Yunior Marte
Since coming over from the San Francisco Giants in a trade during the 2022-23 offseason, Yunior Marte had been given ample opportunities by the Phillies to take the bullpen job and run with it over the past couple of seasons. However, the 29-year-old reliever failed to take full advantage of it and has turned out to be quite the disappointment, to say the least.
In his two seasons with Philadelphia that has seen him move constantly between the majors and minors, Marte has compiled a 1-1 record with a gaudy 5.79 ERA, 74 ERA+ and 1.73 WHIP, giving up 42 earned runs, 32 walks and 61 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings pitched over 63 appearances.
In particular, in 2024 he has put up the worst numbers of his MLB career, toiling with an ERA close to 7.00 and a WHIP close to 1.90. His disastrous outing on Aug. 10 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, in which he gave up seven runs in less than an inning’s work, practically summarized his season.
The evolution of Jeff Hoffman into an elite relief option for the Phillies, along with the emergence of both Orion Kerkering and José Ruiz, together with the strong core of José Alvarado, Matt Strahm, and deadline acquisition Tanner Banks, it has resulted in Marte falling way down the bullpen depth chart. With Philadelphia likely aiming for a potential upgrade or two to their relief corps this upcoming offseason, we may have seen the last of Marte in a Phillies’uniform.