2024 Chachi #23 Yunior Marte

#43 / Yunior Marte / Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  180
Opening Day Age:  29

Born:  February 2, 1995, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Acquired:  Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Phillies for Erik Miller, January 9, 2023

Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 2022; Philadelphia Phillies 2023-24

2024 Philadelphia Phillies Photocards

Yunior Marte, the go-to last man out of the bullpen for manager Rob Thomson throughout the season, endured a stint on the Injured List and four different demotions to Lehigh Valley in 2024.  On the active roster for 63 games, Marte saw action in 23 games, pitching to a 6.92 ERA in 26 innings pitched.  Marte pitched more than an inning only four times, giving up runs in three of those outings.  He endured a nightmarish seventh inning on August 10th against the Diamondbacks, allowing seven earned runs and a pair of home runs in two-thirds of an inning.  Taking away that one outing, his ERA for the season is a much more respectable 4.62.  

Marte became a minor league free agent at the end of the season, and he's since signed with the Mariners.

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  2022 Topps Update #US246
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  2022
Favorite/Only 2024 Card:  2024 Philadelphia Phillies Photocards
Total Cards in My Phillies Collection:  2 as of 12/21/24, 1 added in 2024

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2024 Chachi #22 Jeff Hoffman / 2024 Chachi #24 Luis F. Ortiz

2024-25 Offseason Begins - Early November Notes (Part 2)

2024 Topps Heritage #242

2024 Topps #571

2024 Choice Rocket City Trash Pandas #13

Once I started summarizing the player moves over the first week of the offseason, I realized I needed to break everything into two posts given the flurry of activity on Monday, November 4th.  (Part 1 of these Early November Notes can be found here.)

Devin Sweet (rhp) was acquired from the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations and added to the 40-man roster.  Sweet has pitched in seven big-league games, all in 2023, with the Mariners and Athletics.

John McMillon (rhp) was claimed off waivers from the Miami Marlins.  He's appeared in 14 games with the Royals and Marlins over the past two seasons, and was the winning pitcher in the Marlins game against the Phillies on September 7th.

Alan Rangel (rhp) who appeared in 10 games for the IronPigs in 2024, and who had pitched in seven seasons in the Braves' minor league system, was added to the 40-man roster.

Clearing space on the 40-man roster, the Phillies outrighted Yunior Marte (rhp), Luis F. Ortiz (rhp), Freddy Tarnok (rhp), Kolby Allard (lhp) and Rodolfo Castro (inf), with all clearing waivers and becoming free agents.  Marte relieved in 63 games for the Phillies over the past two seasons, and was 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA in 65 1/3 innings pitched.  Ortiz appeared in 15 games for the Phillies, with just one game this past season, and had a 4.12 ERA in 19 2/3 innings pitched.  He spent the bulk of 2024 on the injured list.

Tarnok never pitched for the Phillies.  Allard was a somewhat reliable emergency fifth starter for the club, going 2-0 with a 5.00 ERA, finding his most success in two starts in August.  Added to the NLDS roster, he didn't appear in any of the four games.  Like Ortiz, Castro was injured for a lot of 2024, and never got the call back to the majors.  In 14 games with the Phillies in 2023, he batted .100 (3 for 30).  Marte, Ortiz and Castro have their only Phillies cardboard appearances in the somewhat rare 2024 team-issued photo cards, shown below.

Game 99 - Phils Survive Late Scare; Break Losing Streak

2023 Choice Lehigh Valley
IronPigs #29

Phillies 8, Guardians 5 (10 Innings)
Game 99 - Sunday Afternoon, July 23rd in Cleveland
Record - 53-46, Tied for 2nd Place, 11 1/2 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  After Craig Kimbrel blew his first save of the year, the Phillies plated four 10th inning runs and held on to win this game, 8-5.

What It Means:  The Phillies escaped Cleveland having won one out of the three games, and the first place Orioles come to town next for a three game series.  In the standings, the Phillies are a half game behind both the Diamondbacks and the Giants for the second and third Wild Card spots.

What Happened:  Kimbrel couldn't get the job done, giving up a solo home run to David Fry and costing Aaron Nola his 10th win.  Nola had gone seven innings, allowing three runs on a pair of home runs while striking out seven.  The Phillies took a 4-3 lead in the seventh when Brandon Marsh singled home J.T. Realmuto.  The "single" likely should have been scored an error as third baseman Jose Ramirez dropped a pop up.

In the 10th, after Kimbrel had blown the save, Bryce Harper singled home ghost runner Johan Rojas to give the Phillies the lead.  J.T. Realmuto would add a sacrifice fly and then Alec Bohm would cap the scoring with a two-run single.  In the bottom of the 10th, reliever Jeff Hoffman loaded the bases with no outs and manager Rob Thomson turned to Yunior Marte to restore order.  Marte retired the heart of the Guardians' line-up, leaving the bases loaded and securing his second save of the year.

Featured Card:  This is the only Marte baseball card in my Phillies collection so far, and it's his card from the IronPigs team set.

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2023 Chachi #20 Yunior Marte

#43

Yunior Marte
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  180
Opening Day Age:  28

Born:  February 2, 1995, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Acquired:  Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Phillies for Erik Miller, January 9, 2023

Contract Status:  Arbitration eligible 2026
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 2022; Philadelphia Phillies 2023

In early January, the Phillies dealt minor league reliever Erik Miller, a fourth round draft pick in 2019, to the Giants in exchange for right-hander Yunior Marte.  Marte has been pitching professionally since 2013, spending seven seasons in the Royals minor league system and all of 2021 with the Giants' Triple-A team, before earning a spot in the Giants bullpen in 2022.  In 39 games for the Giants last season, he was 1-1 with a 5.44 ERA over 48 innings pitched.

Marte has been shuttled back and forth to Lehigh Valley often so far this season, with four separate stints with the Phillies including as the 27th man for the April 18th double header against the White Sox.  In nine games through Wednesday, he's the owner of an 11.25 ERA in eight innings pitched.  Marte has been hot or cold, with six scoreless appearances and three appearances in which he allows at least two runs in an inning or less.

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  2022 Topps Update #US246
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  2022
Newest Card Added to My Phillies Collection:  N/A
Total Cards in My Phillies Collection:  0 as of 5/25/23.

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Game 4 - Phils on Pace to Go 0-162

2022 Topps Update #US246

Yankees 8, Phillies 1
Game 4 - Monday Night, April 3rd in New York
Record - 0-4, 5th Place, 3 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  Taijuan Walker and Yunior Marte got hit hard by the Yankees in this 8-1 loss, as the Phillies' bats remained quiet.

What It Means:  Yikes.

What Happened:  Walker's final line from his Phillies debut shows 4 1/3 innings pitched, four runs allowed on four hits and three walks.  Marte allowed an inherited runner to score and then gave up four runs of his own in just 1/3 of an inning.  (He'd be optioned down to Lehigh Valley on Monday.)  Brandon Marsh had an awful game, making costly mistakes in the outfield and on the base paths.  Alec Bohm had a three-hit night, raising his average through four games to .467.

Featured Card:  Marte was acquired from the Giants on January 9th for pitching prospect Erik Miller.  He made the team's bullpen after a strong spring, but after two appearances he owns a 54.00 ERA and he currently leads the league in earned runs allowed with six.  He did all of that in one inning, with all three of his outs coming on strikeouts.  Marte is waiting for his first solo mainstream baseball card, and he shared a 2022 Topps Update card with former Giants teammate Sean Hjelle.

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