The Marlins will recall righty Adam Mazur to start tomorrow evening’s game against Philadelphia, manager Clayton McCullough told reporters (including Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase). He’ll go against Ranger Suárez in his team debut. SportsGrid’s Craig Mish first reported that Mazur was likely to get the call. He’s already on the 40-man roster, so the Fish only need to make an active roster move involving a pitcher.
It’s not a big league debut for the 24-year-old Mazur. He took the ball eight times for the Padres last summer. The former second-round pick struggled in his first look at MLB hitters, giving up a 7.49 ERA through 33 2/3 innings. He’d only had five Triple-A starts at the time, as San Diego was pressed into calling him up by injuries to their more established starters. The Padres optioned him back to Triple-A just before the trade deadline.
Three days later, Mazur was on the move. The Marlins acquired him as part of the return for Tanner Scott and Bryan Hoeing last July. Mazur has been on optional assignment to Triple-A Jacksonville for the better part of a calendar year. He struggled over eight starts there last year but has posted better numbers this season. Mazur owns a 3.62 ERA with a 22.2% strikeout percentage and tidy 6.5% walk rate. He has allowed home runs at an elevated rate, but it’s a generally solid performance to earn him his first call to loanDepot Park.
Miami has been operating with a four-man rotation of Sandy Alcantara, Eury Pérez, Cal Quantrill and Edward Cabrera. They lost Max Meyer and Ryan Weathers to injury and have been utilizing bullpen games to handle the fifth starter role. McCullough didn’t specify whether Mazur will get more than one start for this recall, but it stands to reason that he’ll get a real rotation opportunity at some point this year. Alcantara, Quantrill and potentially Cabrera could all be in trade discussions this summer. Quantrill also left tonight’s start early with a leg issue, though McCullough said postgame that it was just a cramp (via Isaac Azout of Fish on First).