Offishial News: Jazz Chisholm Jr. would "like" Marlins to add Tim Anderson

Ely Sussman · February 19, 2024

Marlins news roundup for 2/19/24

Here's what you should know with 38 days to go until Marlins Opening Day...

Fish On First will have boots on the ground for today's Marlins spring training workout. Follow Isaac Azout, Noah Berger and Alex Carver for live updates from the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium complex and check out our staff's 2024 Spring Training Journal (new entries every day).

🔹 No word yet on whether there's an agreement between the Marlins and free agent Tim Anderson, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. seems to be in favor of signing him.

🔹 Today marks the start of live batting practice matchups at Marlins big league camp. The conventional wisdom is that "pitchers are ahead of hitters" at this stage of camp, so don't expect to see too many barreled balls.

🔹 Elsewhere around baseball, Jorge Soler's three-year contract with the Giants is finally official.

🔹 On The Offishial Show, I have the Marlins Opening Day payroll projected at $90.575M, which would be slightly lower than last year.

🔹 Nearly three years removed from his initial right shoulder injury, Sixto Sánchez is still "not the same" pitcher he used to be, Mel Stottlemyre Jr. says candidly. Even so, the former top prospect has thrown two bullpen sessions as scheduled. He's out of minor league options, so he will remain in big league camp for the foreseeable future. Are the Marlins really going to put him into Grapefruit League games with such diminished stuff?

🔹 Laura Georgia assesses how Christian Bethancourt fits with the Marlins and reflects on the winding road he took to get to Miami.

🔹 Christina De Nicola of MLB.com and Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald both wrote about how Trevor Rogers used LEGO sets to keep himself occupied last summer while rehabbing from injury.

🔹 Enjoy our growing YouTube playlist of interviews and press conferences from Jupiter. (Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you don't already do so!)