Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Yunior Marte was born February 2, 1995, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

In 2019, Marte split the year between Northwest Arkansas and the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers. In 14 appearances between the two teams, he posted a 4.19 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 19+1⁄3 innings of work. Marte did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 2, 2020, he elected minor league free agency.

Pitching for the Giants in 2022, he was 1–1 with a 5.44 ERA in 39 relief appearances, in which he pitched 48 innings. Batters had a barrel percentage against him of 3.5%, in the lowest 3% in MLB. He mostly threw an 86 mph slider, a 97 mph sinker, and a 98 mph four-seam fastball. Pitching for Sacramento in 2022 he was 1–1 with three saves and a 3.16 ERA in 25 relief appearances, in which he pitched 25+2⁄3 innings, giving up nine hits and striking out 35 batters.

On January 9, 2023, the Giants traded Marte to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Erik Miller.