The Hartford Yard Goats pitcher nearly no hit New Hampshire in a dominating start.
In January, German Marquez was simply "the other guy" in a trade that sent Corey Dickerson and Kevin Padlo to Tampa Bay for Jake McGee and the right handed prospect. A background name in the discussion and analysis of the bigger pieces in the trade.
But that title isn't going to last long.
Marquez threw 7 1/3 innings of no hit baseball against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats before allowing a single to Wilkin Castillo. The 21-year-old finished the eighth inning to put a bow on a tremendous eight-strikeout shutout performance in Hartford's 10-0 win on Sunday.