Marlins clear two spots on 40-man roster with a host of moves

November 12th, 2025

MIAMI -- The Marlins made a flurry of moves on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon that reconfigured the 40-man roster, which now stands at 38.

Wednesday’s transactions were as follows:

Here were Thursday’s moves:

Brzykcy, 26, has a 10.05 ERA in 32 career outings from 2024-25, though he had 31.9% chase and 9.4 K/9 rates this season.

"He has a lot of ingredients that we think go into making a really good pitcher, and we look for guys that we think we can help make better," president of baseball operations Peter Bendix said at the General Managers Meetings.

Bender, Garrett and Meyer being added back to the 40-man roster comes as no surprise.

Bender, who was sidelined from Aug. 18 through the remainder of the season with a right tibial stress reaction, was one of the club’s high-leverage relievers in 2025 (2.16 ERA in 51 outings). The subject of trade rumors ahead of the Deadline, Bender is arbitration-eligible for the second time this winter.

Garrett and Meyer are both rotation options. Garrett missed the 2025 campaign while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, while Meyer underwent season-ending left hip surgery in late June.

Nardi, who was the club’s primary southpaw reliever from 2023-24 (3.79 ERA in 122 outings), has not pitched in a game due to injuries since Aug. 21, 2024. In 2025, it was recurring back trouble that kept him off the mound. The Marlins lack lefty relief depth, with Cade Gibson and Josh Simpson the only other 40-man options.

Roa, whom the Marlins claimed off waivers from the Reds last November, made just two relief appearances for Miami in 2025. Winkler made his MLB debut in May and shuttled back and forth between the big league club and Triple-A, rarely playing (16 plate appearances).

Soriano, whom the Marlins signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2015, shuttled back and forth between the Majors and Minors from 2023-25. In 72 games (one start) for Miami, the 26-year-old compiled a 5.95 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP with three saves. He did not have any Minor League options remaining.

Johnston made his long-awaited Major League debut on July 29, and he put together a .751 OPS in 121 plate appearances spanning 44 games to close out the season. While Johnston had been the organization’s 2023 Minor League Player of the Year, he was left unprotected and wasn’t chosen in the Rule 5 Draft in successive winters. The 28-year-old appeared at both corner-outfield positions and first base in the Majors, but Miami has the outfield covered with fellow left-handed hitters Kyle Stowers, Jakob Marsee, Griffin Conine and Victor Mesa Jr. First base should be a target area of improvement for the Marlins, who posted the fourth-lowest OPS (.663) at the position in MLB in 2025.

Tinoco, 30, underwent right elbow UCL hybrid reconstruction with associated flexor tendon repair in early September and was going to miss the 2026 season. He served as a high-leverage reliever in his second stint with the Marlins (he pitched in three games for Miami in 2020), posting a 2.03 ERA with three saves in 21 games in ‘24 before struggling in ‘25 (5.12 ERA with four saves).

The 30-year-old Zuber, whom the Marlins claimed off waivers from the Mets on July 9, made nine appearances for the club (13 earned runs in 10 innings) before landing on the IL with a right lat strain on Aug. 30.

Acquired from the Astros with cash for Jacob Amaya in April 2024, Bellozo impressed during his rookie season with a 3.67 ERA in 13 starts. But the Marlins primarily used the 25-year-old in long relief in 2025, and his ERA ballooned to 4.65 in 32 games (six starts). Bellozo’s lack of velocity (90.8 mph average four-seamer) meant he relied on missing barrels. His role can be filled by someone who doesn’t make the Opening Day rotation or by the multi-inning relievers that make up the bullpen.

Though Miami selected Tarnok’s contract on June 15, he pitched in just five games for the club, earning one save, as he bounced between the Marlins and the Jumbo Shrimp. Over 7 1/3 innings for the big league team, the 26-year-old allowed two runs on one hit with 10 strikeouts and four walks.

Navarreto, who turns 31 on Dec. 29, returned to the big leagues for the first time since 2020 on Sept. 5. And though he made history with his first career homer, Navarreto didn’t fit into the long-term plan. Agustín Ramírez and Liam Hicks were rookies in ‘25, plus Joe Mack (the Marlins’ No. 4 prospect, No. 70 overall in MLB) will need to be added to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft.