The Marlins dominated trade deadline day

On Tuesday, the Marlins acquired 10(!) new players, all but one of whom are still considered prospects: INF/OF Connor Norby, LHP Robby Snelling, INF Graham Pauley, RHP Adam Mazur, OF Kyle Stowers, INF Jay Beshears, RHP Jun-Seok Shim, INF/C Garret Forrester, RHP Will Schomberg and INF Wilfredo Lara. To get that haul, Miami's front office had to dismantle half of their major league bullpen—Tanner Scott and Bryan Hoeing to the Padres, Huascar Brazoban to the Mets and JT Chargois to the Mariners—send this year's only durable starter, Trevor Rogers, to the Orioles, and move lineup staples Bryan De La Cruz and Josh Bell to Pittsburgh and Arizona, respectively. The stunner of the day was Rogers for Norby and Stowers. I spoke at length about that one on a mid-afternoon Twitter Space. Stowers will be reporting directly to the active roster.

Particularly over the next month, this team is going to be awful at the major league level. The Marlins made that trade-off to come away with a legitimately average-quality farm system after entering 2024 with a barren one. They are banking on being able to develop another wave of impactful relievers out of thin air, and that Jazz Chisholm Jr. won't haunt them for moving on from him too soon (so far, he's been phenomenal with the Yankees). The graphic below summarizes all of the organization's additions and subtractions throughout the week leading up to the deadline.

On the field, Edward Cabrera was great through five innings, but exited in the sixth with left knee pain. He'll undergo further testing to determine the severity of the injury. Declan Cronin and Austin Kitchen (making his major league debut) allowed the Rays offense to erupt from there. Home runs by Emmanuel Rivera and Jake Burger were not nearly enough. The Marlins lost, 9-3.

Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 7-3. INF Deyvison De Los Santos homered again. C/1B Agustín Ramírez went 2-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in his organizational debut. Low-A Jupiter won, 7-3. 1B/OF Angelo DiSpigna hit a grand slam. DSL Marlins won, 14-5. OF Janero Miller hit his first career home run. DSL Miami lost, 10-4.

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🔷 President of baseball operations Peter Bendix released this vague statement on Tuesday evening: "After a busy trade deadline with many tough decisions, we're excited about the layers of talent joining our organization. Our goal is to be a consistently competitive team. With the talented and promising players we've acquired, we're confident that we're moving in the right direction and building a deeper and stronger organization. We thank our fans for their continued support and share their goal of being a contending team that they can be proud of." He will explain his moves in greater detail later today.

🔷 After a three-month carriage dispute, Bally Sports regional networks (including Bally Sports Florida) will be available to Comcast customers beginning on Thursday. However, those channels have shifted into a different "tier"—you will need Xfinity's Ultimate TV package, if you don't have it already.

🔷 On this day in 2014, an inning-ending double play was overturned after an extensive replay review found that Jeff Mathis illegally blocked home plate. Tommy Hutton let loose a memorable rant and manager Mike Redmond got ejected.

🔷 Today would have been José Fernández's 32nd birthday. In nearly eight years since his death, there has not been another Marlins player who exuded so much charisma while also performing at an elite level. This franchise still hasn't recovered from the agonizing loss.

🔷 The most notable non-Marlins-related deadline day trades: Jack Flaherty (Tigers) to the Dodgers for prospects Thayron Liranzo and Trey Sweeney; Isiah Kiner-Falefa (Blue Jays) to the Pirates for prospect Charles McAdoo; Mark Canha (Tigers) to the Giants for prospect Eric Silva; Martín Pérez (Pirates) to the Padres for prospect Ronaldys Jimenez; Gregory Soto (Phillies) to the Orioles for prospects Seth Johnson and Moises Chace; Paul Blackburn (Athletics) to the Mets for prospect Kade Morris; Eloy Jimenez (White Sox) to the Orioles for prospect Trey McGough.

🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Roddery Muñoz) and Rays (RHP Taj Bradley) have their final Citrus Series meeting of the season. The Marlins have a 31.3% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 12:10 p.m. ET.

🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: 

• Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m. ET
• Double-A Pensacola at Chattanooga, doubleheader beginning at 7:15 p.m. ET
• High-A Beloit at Lake County, 4:00 p.m. ET (resumption of previously suspended game following by regularly scheduled game)
• Low-A Jupiter at Clearwater, 12:00 p.m. ET

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