Offishial News: Which Marlins made Top 100 lists; NRIs we know so far

[Ely Sussman]

Today's news roundup also includes lengthy interviews with Dane Myers and PJ Morlando.

Happy NRI Day. In a matter of hours, the Marlins are expected to announce the full list of non-roster invitees participating in major league spring training, but we know a lot of the names already as detailed by Alex Carver here, including Fish On Fist Top 30 prospects LHP Robby Snelling and C Joe Mack as well as RHP Josh Ekness (FOF Top 30 honorable mention). I used 1B Troy Johnston as the subject of the article photo because this will be his third consecutive year as an NRI.

Marlins Opening Day is 59 days away.

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🔷 Speaking of Johnston, he was part of a 13-inning Tigres del Licey victory on Sunday which forced a winner-take-all Game 7 against Leones del Escogido tonight to decide the Dominican Winter League championship. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET on MLB.TV.

🔷 Baseball America, MLB Pipeline and The Athletic released their initial Top 100 prospects lists for the 2025 season. All three lists featured LHP Thomas White (#33 on BA, #41 on Pipeline, #57 on The Athletic) and SS Starlyn Caba (#71 on BA, #72 on The Athletic, #81 on Pipeline). RHP Noble Meyer was ranked 85th by Pipeline and 93rd by The Athletic. Joe Mack was ranked 99th by The Athletic. Also, Robby Snelling, C Agustín Ramírez, OF Andrés Valor and OF PJ Morlando each received consideration from individual BA staffers, though none of them were particularly close to cracking the Top 100.

🔷 Morlando told the Diamond Prospects podcast (interview embedded below) that he bulked up to 220 pounds this offseason. He was listed at 198 pounds when signed by the Marlins only six months ago. In the immediate aftermath of drafting him, amateur scouting director Frankie Piliere raved about Morlando's surprising speed and even left the door open for him to play center field in the pros. I'll be curious to see whether that's still applicable at 220 pounds, or if Morlando is consciously sacrificing in that area to maximize his power-hitting potential.

🔷 I created a Fish On First Sporcle account! Planning on adding a new Marlins-related quiz each week and embedding it within Offishial News. This week's quiz covers the free agents signed during Kim Ng's tenure as general manager.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Astros reached an agreement to send Ryan Pressly and cash to the Cubs. Pressly has agreed to waive his no-trade clause. 

 

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[Slacker Mills]

Unfortunately, there's nothing on Johnston's resume that suggests he's a major leaguer. He seems to be on the decline in AAA and his Domincan Winter League results were definitely sub-pro.

He likes to play and gave it a good shot.

[One Regend]

7 hours ago, Slacker Mills said:

Unfortunately, there's nothing on Johnston's resume that suggests he's a major leaguer. He seems to be on the decline in AAA and his Domincan Winter League results were definitely sub-pro.

He likes to play and gave it a good shot.

He was a promising prospect for us... 2 years ago.

[rurrusuno]

The jump from 198 to 220 for PJ Morlando has to suggest that he's trying to be more of a power hitter. At that weight, he's a bit heavy to be a steal-first kind of player.