How Marlins starting pitchers fared in Tuesday's scrimmage

[Kevin Barral]

On Tuesday, the Marlins had a final tune-up scrimmage in which Trevor Rogers, Max Meyer and Edward Cabrera all pitched.

MIAMI, FL—On Tuesday, the Miami Marlins held an intrasquad game which featured Trevor Rogers and Max Meyer as the starting pitchers along with Edward Cabrera coming out of the bullpen.

Trevor Rogers threw around 85 pitches and went three to four innings. Although you can't take away anything from the results of these type of games, Rogers did give up a home run and multiple RBIs.

"The results weren't there, which is not really kind of the point of it," said Rogers when asked about going up against his own teammates. "Just get out there and make sure my body sound good, my pitches are good and moving well."

Rogers is one of four lefties in the Marlins starting rotation entering this season and he thinks it's a great opportunity to bounce ideas off of each other. "It's gonna be awesome," said Rogers. "I never thought I'd see the day where there's more lefties than righties. We're all gonna compete against one another, feed off each other and root for each other."

Rogers will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the final game of the four-game set on Sunday.

Max Meyer, the only right-handed pitcher in the rotation, took the mound and went five innings of work, something he hadn't done since his debut game against the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022. "I'm just so excited that I can contribute to this team," said Meyer.

The Marlins' 2020 first-round pick was in the weight room when he was told he would be breaking camp. Marlins manager Skip Schumaker gave him the news. "I was just rolling out in the weight room and (Schumaker) came up to me and told me that I better be ready to go on the fifth day," said Meyer. "I was pretty pumped even though I didn't show it too much, but I was excited."

Meyer is set to take the mound for the Marlins on April 1 in the first game of the second series of the year against the Los Angeles Angels.

Edward Cabrera, who suffered a shoulder impingement that kept him out towards the back half of spring training, threw about 39 pitches in two innings of work and looked good for the most part. He told the media that the pain went away not too long after he suffered the injury which took him out of his start on March 10. "I felt very good," said Cabrera. "Constantly working with the athletic trainers to stay on the field."

Cabrera noted that he threw his full arsenal except the slider. In about 4-5 days he expects to take the mound again, but this time as if he were to start a game. It will most likely be in a backfields game in Jupiter, a couple days after Braxton Garrett pitches his own simulated game on Thursday.

 

News and Notes

Fish On First can confirm that Huascar Brazoban has been placed on the restricted list. Still unable to solve his visa issues, Brazoban has not been with the team for the entirety of the spring. This opens up a 40-man roster spot. The 40-man roster currently stands at 39.

Wednesday will mark the final workout for the Marlins before taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.

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[Slacker Mills]

"You can't take anything from the results of these kinds of games...."

Why not? It's the final tune-up for the season!  Seems to me that a pitcher wants to put his very best foot forward. I'm plenty worried about Rogers.

[Ely Sussman]

4 hours ago, Slacker Mills said:

"You can't take anything from the results of these kinds of games...."

Why not? It's the final tune-up for the season!  Seems to me that a pitcher wants to put his very best foot forward. I'm plenty worried about Rogers.

No matter how close it is to the real competition, there's just very little correlation. We get reminded of it year after year after year. It's more so about looking for tangible changes in player skills, approach and athleticism.