Pitcher Patrick Monteverde is on his way to the big leagues.
The 27-year-old left-hander out of Fox Chapel received a call-up Saturday to the Miami Marlins. He had been with the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of the International League.
Monteverde, who played at Seton Hill and is the first Griffins player to receive a promotion to MLB, has appeared in three games this season and is 1-0 with a 4.82 ERA in 9 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and four walks.
He will join the bullpen and replace struggling George Soriano, who swaps spots with him after being optioned to Jacksonville.
Monteverde was an eighth-round pick of the Marlins in the 2021 MLB Draft. He began his college career at Virginia Wesleyan before transferring to Seton Hill as a sophomore.
After Tommy John surgery, he moved on to another program, this time at the Division I level in Texas Tech.
In five minor-league seasons, he is 23-17 with a 4.26 ERA and 1.28 WHIP in 77 games. He spent 2021 in the Rookie League before jumping to Advanced Class A and Double-A in ’22.
The next year, he split time in Double-A and Triple-A before going down to Class A, then climbed back to Double-A and Triple-A again in ’24.
