him the primary one up within the occasion of an damage or sickness to both of the catchers on Miami’s lively roster.
Bethancourt and Nick Fortes had been the one backstops on the 40-man roster. With Bethancourt needing a while off, the Fish needed to go to a non-roster participant to again Fortes up. Pereda will fill that function for at the very least every week, probably getting an opportunity to make his MLB debut within the course of. Neither Fortes nor Bethancourt has contributed a lot for the Marlins as they’ve limped to a 3-13 begin. Miami has gotten by far the worst manufacturing within the league out of their catchers to this point: an .063/.100/.083 line over 51 journeys to the plate.
Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase first reported the Marlins have been deciding on Pereda and inserting Bethancourt on the IL.
