Max Meyer's return to Marlins rotation on the horizon

[Ely Sussman]

Offishial News for 7/10/24

On Tuesday, Jazz Chisholm Jr. cranked a leadoff home run and later stole a base to set up another run. It was the 12th time in his career that he's done both in the same game. Trevor Rogers set a career high with 107 pitches across 5 ⅓ solid innings. The Astros pulled ahead for good in the bottom of the seventh inning on Alex Bregman's two-out, two-run home run. The Marlins lost, 4-3.

Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 3-2. The Gwinnett Stripers were one strike away from defeat when old friend Yuli Gurriel changed the result with a walk-off, two-run single. RHP Max Meyer (6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 72 pitches/55 strikes) had his longest minor league outing of the season (more on him below). Double-A Pensacola won, 6-4. The Blue Wahoos scored all their runs in the eighth and ninth innings. 3B Jacob Berry provided the game-winning hit. High-A Beloit won, 5-3. C Sam Praytor has quietly reached base in 17 consecutive games. Low-A Jupiter lost, 6-3. OF Kemp Alderman had his first home run of 2024. FCL Marlins won, 5-4. OF Andrés Valor went 3-for-5 with two triples and 3 RBI. That raised Valor's batting average above .300 for the first time this season. The DSL Marlins and DSL Miami games were both suspended due to rain midway through. Nate Karzmer recapped the previous week's MiLB action.

Here's more Marlins news and content:

🔷 The Marlins signed right-hander Adam Oller to a minor league deal and he's expected to report to Triple-A Jacksonville. Throughout his professional career, the 29-year-old has oscillated between starting and relieving, including this season with Triple-A Columbus (Guardians affiliate). In 28 MLB appearances (15 starts) with the Athletics from 2022-2023, he owns a discouraging 7.09 ERA and 6.65 FIP.

🔷 Matt Andriese cleared waivers and was outrighted to Jacksonville.

🔷 "Chisholm is going to get traded," Ken Rosenthal predicted on Foul Territory. "I don't think there's much question about that. The only question is which team." While I also see that as the likely scenario, the Marlins still need to get suitable offers to follow through on that. Beginning on Thursday and continuing every weekday up to the MLB trade deadline, I'll be crafting a series of proposals from potential Jazz suitors.

🔷 Max Meyer is finally stretching out in anticipation of becoming an MLB starter again. After previously being capped at four innings per appearance throughout his first two months in the minors, Meyer has exceeded that in back-to-back-to-back starts. The Jumbo Shrimp have also given him reps on five days' rest when possible to simulate the major league routine, rather than waiting a full week between starts to manage his workload. July 21 is the magic date. If recalled on the 21st or later, Meyer will finish the season with less than one year and 172 days of MLB service time, delaying his free agent eligibility until after the 2029 season. Expect one more Triple-A tune-up for Meyer, maybe two so that the Marlins don't make their intentions so blatantly obvious.

🔷 Baseball America updated their Marlins Top 30 prospects list. The biggest risers from their previous list in May were C Joe Mack (No. 27 ➡️data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== No. 8), RHP Roddery Muñoz (unranked ➡️ No. 11), LHP Keyner Benitez (unranked ➡️data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== No. 15) and C Ryan Ignoffo (unranked ➡️ No. 17). The biggest fallers were OF/INF Jacob Berry and OF John Cruz, who are now unranked after previously being No. 13 and No. 15, respectively. A heads up that the Fish On First Top 30 will be updated next week to incorporate new MLB Draft picks.

🔷 Kevin Barral checks in on the professional progress that every member of the 2023 MLB Draft class has made.

🔷 Nearly half of the respondents to our latest Fish On First Twitter poll expect Xavier Edwards to finish this season with a batting average between .275 and .299. Entering Wednesday, he's at .278.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Reds outfielder Rece Hinds set a major league record, piling up five extra-base hits in his first two career games. Hinds came a single shy of the cycle on Tuesday. The Giants took down the Blue Jays on a walk-off wild pitch. The Rangers extended their winning streak to five games. Though still below .500, they don't seem likely to be trade deadline sellers anymore. Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber returned from their minimum-length IL stints as the Phillies crushed the Dodgers, 10-1. The Mets acquired reliever Phil Maton from the Rays for cash considerations.

🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Bryan Hoeing) continue their series against the Astros (LHP Framber Valdez). Miami's bullpen will be heavily involved as Hoeing has not exceeded 59 pitches in any outing this season. The Marlins have a 31,8% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 8:10 p.m. ET

🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: 

• Triple-A Jacksonville at Gwinnett, 12:05 p.m. ET
• Double-A Pensacola at Rocket City, 7:35 p.m. ET
• High-A Beloit vs. Cedar Rapids, 7:35 p.m. ET
• Low-A Jupiter at Bradenton, 11:00 a.m. ET
• FCL Marlins at FCL Astros, 12:00 p.m. ET

 

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[Leo Armbrister]

Winning teams sign their promising young players to long term contracts as soon as they are sure that they are premium major league players. Teams which have a major goal of spending as little money as possible manipulates minor league players who are major league ready by keeping them in the minors to get another year of control. Those teams are never really win championships. Guess which chategory the Marlins fall into.