The Marlins are selecting the contract of reliever Steven Okert, general manager Kim Ng told reporters (including Craig Mish of SportsGrid). The club has vacancies on both the active and 40-man rosters following today’s trade of Corey Dickerson and Adam Cimber to the Blue Jays.
When he takes the mound, Okert will be making his first major league appearance in three years. The left-hander pitched for the Giants between 2016-18, tossing 48 1/3 innings of 4.28 ERA/4.01 SIERA ball. San Francisco outrighted him off the 40-man roster just before the start of the 2019 season, though, and he spent the entire year at Triple-A Sacramento. Okert elected minor league free agency after 2019 but didn’t sign anywhere during last year’s COVID-19 impacted campaign.
Okert returned to affiliated ball on a minors deal with the Marlins in February. He’s earned his way back to the highest level with a stellar 20 innings at Triple-A Jacksonville. The 29-year-old has pitched to a pristine 1.80 ERA with the Jumbo Shrimp, striking out an elite 38.2% of batters faced while walking a minuscule 5.3% of opponents.
5TUNT1N
Always thought Okert could have stuck in the pen given a fair shot, seemed like decent stuff from the left side. Hopefully he’s able to fully embrace his opportunity!
Jean Matrac
Agree. When he first came up I thought he had a lot of potential, but my excitement turned to frustration. He might be one of those pitchers where it’s taken a bit longer to figure it out. I hope he has. Good luck to him.
junkmale
Marlins are all the rage on MLBTR today. That said, I have never heard of this fella before, but nice AAA stats.
Marlins have a habit of finding relief pitcher diamonds in the rough. So I wouldn’t at all be surprised if he pitched well.
EBJ
For some reason, Bochy liked him a lot but when he was the Giants’ LOOGY in 2017 he was awful.
Ron Tingley
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Ron Tingley
..yes
MarlinsFanBase
Cimber gone…another warm body in. Seems like nothing to lose. Let’s make the next one happen with Anthony Bass gone and the beer man added to the bullpen. That might be an improvement.