George

Soriano

The Marlins needed at least one fresh arm after Thursday’s massacre. Soriano was the obvious candidate for demotion, since he threw 53 pitches while giving up five runs in the game.

Soriano is back in the majors as extra middle relief depth as Miami deals with an avalanche of injuries.

Soriano is heading back to Triple-A with Anthony Veneziano reporting to the Marlins after Miami claimed Veneziano off waivers from Kansas City.

Soriano returns for another stint with the Marlins in place of an injured Andrew Nardi (elbow). The 25-year-old righty has posted an inflated 7.32 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and 18/9 K/BB ratio across 19 2/3 innings (15 appearances) this season in the big leagues.

The team needed to send a pitcher to the minors to add Adam Oller before his start on Monday. Soriano had just thrown 61 pitches out of the bullpen over the weekend, so he was an easy answer, but he also has a 7.32 ERA in 19 2/3 innings with the Marlins this year.

The Marlins needed a starter for Monday’s game, so Oller is getting recalled after posting a 5.30 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, and a 57/25 K/BB ratio over 52 2/3 innings in 18 appearances (nine starts) in the minors. He should not be added in fantasy leagues. George Soriano was optioned to make room on the roster.

Andrew Nardi entered the game in the eighth inning and allowed two runs on a pinch-hit home run by Donovan Solano, but the Marlins let Nardi stay in to try and finish the two-inning save. However, after a two-out double to Ha-Seong Kim, they turned to Soriano who struck out Luis Campusano for his first save of the season. Calvin Faucher had thrown 19 pitches on Saturday and Anthony Bender had thrown 26, so it’s likely that Soriano was just given a shot to not have either of those right-handers pitch. It’s unlikely Soriano is entering the saves mix.

Soriano gets the call to join Miami’s bullpen after the club unloaded several relievers at Tuesday’s trade deadline.

Soriano will head to Triple-A with infielder Tristan Gray recalled in the corresponding transaction. Soriano has been up and down a couple times already, and he’ll likely make the short trip from Jacksonville to Miami again relatively soon.

Soriano provides the Marlins with a fresh bullpen arm ahead of Tuesday’s showdown out west against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old righty has made eight relief appearances this season in the big leagues, struggling to an inflated 10.29 ERA, 1.86 WHIP and 8/6 K/BB ratio across seven innings of work.