The Marlins spent much of Monday in seller mode, but they shifted gears as the deadline drew near and brought in Rockies reliever Victor Vodnik in a deal that sent Aiden May and Connor Norby to Colorado.
Miami had already moved catcher Liam Hicks and pitchers Braxton Garrett and Lake Bachar before making the Vodnik trade, a move that gave the club a 26-year-old right-handed arm with some success in the mix despite uneven results this season.
Vodnik has worked 36 innings over 33 appearances this year and carries a 5.25 ERA with 26 strikeouts and 19 walks. His 2025 season looked much sharper: a 3.02 ERA, 49 strikeouts, 26 walks and 10 saves in 50.2 innings.
The home split is where the drop-off has really shown up. At Coors Field, his ERA has jumped from 1.33 over 26 appearances last year to 6.61 in 16 outings this season.
May, a second-round pick out of Oregon State in 2024, has spent 2026 at High-A Beloit, where he owns a 3.80 ERA with 58 strikeouts and 24 walks in 68.2 innings. His pitch mix includes a high-80s-to-low-90s cutter, a mid-to-high-90s two-seam fastball with heavy run, a sweeping low-to-mid-80s breaking ball and an upper-80s-to-low-90s changeup with fade.
He’s considered a pitcher with advanced feel for shaping the baseball and a chance to settle in as a back-end starter, though a bullpen role is seen as the likelier outcome. May did not rank in the Marlins’ July Top 30 Prospects update.
Norby brings a much bigger major league track record. He has played in 198 big league games since debuting with the Orioles in 2024, then joined the Marlins later that season and has spent parts of the last three years in Miami.
The right-handed hitter is versatile defensively, but his offense has been below average, with below-average power as well. He remains under club control through the 2031 season.
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