Offishial News: First Mets meeting of 2024; Mexican pitcher signed

Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 5-2. OF Victor Mesa Jr. (FOF #4 prospect) hit a leadoff home run and INF/OF Javier Sanoja (FOF #26) went 3-for-3 with a walk, but the Jumbo Shrimp have now dropped 14 of their last 15 games. Double-A Pensacola won, 4-1. OF Paul McIntosh went 4-for-4 with a triple. High-A Beloit won, 6-0. Third straight quality start for LHP Cade Gibson (7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 83 pitches/56 strikes). INF Josh Zamora hit his team-leading fifth homer. Low-A Jupiter lost, 6-5. OF Angelo DiSpigna went 3-for-3 with a walk and his first professional homer. FCL Marlins won, 9-1. The team went 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts, three of those by 1B Julio Henriquez, who's leading the Florida Complex League batting title race (.500 BA).

Here's more Marlins news and content for you:

🔷 Take a look at 19-year-old Mexican LHP Ian Medina, who signed with the Marlins as an international amateur free agent on April 30. The 19-year-old is listed at 6'0", 195 pounds.

🔷 Hector Rodriguez's latest 2024 MLB Draft profile focuses on prep infielder Theo Gillen. MLB Pipeline's updated mock draft has the Marlins taking Florida State 3B Cam Smith with their first-round pick (covered here in one of Hector's previous articles).

🔷 Fourth graders at Milan Elementary School were tasked with dressing up as a "famous person from Indiana" and one of them went as Bryan Hoeing. Hoeing arranged a Zoom call with the kid, Xavier DeBolt, to introduce himself and give some positive reinforcement. 

🔷 Join us for a new episode of Fish On First LIVE tonight from 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook. 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.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Mets closer Edwin Díaz blew his third save of 2024, already matching the total from his brilliant 2022 season, though the Mets won in extra innings. Yankees RHP Clarke Schmidt shoved eight scoreless innings against the Twins. The Rockies still have MLB's longest winning streak (seven in a row). The vast majority of our Twitter followers don't think the Marlins will have any streaks longer than five games this season.

🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter LHP Jesús Luzardo) open a new homestand against the Mets (RHP Christian Scott). The Marlins have a 48.8% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 7:10 p.m.

🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: 

• Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Nashville, 7:05 p.m. ET
• Double-A Pensacola at Montgomery, 7:35 p.m. ET
• High-A Beloit at Wisconsin, 7:40 p.m. ET
• Low-A Jupiter at Dunedin, 6:30 p.m. ET

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