Phillies reliever shut down with shoulder injury after disappointing season

It looks like the Philadelphia Phillies won’t have to worry about Yunior Marte coming out of the bullpen again this season. It’s been a struggle of a season for the right-handed reliever, with poor performance and injuries plaguing his 2024 campaign.

Now his season looks like it could very well be over.

Yunior Marte shut down with shoulder injury after disappointing season for Phillies

As Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports, Marte, who was in Triple-A, was shut down with a shoulder injury and it “sounds like he’s done for the season.”

In his second season with the Phillies, the 29-year-old posted a 6.92 ERA and 1.88 WHIP in 26 innings across 23 appearances. He ran career-worst with an 18.1 percent strikeout rate and a 11.8 percent walk rate, leading to plenty of base runners, with a .304 opponent batting average compounding problems.

Marte began the season off on the right foot, and it looked like he might be living up the potential the Phillies had hoped to see after trading for him from the San Francisco Giants in 2023. He posted a 2.70 ERA through April before landing on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. When he returned in late June, he didn’t look the same, with an 11.37 ERA in 12 2/3 innings from June 27 to Aug. 30, and spent the rest of his season shuttling back and forth between Philadelphia and Triple-A Lehigh Valley before finally being sent down on Sept. 1.

He made his last relief appearance with the IronPigs on Sept. 5, surrendering three runs on three hits. His overall Triple-A numbers this season don’t look much better than his MLB numbers, with a 6.88 ERA, 14 strikeouts and 10 walks in 17 innings.

With Marte exhausting his MiLB options this season, there might not be room for him in the Phillies’ plans for next year. Or, if they retain him for another season, he’ll have a limited leash to make his case for a major league bullpen role.

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