Offishial News: Marlins introduce all-you-can-eat seating sections

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🔷 On Wednesday, Jonah Bride (home run) and Troy Johnston (double) had the Marlins' only extra-base hits. Sixto Sánchez threw yet another scoreless inning, this time with only two days' rest in between outings. The Marlins lost to the Mets, 6-3, ensuring they'll finish with a sub-.500 record in Grapefruit League play.

 🔷 The Marlins have designated sections 201-204 of LoanDepot Park as all-you-can-eat seats. Starting at $52 per person (I'm already seeing some weekend games at $71/person and even $81/person), fans can get unlimited access to the Caliente Grill concession stand. Alcoholic drinks are not included in the promotion. Sub-optimal seat location, too—those sections are in foul territory deep down the right-field line. I'll be curious to see if anybody actually makes a habit of buying these seats on a consistent basis. It feels more like a try-it-once novelty.

 🔷 The Marlins also announced their minor league coordinators for the 2024 season. Former hitting coach Matt Snyder has transitioned to the role of hitting coordinator while Driveline Baseball trainer Maxx Garrett has been hired as a hitting and and catching coordinator. Still awaiting full details about MiLB coaching staffs.

 🔷 Ryan Weathers defeated his boss, Peter Bendix, to win the Marlins' annual ping pong tournament. Garrett Hampson won it in 2023. Luis Arraez, Braxton Garrett, Vladimir Gutierrez and Max Meyer also made deep tourney runs this year, per Noah Berger.

 🔷 He is Luis Arraez's "brother," Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s "best friend" and Skip Schumaker's Swiss army knife. Our intern, Nate Karzmer, wrote about Nick Gordon.

 🔷 Alex Carver and Kevin Barral joined forces to highlight eight in-house options to fill the voids in the Marlins' season-opening starting rotation.

 🔷 Congrats to our newest Marlins Jeopardy champion, Ethan Eibe! Ethan edged out our own Isaac Azout by a single point (8,001 to 8,000). This contest was particularly difficult. 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, Michael Lorenzen (1/$4.5M) signed with the Rangers. Regardless of how severe Eury Pérez's injury proves to be, it's hard to justify the Marlins passing on Lorenzen at the price considering he threw 153 innings with a 105 ERA+ last season. The Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani's popular interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in connection with alleged theft and illegal gambling. Giancarlo Stanton had a three-homer game. He homered only once in his 11 previous spring training games.

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