Former Marlins on every 2025 MLB postseason team

[Ely Sussman]

For the past several years, I have been doing some version of this exercise identifying all of the former Fish who are participating in the MLB postseason. It feels like the Miami Marlins are less represented than usual in the 2025 field, with three of the qualifiers having no direct links to the franchise.

The names below previously played major league games for the Marlins. I have excluded players who were traded away when they were still minor leaguers—Luis Castillo (now with the Seattle Mariners), Josh Naylor (Cleveland Guardians), etc.— as well as those currently assigned to MiLB affiliates such as Bryan De La Cruz (New York Yankees) and Bryan Hoeing (San Diego Padres).

 

Boston Red Sox: none

Chicago Cubs: Colin Rea and Craig Counsell (manager)

Cincinnati Reds: none

Cleveland Guardians: none

Detroit Tigers: Sean Guenther (injured)

Los Angeles Dodgers: Kiké Hernández, Miguel Rojas, Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia

Milwaukee Brewers: Christian Yelich

New York Yankees: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Boone (manager)

Philadelphia Phillies: Jesús Luzardo, J.T. Realmuto and David Robertson

San Diego Padres: Luis Arraez

Seattle Mariners: Donovan Solano

Toronto Blue Jays: Tyler Heineman and Yimi García (injured)

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[Hans Herrera]

Solano was released by the Mariners late in the season. The Rangers picked him up after that.

Does Nic Enright (CLE) count as a former Marlin?

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

I don't consider this personally. For me, it's first about teams that I cannot countenance under any circumstances (Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies), teams and cities that deserve a smackdown (Cubs/Chicago, Toronto/Blue Jays), and then acceptables. The Mariners as a team are ok, but Seattle is a flat no-go. They will get nothing with their Starbucks, and like it. Without both no-go factors, the Mariners are my AL World Series preference by default. In the NL, this leaves the Milwaukee Brewers. While Milwaukee is a sh*t-show city, aren't they all? The Brewers are, however, a well-run mid-revenue organization without a title. The Brewers are the most acceptable overall choice now that the Reds have been eliminated. 

(PS - Not virtue signaling, but I won't watch the playoffs or World Series in any case.)