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Marte has been cut loose to pursue a more lucrative opportunity to pitch overseas in Japan. The 31-year-old reliever made one relief appearance for the Reds earlier this year.

It didn’t take Marte long to find a new opportunity after electing free agency last week. The 31-year-old reliever was removed from Cincinnati’s roster following one appearance. He’ll function as organizational depth for Pittsburgh at Triple-A Indianapolis.

Marte was jettisoned by Cincinnati earlier this week following just one appearance where he allowed four runs and recorded only one out. The 31-year-old journeyman reliever holds an underwhelming 5.94 ERA across 113 2/3 innings at the big-league level since 2022.

Marte, who was added to the roster on Friday, gave up four runs over one-third of an inning in his one appearance for Cincinnati. He has a career 5.94 ERA in 113 2/3 innings out of the pen since debuting with the Giants in 2022.

Marte has a 5.12 ERA in 20 appearances with the Bats, striking out 26 in 19 1/3 innings. The 31-year-old hasn’t pitched in the bigs since 2024 after spending 2025 with NPB’s Chunichi Dragons. With a career 5.64 ERA, we would be surprised if Marte did more than low leverage work with the Reds.

Marte spent the 2025 season with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan. The right-hander last pitched in the majors in 2024 while with the Phillies, and he’s forged a 5.64 ERA over 113 1/3 innings across 102 MLB appearances. The 30-year-old will compete for a bullpen spot in the Cactus League.

Marte signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners back in November but will head overseas in favor of a much more lucrative opportunity. The 30-year-old righty made 23 relief appearances last year for the Phillies and holds a pedestrian 5.64 ERA, 1.61 WHIP and 105/54 K/BB ratio across 113 1/3 innings (102 appearances) in the big leagues since 2022. He’ll attempt to rebuild his long-term value overseas in Japan while making much more than he would’ve on a stateside minor-league deal.

Marte, 29, joins Seattle after being outrighted by the Phillies off their roster at the conclusion of the season. The 29-year-old struggled to a 6.92 ERA in his time with Philadelphia over 23 appearances, and just adds depth to the Seattle staff at this stage of his career.

All five wound up electing free agency and will test the open market rather than accept outright assignments to remain with the Phillies. The most notable name here is Allard, who made seven appearances (four starts) last year for Philadelphia. The trio of Marte, Ortiz and Tarnok figure to be able to latch on elsewhere as extra relief depth. Castro underwent surgery back in August to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.

The Phillies needed to free up a spot on their active roster with Jose Alvarado returning from the restricted list and Marte drew the short straw this time around. The 29-year-old hurler holds a 6.92 ERA, 1.89 WHIP and a 23/15 K/BB ratio over 26 innings with the Phillies on the season.