MLB Player News
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Corbin Martin RP | CHC
Cubs' Corbin Martin: Falls short in roster bid
The Cubs reassigned Martin to minor-league camp Sunday.
Martin made 17 appearances in the big leagues with Baltimore in 2025, but he lost his spot on the 40-man roster in September and then signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs over the winter. The veteran righty was unable to secure a spot in the Cubs' Opening Day bullpen and is expected to begin the season at Triple-A Iowa.
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Collin Snider RP | CHC
Cubs' Collin Snider: Sent to minors camp
The Cubs reassigned Snider to minor-league camp Sunday.
Snider made 24 regular-season appearances in the big leagues with Seattle in 2025, but he lost his spot on the 40-man roster in August and then signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs over the winter. The veteran righty was unable to secure a spot in the Cubs' Opening Day bullpen and is expected to begin the season at Triple-A Iowa.
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Randy Vasquez RP | SD
Padres' Randy Vasquez: Concludes spring with 5.1 frames
Vasquez completed 5.1 innings in a Cactus League start versus Milwaukee on Saturday, allowing four runs on five hits and no walks while striking out four batters.
Vasquez allowed just five baserunners, but three of those circled the bases on home runs. This was presumably the right-hander's final appearance this spring, and if that's the case he'll finish the exhibition slate with a 4.91 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 15:5 K:BB over 18.1 innings spanning five starts. Vasquez is locked into a role in San Diego's season-opening rotation and could make his first start in the third game of the team's initial series against Detroit.
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Carmen Mlodzinski RP | PIT
Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski: Clinches rotation spot
The Pirates announced that Mlodzinski will start the team's third game of the season next Sunday against the Mets at Citi Field, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.
Mlodzinski has emerged from spring training with a rotation spot after a wide-open competition that included Jose Urquidy, Hunter Barco and non-roster invitee Mike Clevinger. Urquidy and Clevinger could both break camp as members of the bullpen, and the Pirates could look to deploy either pitcher in tandem with Mlodzinski, who built up to five innings and 64 pitches in his most recent Grapefruit League outing March 14. Mlodzinski made 12 starts in 34 appearances for Pittsburgh in 2025 but never reached six innings in any of those outings, finishing with a 3.55 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 89:27 K:BB across 99 frames.
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Alex Vesia RP | LAD
Dodgers' Alex Vesia: Excelling in spring play
Vesia has allowed one earned run on three hits while posting a 7:1 K:BB over 5.2 innings through seven appearances in Cactus League action.
A personal matter resulted in Vesia not being part of Los Angeles' World Series roster last season, but the lefty reliever has been back with the team for camp. He's slated to be part of the setup crew ahead of new closer Edwin Diaz after posting a 3.02 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 80:22 K:BB across 59.2 frames last year, notching five saves and a team-high 26 holds.
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Tyler Zuber RP | MIA
Marlins' Tyler Zuber: Cut from Miami's camp
The Marlins reassigned Zuber to minor-league camp Sunday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
Zuber attended camp as a non-roster invitee but had drawn some early buzz after striking out three of the four batters he faced in his first Grapefruit League appearance. However, the right-hander went on to give up at least one run in three of his final four spring outings to take himself out of the running for a spot in the Opening Day bullpen. Zuber previously made 10 big-league appearances with the Mets and Marlins in 2025, pitching to an 11.25 ERA, 1.92 WHIP and 14:6 K:BB in 12 innings.
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Chris Devenski RP | PIT
Pirates' Chris Devenski: Unable to win roster spot
The Pirates reassigned Devenski (head) to minor-league camp Sunday.
Devenski had been attending camp as a non-roster invitee and allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk over 5.1 innings during the Grapefruit League. He hasn't pitched since March 13 after taking a line drive off his head in a game against the Tigers, but the veteran reliever was able to walk off the field under his own power and has been resting comfortably at home ever since, per Jason Beck of MLB.com. Assuming he doesn't opt out of his minor-league contract, Devenski appears likely to open the season on Triple-A Indianapolis' injured list.
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Carson Fulmer RP | PIT
Pirates' Carson Fulmer: Denied Opening Day roster spot
The Pirates reassigned Fulmer to minor-league camp Sunday.
Fulmer is expected to open the season at Triple-A Indianapolis after he was unable to secure a bullpen role coming out of camp. The 32-year-old righty appeared in 13 big-league games with the Angels in 2025, pitching to a 5.83 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 26:11 K:BB in 29.1 innings.
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Daysbel Hernandez RP | ATL
Braves' Daysbel Hernandez: Yet to make spring debut
Hernandez (shoulder) threw a live batting practice session Monday but has yet to make his Grapefruit League debut, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Atlanta has proceeded slowly with Hernandez in camp after he finished last season on the injured list while recovering from right shoulder inflammation, but the club has yet to confirm that the 29-year-old reliever will open 2026 on the shelf. That said, Atlanta has just three more exhibition games prior to Opening Day, so Hernandez will likely need to pitch in at least one of those contests in order to have a shot at breaking camp with the big club.
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Cam Sanders RP | PIT
Pirates' Cam Sanders: Sent to minors
The Pirates optioned Sanders to Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday.
Sanders allowed four runs and struck out 10 over 7.2 innings during spring training, but it wasn't enough to get him a place on the Opening Day roster. The right-hander surrendered six earned runs across 6.2 frames in his first taste of the majors last year.