Marlins Outright Five Players

The Marlins’ offseason housekeeping has begun. Miami has outrighted five players off the 40-man roster, according to the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Catchers Logan Driscoll and Brian Navarreto and righties Tyler Zuber, Wikelman González and Zach Brzykcy have all cleared waivers. They’re all likely headed to minor league free agency. The two catchers saw little to no big league time this year. Driscoll, 29 next week, didn’t appear in the majors. The Marlins added him in a cash swap with Tampa Bay just prior to the deadline. He was a depth option with the Rays and remained in that role with Miami. Driscoll raked in 14 Triple-A games for the Fish but was below-average the rest of the season with the Rays’ top affiliate. Overall, he hit .269/.367/.422 in 77 games at the Triple-A level. His only big league work to date was a 15-game cup of coffee with the 2024 Rays, wherein he batted .171/.189/.257 with a homer in 37 plate appearances. Navarreto, 32 in December, totaled 61 plate appearances with Miami this year. He hit just .135/.193/.250 with a homer. Navarreto was originally a sixth-round pick by the Twins in 2013. He’s split his entire career between the Minnesota and Miami organizations, appearing in parts of three seasons with the latter. He’s a well below-average hitter even in Triple-A, but Navarreto is a strong defender and seasoned minor league vet who could be re-signed to give the Fish some glove-first depth to keep at their top minor league affiliate. Zuber is the most experienced big leaguer of the bunch. He crossed three years of major league service in 2026. The right-hander pitched 39 2/3 innings with the Marlins this season but was roughed up for a 5.67 ERA. He sat better than 95 mph with his heater and posted sharp rate stats (24% strikeout rate, 6.3% walk rate), but Zuber’s long-running home run woes were at the forefront of his struggles once again. He averaged 2.27 round-trippers per nine frames. There was never any doubt Zuber would be removed from the 40-man roster this winter — not necessarily due to his home run troubles but because he’s going to miss the majority or entirety of the 2027 campaign. After the season, the Marlins announced that Zuber was slated for an internal brace procedure to repair the UCL in his right elbow. That made a non-tender or an outright/release all but certain. Brzykcy came to the Marlins via waivers a year ago this time. The 27-year-old was originally a Nationals farmhand. He’s pitched in parts of three big league seasons — including a tiny sample of three innings with the Fish in 2026 — but has been shelled for 33 runs in 31 2/3 frames. Brzykcy posted strong numbers up through the Double-A level but has a 5.70 ERA in parts of four Triple-A campaigns and obviously hasn’t fared any better in the majors. González didn’t pitch in the majors this year. Miami claimed him off waivers from the White Sox in August, but he split the whole year in Triple-A between those two clubs. In 41 2/3 frames, he punched out a hefty 30.5% of his opponents but also issued walks at nearly a 14% clip. González ended up with a 6.05 ERA. The right-hander did notch a 2.66 ERA in 20 1/3 MLB frames with Chicago last year — his only MLB work to date — but his history of missing bats at high levels has been undercut by bottom-of-the-scale command. He’s walked 13.3% of his opponents in his minor league career, including a dismal 16.5% walk rate in 69 1/3 Triple-A frames. View Comments (1)