Top 30 prospects: Updated Marlins list following 2025 draft, trade deadline

[Alex Carver]

The internal debates were especially heated this time around, which bodes well for the long-term outlook of the Miami Marlins organization. Miami's farm system is deep. At Fish On First, we rank only 30 prospects at a time—there are dozens of others worth monitoring closely who could realistically grow into major league roles in the future.

Each player's previous ranking—as of June 2—is shown in parentheses. Click the hyperlink in a player's name to visit their prospect profile.

 

FOF Top 30 as of August 9, 2025

1. LHP Thomas White (#1)
2. C Joe Mack (#2)
3. SS Aiva Arquette
4. LHP Robby Snelling (#5)
5. SS Andrew Salas (#3)
6. RHP Kevin Defrank (#14)
7. OF Jakob Marsee (#23)
8. SS Starlyn Caba (#4)
9. OF Dillon Head (#6)
10. RHP Adam Mazur (#7)
11. SS Maximo Acosta (#13)
12. OF Andrés Valor (#11)
13. OF Luis Cova (#19)
14. RHP Noble Meyer (#9)
15. LHP Keyner Benitez (#16)
16. OF Kemp Alderman (#22)
17. OF Cam Cannarella
18. 1B Deyvison De Los Santos (#8)
19. OF PJ Morlando (#17)
20. RHP Karson Milbrandt (#20)
21. RHP Eliazar Dishmey (unranked)
22. INF Jared Serna (#10)
23. INF Chase Jaworsky
24. RHP Josh Ekness (#25)
25. SS Anthony Abreu (unranked)
26. OF Esmil Valencia
27. LHP Dax Fulton (#12)
28. RHP Nigel Belgrave (#30)
29. RHP Grant Shepardson (#26)
30. INF Carter Johnson (#15)

Removed since the previous update: OF Victor Mesa Jr. (#18), RHP Jacob Miller (#21), OF Andrew Pintar (#24), RHP Liomar Martínez (#27), RHP Aiden May (#28) and OF Fenwick Trimble (#29) are no longer ranked.

Honorable mentions: INF Luis Arana, OF Brandon Compton, LHP Nate Payne, Pintar and C Almen Tolentino.

 

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The next detailed update to the FOF Top 30 will be coming in October. Health permitting, Jakob Marsee will have graduated from prospect eligibility by then, ensuring at least one new addition to the list.

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[Slacker Mills]

1 White 2 Snelling 3 Marsee 4 Head 5 Mack

[CraftyLefty]

I think the top prospect thing is a joke. Players are labeled top prospects before they have proven themselves.  They need to earn it, not have it handed to them. Guys like White, Marsee, Snelling and Mack have earned it and belong on the list but there are plenty on the list that DO NOT belong there