Marlins cut ties with vet power-hitting 1B Aguilar

MIAMI — The Miami Marlins designated power-hitting Jesús Aguilar for task on Friday, transferring previous the primary baseman after falling out of rivalry for a spot within the playoffs.

The 32-year-old Aguilar led the Marlins along with his 15 dwelling runs and 49 RBIs however he was hitting solely .236.

With Miami dropping 15 of twenty-two video games in August and falling out of NL wild-card rivalry, Aguilar misplaced important enjoying time to rookie Lewin Díaz. Garrett Cooper, who break up time with Aguilar at first base and designated hitter, was activated from the injured listing Friday.

“It did not come as a shock as a result of Cooper and three guys cannot be right here,” Aguilar mentioned earlier than the Marlins opened a four-game dwelling collection in opposition to the NL-West main Los Angeles Dodgers. “I perceive the transfer and I perceive the enterprise.”

Aguilar signed with the Marlins after the Tampa Bay Rays launched him following the 2019 season. The native of Venezuela was considered one of solely 5 Marlins gamers who averted the injured listing in the course of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and helped Miami to its first playoff look since successful the World Sequence in 2003.

Final season, Aguilar had an NL-leading 93 RBIs earlier than a knee harm sidelined him the ultimate 4 weeks.

Aguilar mentioned he hopes to seek out a possibility with a contending workforce.

“We had talked to Jesús a bit in the past about this and provides him an opportunity to be on a playoff workforce,” Marlins common supervisor Kim Ng mentioned. “He is carried out loads for this group. A majority of these conditions are by no means straightforward.”

Aguilar started his profession in Cleveland however flourished after he joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017. He set profession highs with 35 homers and 108 RBIs in 2018, when he was an All-Star.

Halfway by means of the 2019 season, the Rays acquired Aguilar in a commerce.

“I simply wish to say thanks for the chance of being a Marlin for a few years,” Aguilar mentioned. “Hopefully, I can now go to one of many groups competing for a playoff spot.”

Aguilar has hit .255 with 108 homers in his 11-year profession.