Marte was sent outright to Triple-A Reno. After passing through waivers unclaimed, Marte will head to Reno to play out the year as organizational depth. Marte, now 30, has hit .332/.385/.513 with 13 homers in 103 games with Reno this season and may at least receive a spring training invite this offseason.

Marte was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks on Thursday. Marte was 3-for-16 at the dish during a brief six-game stint with the club. He was deemed expendable when a roster spot needed to be cleared for top-ten prospect Jake Lamb. If he passes through waivers unclaimed, he may choose to remain within the organization at Triple-A Reno.

Diamondbacks signed INF Andy Marte to a minor league contract. The deal presumably includes an invitation to spring training. The former highly-touted prospect hasn't appeared in the major leagues since the 2010 season. He did have a resurgence in 2013 between York in the Independent Atlantic League and Triple-A Salt Lake, slashing a combined .313/.373/.536 with 25 homers and 92 RBI in 122 games. It's a nice low-risk signing for the D'Backs.

Angels signed INF Andy Marte to a minor league contract; assigned him to Triple-A Salt Lake City. Marte was batting .301/.367/.526 with 19 home runs and 74 RBI in 96 games this season for the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League. The 29-year-old hasn't played in the majors since the 2010 campaign.

The Baltimore Sun's Dan Connolly reports that Andy Marte has signed with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League. A former top prospect, Marte didn't play in 2012 after batting an ugly .202/.278/.328 with seven homers over 97 games with the Pirates' Triple-A affiliate in 2011. Now 29, he's obviously not close to making it back to the big leagues.