Offishial News: Robby Snelling's biggest skeptic sees the light

[Ely Sussman]

🔷 Maximo Acosta has received permission from the Miami Marlins to play approximately 30 games for Venezuela's Tiburones de La Guaira during their upcoming season. It will be his first time participating in winter ball.

🔷 Thomas White (No. 18), Aiva Arquette (No. 38), Joe Mack (No. 39) and Robby Snelling (No. 50) are included on Eric Longenhagen's end-of-season Top 100 prospects list. The longtime FanGraphs evaluator wrote that Mack is "doing some absurd things throwing the baseball, stuff I’ve never seen before." After previously being skeptical of Snelling's upside, Longenhagen acknowledged the significance of the left-hander's 2025 velocity spike ("a nearly three-tick velocity spike across his entire repertoire") and pointed how an adjustment that's been made to his positioning on the pitcher's mound.

🔷 The latest prospect featured in my series of 2025 minor league highlights is Kemp Alderman. Next up will be Jacob Berry, followed by Joe Mack.

🔷 DYM published his ranking of the top 40 Marlins prospects, focusing specifically on those between the Low-A and Triple-A levels.

🔷 Tyler Boronski sat down with Clayton McCullough for an interview about the challenges he faced as a rookie manager, the areas he hopes to improve, how he interacts with the media and more.

🔷 All-MLB Team voting remains open until Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET. Kyle Stowers and Xavier Edwards are on the ballot.

🔷 Congratulations to Marlins assistant pitching coach Alon Leichman and Anais Cazorla on their engagement.

 

 

 

 

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🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays have outscored the New York Yankees 23-8 through two American League Division Series games. Rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage set a Blue Jays postseason record for most strikeouts in a single game (11), and it's the most runs allowed by the Yankees during any two-game span in the franchise's postseason history. The Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers are tied at one win apiece. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers hold 1-0 leads over the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs in their respective NLDS matchups.

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[THOMAS JOSEPH]

I only know what I read and see, but do we think it's smart to go to Venezuela now?