Andrew Nardi's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

The Miami Marlins placed left-hander Andrew Nardi (elbow) on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to Aug. 22) on Saturday with a left-elbow muscle injury and recalled right-hander George Soriano from Triple-A Jacksonville in a corresponding move. Nardi got beat up in his last appearance against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday and could have been hurting then. The 26-year-old southpaw now has a 5.07 ERA (3.33 FIP) and a 1.25 WHIP with 70 strikeouts and 18 walks in 49 2/3 innings out of Miami's bullpen in 2024 in his third year in the big leagues. It's unclear if he'll be ready to go when his 15 days are up, but Nardi is not on the fantasy radar. Soriano, 25, has been even worse in his 19 2/3 innings in the big leagues this year, allowing 16 earned runs while walking nine and striking out 18 in 15 relief appearances.

Kaushik Sampath of the Miami Herald writes that Miami Marlins relief pitchers Andrew Nardi and Huascar Brazoban could both be options to take over the team's closer role for the rest of the 2024 season if the team trades current closer Tanner Scott before next Tuesday's MLB trade deadline. The Marlins sent lefty reliever A.J. Puk to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. Nardi, like Scott, is a left-hander. The 25-year-old has a rough 5.03 ERA on the year, mainly after giving up eight runs in his first four outings of the season. But he's been much better since then and has fanned 51 hitters in 39 1/3 frames on the year. The 34-year-old Brazoban has also been much better of late and has a 3.14 ERA and 1.08 WHIP on the year with 31 K's and 11 walks in 28 2/3 innings. Nardi is probably the favorite for saves when/if Scott is traded, so fantasy managers scrounging for saves may want to grab him off the waiver wire now.