Offishial news, 10/31/23: Happy Halloween

Marlins Podcast Episodes

• Monday's AFL/winter ball notes: Playing right field, Dane Myers (LIDOM) had his best offensive performance of the winter ball season. He went 2-for-3 with a walk, stolen base and outfield assist. His Gigantes del Cibao improved to 7-2, the best record in the league.

• Elsewhere around baseball, the Rangers took World Series Game 3 despite losing Max Scherzer to a back injury and Adolis García to left side tightness. Corey Seager blasted a 421-foot home run, boosting his postseason OPS to 1.093. Aaron Judge (Yankees) won the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award. Alex Cobb (Giants) is undergoing hip surgery today that will cause him to miss part of the 2024 season. San Francisco's starting rotation depth is dangerously thin for a team that's sorta trying to contend.

• Not exactly a sexy pitching matchup for Game 4: Andrew Heaney vs. a Joe Mantiply-led bullpen game. The Rangers are 9-0 in road games this postseason.

• Our 2023 Marlins Season Review series keeps expanding. The latest installments cover Yuli Gurriel and Joey Wendle. Check back daily for more articles from the FOF staff.

• My newest tracker reports on the Marlins' off-the-field organizational changes entering 2024. Plenty of subtractions so far. Still waiting on the additions.

• Brian Dunleavy of Marlin Maniac ranks Sandy Alcantara, Luis Arraez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. as the three "scariest" Marlins players, meaning those who are most feared by their competitors.

• Stephen J. Nesbitt of The Athletic covers the rise of Absolutely Ridiculous innovation for Athletes (ARiA), which creates baseball player accessories like gloves and sliding mitts. Chisholm was an early adopter and has since become the company's director of culture.

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