Bio
Kyle Marman was one of three American Association All-Stars from Sioux City in 2024 and was the backend anchor of the X’s bullpen. He led the team with 19 saves and finished second in the circuit for the season. Marman earned his first save on May 22, working a third of an inning in the X’s 12-9 win at Gary SouthShore. Two games later he would work two scoreless innings to pick up the relief win at home in a 7-6 victory against Milwaukee on May 29. Marman finished the season 4-2 with a 2.29 ERA in 41 games, working in 47 innings with 68 strikeouts and a 1.191 WHIP.
Marman joined the Explorers in 2024 after spending the 2023 season in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He was the 13th round selection by Cleveland in the 2018 draft out of Florida Atlantic University. The 28-year-old posted a 4.91 ERA over 3.2 innings for AAA Columbus in 2023. Marman made just four appearances in April for the AAA Columbus Clippers due to injury issues, including a stint on the 60-day IL. In his limited appearances, the right-hander pitched well, posting a 4.91 ERA over 3.2 innings while striking out five and earning a win. After his time on the IL, Marman returned on a rehab assignment to the rookie level ACL Guardians in late July, pitching 4.1 innings and striking out seven before being released in mid-August.
In 2022, Marman saw his first AAA action, making it to AAA Columbus after posting a 4.41 ERA in 42 appearances for the AA Akron RubberDucks of the Eastern League. The Florida native pitched in two games for AAA Columbus that season, going 2.1 innings of one-run ball against the Toledo Mud Hens in his AAA debut September 22. In his 42 appearances for AA Akron, Marman finished 13 games, earning four saves while pitching 51 innings. He struck out 66 batters, posting a WHIP of 1.333 for the season. Marman led the team in games pitched during the 2022 season at AA.
In 2021 Marman spent the whole season in AA Akron pitching in relief and appearing in 20 games out of the bullpen. In his 20 games, he tossed 20 innings, striking out 20 while working a 5.85 ERA and adding a save for Akron. Marman did not pitch in the cancelled 2020 season but made his professional debut in 2019 as class A Lake Country in the Midwest League. He threw 46 innings, posting a 3.33 ERA with a 1.17 WHIP and striking out 58 batters. That season included a great start where he pitched three innings of one-run ball while striking out five and earning the save in his first appearance of the season May 24 against the Lansing Lugnuts. He had several of these performances throughout the season, including one July 6 where he pitched four shutout innings, striking out four and another on July 27 where he pitched 3.2 scoreless frames, striking out seven.
In total, Marman spent parts of four seasons in the Guardians system going 15-6 with a 4.42 ERA in 128.1 innings. He added 160 strikeouts, surrendering 63 earned runs on 105 hits and issuing 70 walks with six saves in his MiLB career. Marman made one start with 96 relief appearances with a 1.364 WHIP.
Marman pitched three seasons for Florida Atlantic University before being drafted by Cleveland in 2018. In 2018 Marman would being the year on fire as a starter in his Junior campaign at Florida Atlantic, but he suffered a season-ending injury that limited him to just five games. In his five starts, he posted a 1.45 ERA while striking out 46 batters across 31 innings, not allowing a single home run and posting a perfect 4-0 record. Those starts included two double-digit strikeout efforts, one against Delaware where he picked up 14 in 6.2 innings while not walking a batter and one against Oregon where he picked up 11 in seven shutout innings.
In Marman’s 2017 sophomore season at FAU, he pitched in 20 games, starting his final two appearances to end the season. For the season, Marman posted a 4.50 ERA across 28 innings, not allowing an earned run between March 5 and April 11. After the season, he pitched for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League earning a 3.98 ERA over 20.1 innings. In 2016 Marman pitched in three games his freshman season, totaling three innings of work before spending the summer in the Cal Ripken Collegiate League and posting a 3.07 ERA in 14.2 innings.
At Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida Marman was twice named All-Metro Orland. He would face an injury shortened Senior season of high school but not before he dealt 20 strikeouts in 15 innings with a 1.15 ERA. Despite the short season Marman still was named Team MVP and Team Cy Young his senior year, pitching 60 innings with a 1.09 ERA. He also has played for the Bethesda Big Train, where he led the team to the Cal Ripken League Championship. While he spent his high school years in Florida the righty was biorn in Cincinnati and still follows the Cincinnati Bengals.