Top 30 prospects: Updated Marlins list includes 6 trade acquisitions

[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 October 3—is shown in parentheses. Click the hyperlink in a player's name to visit their prospect profile.    

 

FOF Top 30 as of January 21, 2026

1. LHP Thomas White
2. C Joe Mack
3. LHP Robby Snelling
4. OF Owen Caissie
5. OF Dillon Lewis
6. RHP Kevin Defrank
7. INF Aiva Arquette
8. SS Starlyn Caba
9. OF Dillon Head
10. OF Kemp Alderman
11. INF/OF Andrew Salas
12. OF Luis Cova
13. RHP Karson Milbrandt
14. OF Cam Cannarella
15. INF Maximo Acosta
16. OF Andrés Valor
17. OF Brendan Jones
18. RHP Eliazar Dishmey
19. OF Fenwick Trimble
20. INF Santiago Solarte
21. LHP Keyner Benitez
22. RHP Noble Meyer
23. INF Cristian Hernández
24. OF Esmil Valencia
25. RHP Josh White
26. OF PJ Morlando
27. RHP Josh Ekness
28. 1B Deyvison De Los Santos
29. OF Brandon Compton
30. INF Juan Matheus

Removed since the previous update: INF Jared Serna (#24), RHP Nigel Belgrave (#25), INF Luis Arana (#26), RHP Liomar Martínez (#27), INF Drew Faurot (#28), C Ryan Ignoffo (#29) and OF Matthew Etzel (#30) are no longer ranked.  

Honorable mentions: OF José Castro, INF Jared Serna and INF Ronny Muñoz.

 

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The next detailed update to the FOF Top 30 will be coming in March during spring training.

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[Slacker Mills]

No pitching outside of White and Snelling.

No catching other than Mack. Maybe have Alderman go back to catching?

 

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

38 minutes ago, Slacker Mills said:

No pitching outside of White and Snelling.

No catching other than Mack. Maybe have Alderman go back to catching?

 

Perhaps, but Bendix is never sitting pat. The prospect conveyor belt is running. The roster churn will continue. 

[Slacker Mills]

Sure wouldn't have given up any pitching, personally. Not for a group of prospects who are not likely to become even average major leaguers.

[Chad Turner]

I'm sure we will draft some college pitching.  The plan is White, Snelling, and Mack will be legit.  Plus one of Caissie or Alderman.  These lists change from year to year.  

[Chad Turner]

Bendix will be judged on the Weathers trade.  Hopefully it works out for us because it wasn't necessary.  Stats can fool you.  This trade was more about projection.  

[1993 fan from start]

1 hour ago, Chad Turner said:

Bendix will be judged on the Weathers trade.  Hopefully it works out for us because it wasn't necessary.  Stats can fool you.  This trade was more about projection.  

people already judged him with Luis Arraez and tanner scott trades.  also with where the minor league ranking was when he started and where it is now.     point is how good the  trade looks in the long run.   if we get more then lewis brison out of it. lol.   but was counting on having Weathers this year also.

[One Regend]

Nah, I'm still not sold on Starlyn Caba being a top-10 prospect. He could have Barry Bonds level discipline during winter ball, and it still won't change my opinion. He's a hideously overrated prospect, and if you believe that highly in him, you'll just be left disappointed when he makes next to no impact at the MLB level.

He has a slick glove and can cover a lot of ground at short, so, at best, he's a backup middle-infielder at the major league level. He doesn't have the tools in the batter's box to be a regular. Sure, he has a good eye and can take pitches for walks, but he's doing this at low-level competition. He WON'T continue to get away with this at higher levels.