GERM\u00c1N M\u00c1RQUEZ<\/p>\n
Position(s): Right-handed pitcher
\nBats \/ Throws: Right \/ Right
\n2026 opening day age: 31
\nHeight \/ Weight: 6-foot-1 \/ 230 pounds
\nHow acquired: Signed as a free agent in February 2026
\nContract status: Will make $1 million in 2026 with a $750,000 buyout on a mutual option for 2027; can add up to $3.25 million in performance bonuses.
\nfWAR in 2025: 0.3
\nKey 2025 stats: 3-16, 6.70 ERA, 83 strikeouts, 48 walks, 1.71 WHIP, .317 opponent average, 126\u2153 innings (26 starts)<\/p>\n
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STAT TO NOTE<\/p>\n
36.9 \u2014 The percentage of groundballs that M\u00e1rquez yielded in 2025, a career low and significantly below his career average (48%). M\u00e1rquez\u2019s groundball rate was regularly above 50% before requiring Tommy John surgery in early 2023. He made one start in 2024 and struggled mightily while making 26 starts last year.<\/p>\n
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TRENDING<\/p>\n
Down \u2014 M\u00e1rquez had a 4.40 ERA through his first seven years in the majors, not bad considering he pitched roughly half his games at one of the best hitting environments in the majors. In fact, M\u00e1rquez has a 5.17 ERA in his career at Coors Field and a 4.22 ERA in road environments. But M\u00e1rquez underwent Tommy John surgery early in 2023, made one start in the majors in mid-July in 2024 (4 IP, 3 ER) and struggled throughout his first full year back in the Rockies rotation. The season was so difficult for M\u00e1rquez that he was actually worse on the road (7.32 ERA) than he was in 11 starts at Coors Field (5.98 ERA). His strikeout rate (5.9 per nine innings) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (1.73) were the worst of his careers, as was his walk rate (3.4 per nine innings), while his hit rate (12.0 per nine innings) was the second worst of his career. On top of that, M\u00e1rquez\u2019s groundball rate was also the lowest of his career (see stat to note) and ranked in the bottom 22nd percentile of the league and his hard-hit rate (48.5%) and average exit velocity (91.7 mph) both ranked in the bottom 2 percentile of the league. One reason: a 94.8 mph four-seamer is down a few ticks than the height of his effectiveness. M\u00e1rquez reached free agency after the season and signed with the Padres in February.<\/p>\n
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2026 OUTLOOK<\/p>\n
M\u00e1rquez has a big-league deal with the Padres, but he\u2019ll have to rediscover his pre-elbow-reconstruction form to hold onto a roster spot, as RHP Griffin Canning (Achilles) is expected to push for a spot at some point this season and the likes of LHP JP Sears, RHP Matt Waldron and minor league signees like Marco Gonzales could warrant looks if M\u00e1rquez\u2019s struggles continue into 2026.<\/p>\n
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![\"German](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773148096_186_SUT-L-SpringTraining-Day7-017.jpg\")
German Marquez #33 of the San Diego Padres participates in drills during spring training workouts at the Peoria Sports Complex on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026 in Peoria, Ariz.(Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nROSTER RANKINGS<\/p>\n
1. OF Fernando Tatis Jr.
\n2. 3B Manny Machado
\n3. OF Jackson Merrill
\n4. RHP Nick Pivetta
\n5. RHP Michael King
\n6. RHP Mason Miller
\n7. OF Ram\u00f3n Laureano
\n8. SS Xander Bogaerts
\n9. LHP Adri\u00e1n Morej\u00f3n
\n10. RHP Jeremiah Estrada
\n11. RHP Jason Adam
\n12. 2B Jake Cronenworth
\n13. RHP Joe Musgrove
\n14. RHP Randy Vasquez
\n15. OF Gavin Sheets
\n16. LHP JP Sears
\n17. RHP Yu Darvish
\n18. RHP Bradgley Rodriguez
\n19. RHP David Morgan
\n20. C Freddy Fermin
\n21. LHP Wandy Peralta
\n22. C Luis Campusano
\n23. LHP Yuki Matsui
\n24. INF Sung-Mun Song
\n25. RHP German Marquez
\n26. RHP Matt Waldron
\n27. OF Bryce Johnson
\n28. OF\/1B Nick Castellanos
\n29. RHP Ron Marinaccio
\n30. RHP Bryan Hoeing
\n31. LHP Kyle Hart
\n32. INF Will Wagner
\n33. RHP Garrett Hawkins
\n34. RHP Miguel Mendez
\n35. RHP Daison Acosta
\n36. RHP Ty Adcock
\n37. RHP Alek Jacob
\n38. INF Mason McCoy<\/p>\n
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Removed from 40-man roster<\/p>\n
OF Tirso Ornelas (designated for assignment)
\nRHP Jhony Brito (60-day injured list)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Padres roster review: Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune Skip to content GERM\u00c1N M\u00c1RQUEZ Position(s): Right-handed pitcher Bats…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2407],"tags":[5,853,4,43,137,18,4339,4338,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-616785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-padres","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-sandiegopadres","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116205041648794143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}