Marlins MiLB Recap: Jake Brooks continues strong start with one-hitter

Throughout the course of the Minor League Baseball season, Fish On First staffers will release detailed recaps each week taking you through the previous week's developments at all levels of the Miami Marlins organization.

Low-A Jupiter

Although their week was all over the place in terms of scheduling—with both Wednesday's and Thursday's contests being postponed due to storms all over Palm Beach County and subsequently made up in the form of two doubleheaders—the Hammerheads won five of six matchups against the St. Lucie Mets.

The standout performance this past week from not only Jupiter but the entire system came from 2023 11th-round pick Jake Brooks.

Brooks, who has debatably been Jupiter's best arm all season as he entered Sunday’s game with a 1.94 ERA, was lights out in his start against St. Lucie. The former UCLA Bruin shined with a seven inning one-hitter while gathering four strikeouts. Brooks’ performance earned him Florida State League Pitcher of the Week honors.

Notable hitters for Jupiter included Angelo DiSpigna, Colby Shade and Ryan Ignoffo, with all three hitting north of .389. DiSpigna, specifically, continued his impressive first year in Jupiter, batting an even .500 over 12 at-bats.

Prized outfield prospect Dillon Head has spent the past month on the Hammerheads injured list. FOF's Isaac Azout reported earlier on Tuesday that Head will require season-ending hip surgery.

High-A Beloit

The Sky Carp, like the Hammerheads, were affected by weather, with their Sunday series finale being canceled due to rain. Beloit was still able to clinch a 3-2 series victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits anyway over the course of the week.

We’ll start at the dish this time around, as while Osiris Johnson led Sky Carp bats with a .357 average, it was Cameron Barstad who put together the most well-rounded week. Barstad belted two home runs and OPS’d over 1.00, making for his best week of the season. The 2018 draft selection brought his season average up to .234 with his powerful week.

On the mound, in his third start in Beloit, Fish On First #1 prospect Thomas White delivered his best start yet. The 19-year old went five strong innings while striking out six River Bandits. With his dominant outing, White now posses a 1.35 ERA over 13 ⅓ innings with just eight hits allowed.

While White was dominant, he was one-upped by another flamethrower in FOF #11 Jacob Miller. Miller dazzled in his best start of the season, striking out eleven over six innings of work.

Double-A Pensacola

Also affected by weather, the Blue Wahoos were forced to play a doubleheader on Sunday, where they took both contests en route to a series win against the Birmingham Barons.

The headline for my last MiLB recap was the continued struggles of 2022 first-round pick and current Wahoo Jacob Berry. Berry has still been below-average all around the diamond, but displayed some promise over the past week. The LSU product slashed a productive .300/.364/.450, while striking out just two times. With the emergence of JJ Bleday in Oakland, it is an important reminder that all prospects are on different timelines and while Berry has underperformed in his Marlins tenure, there is still potential in the switch-hitter.

Additionally at the plate, power-hitting catcher Paul McIntosh was yet another Marlins hitting prospect that delivered his best hitting performance of the season. McIntosh slashed an impressive .409/.435/.682, in addition to two homers and five RBI’s.

Pensacola was short on noteworthy arms outside of starter Evan Fitterer, who tossed five innings of one-run ball.

Triple-A Jacksonville

The Jumbo Shrimp, unfairly, put together the worst performance of the week as a team in the system as they split their series at home versus the Indianapolis Guardians.

Jacksonville had three hitters at the dish who sported over .300 averages this past week in Griffin Conine, Jonah Bride and Javier Sanoja. For Conine, he continues his monstrous month of June, where he is now OPS’ing 1.210 with eight extra-base hits. The 26-year-old is putting together a great case to be called up to the major league club, should a spot open up.

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