Offishial News: Epic conclusion to Caribbean Series in Miami on deck

🔹 Thursday's Caribbean Series scores: the Dominican Republic defeated Panamá, 4-1, and Venezuela defeated Curacao, 6-2, to advance to tonight's final. The earlier game was supposed to be played under an open roof, but some unexpected precipitation forced a change of plans.

 🔹 The Marlins signed LHP Kent Emanuel to a minor league deal, per Craig Mish of SportsGrid. The 31-year-old has a nice track record of strike-throwing in the minors, but he's made only 10 appearances in the majors (all of those with the 2021 Astros). Pitching for Pittsburgh's Triple-A affiliate last season, Emanuel yielded a .930 OPS to right-handed batters, so it might be time to limit him to short relief work where he could operate with a platoon advantage more frequently.

  🔹 Mish tweets that it "looks like" the Marlins will sign a free agent shortstop, but he isn't quite willing to guarantee that. 

🔹 Although the Marlins still haven't updated their website to reflect it, the club's bobblehead giveaways this season will feature Jake Burger on May 19, Eury Pérez on June 2, Dontrelle Willis on June 9 and Luis Arraez on August 25 (h/t @enrique5026/Twitter).

🔹 Rewatch this week's Fish On First LIVE for our takes on recent acquisitions Jonah Bride and Declan Cronin. FOF LIVE is presented by Berger & Hicks! If you’ve been injured as a result of somebody else’s negligence, give them a call at (305) 670-7050.

🔹 Christina De Nicola's Marlins Beat newsletter answers some frequently asked questions about Spring Training.

 🔹 The final part of the Glenn Geffner's View from the Bleachers series on Marlins uniform numbers covers No. 61-99.

🔹 Designated for assignment by the Marlins earlier this week, both Jordan Groshans and Kaleb Ort remain in limbo.

 🔹 Finland's Tomi Korkeamaki describes the roots of his Marlins fandom on the Baseball Bucket List podcast (embedded below).

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