Dane Myers (ankle) to be reinstated; updated international prospect reports

On Monday, Fish On First's Isaac Azout reported that Dane Myers will be reinstated from the injured list prior to the start of the Marlins/Twins series. Myers spent the previous week on a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville, slashing .333/.429/.833 with no strikeouts in four games. The 28-year-old is coming back from a left ankle fracture that he sustained in July during a post-ejection tantrum.

🔷 MLB Pipeline has new scouting reports on INF/OF Andrew Salas and RHP Kevin Defrank, who have deals in place to sign with the Marlins on January 15. Salas and Defrank rank fourth and 39th, respectively, on Pipeline's list of Top 50 international prospects for the 2025 signing period.

🔷 Joe Mack is Baseball America's Marlins 2024 Minor League Player of the Year. Cool tidbit from BA's Walter Villa about how Mack's Pensacola teammates dispensed advice on weight training, proper sleep and better nutrition this season.

🔷 For their flight to Minnesota, Marlins rookie players and staff dressed up in costumes, including Eury Pérez as Big Bird, Otto Lopez as Papa Smurf, Declan Cronin as a leprechaun, Adam Oller as a clown, and Valente Bellozo, Javier Sanoja and Jhonny Pereda as members of a mariachi band.

🔷 Looks like the 2024 Prediction Time contest title will go to either @Daniel Rodriguez, @Nicholas Milton, @Sean Millerick or @Alec Chao. With only two Marlins series remaining, here's an updated look at the Prediction Time leaderboard. Make series predictions with us all season long when you become a Fish On First SuperSub.

🔷 Jesús Luzardo is the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Vote for Luzardo here through Sunday.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Tigers control their own destiny in the American League Wild Card race. They've made the bold decision to call up RHP Jackson Jobe, arguably baseball's top pitching prospect. The Phillies clinched the NL East title, their first since 2011. With their next loss, the White Sox will set a new modern-era, single-season MLB record.

🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter LHP Ryan Weathers) begin their final 2024 road trip against the Twins (RHP Bailey Ober). It's a crucial game for the Twins, who have a 51.3% chance to make the playoffs, per FanGraphs. With a loss or an Angels win, the Marlins can clinch the best possible odds of winning the 2025 MLB Draft lottery. First pitch at 7:40 p.m. ET.

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