2026-27 fall/winter ball updates on Marlins players

[Ely Sussman]

Over the course of the 2026-27 offseason, we will once again see players from the Miami Marlins organization travel the world and continue to get game reps, furthering their development and/or compensating for time they missed over the summer. In addition to the Arizona Fall League, expect them to latch on with teams in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Australia.

Any fall/winter ball participants who are employed by the Marlins organization will be included below. Players who depart the organization over the course of the offseason via free agency, trade or waivers will be removed.

Player names are linked to their Baseball-Reference pages. Hitters are listed at the positions they played in fall/winter ball, even if they've been used differently by the Marlins organization. Click to see their full fall/winter ball history.

 

RHP Samuel Carpio (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Low-A

 

INF Carter Johnson (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at High-A
• Made AFL debut on October 3

 

OF Dillon Lewis (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Double-A
• Made AFL debut on October 3

 

LHP Brayan Mendoza (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at High-A
• Made AFL debut on October 3

 

LHP Emmett Olson (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Double-A

 

RHP Tristan Stevens (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Double-A

 

RHP Alex Williams (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Double-A
• Scheduled to make AFL debut on October 6

 

OF Max Williams (Arizona Fall League, Glendale Desert Dogs)

• Finished 2026 minor league season at Double-A
• Made AFL debut on October 4

 

The following Marlins players participated in winter ball during the 2025-26 offseason and may do so again:

• INF Maximo Acosta (Venezuelan Winter League, Tiburones De La Guaira)
• 1B/OF Chris Arroyo (Puerto Rican Winter League, Leones de Ponce)
  • Previously announced this summer that he'd be playing if fully recovered from meniscus surgery
• 1B Deyvison De Los Santos (Dominican Winter League, Gigantes del Cibao)
• INF Cristian Hernández (Dominican Winter League, Tigres del Licey)
• C Brian Navarreto (Puerto Rican Winter League, Cangrejeros de Santurce)
• OF Esteury Ruiz (Dominican Winter League, Tigres del Licey)
• INF Jared Serna (Mexican Pacific Winter League, Charros de Jalisco)

 

Miscellaneous notes

• UTIL Jesús Hernández has been participating in preseason activities with Venezuela's Águilas del Zulia. Hernández has made only one career regular season appearance for Zulia, way back in 2022-23.

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