Offishial news, 9/26/23: Final week; off-day roster moves

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• Monday's Marlins roster moves: Enmanuel De Jesus was recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville and Jeff Lindgren was optioned to make room for him. This transaction occurred on the first day that De Jesus was eligible to be recalled after previously being sent down on September 10 (15 days prior). My suspicion is that De Jesus will be on standby for mop-up duty today before getting replaced by Huascar Brazoban on Wednesday.

• NL Wild Card race updates: the Diamondbacks lost. They blew three separate leads to the Yankees and fell behind for good in the eighth inning. The Marlins are one game back of both the second (D-backs) and third (Cubs) Wild Card spots.

• Elsewhere around the majors, Justin Verlander (8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K) pitched arguably his best game of the season to beat the Mariners. The Rangers blasted back-to-back-to-back home runs to secure their sixth straight win.

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• The Marlins have a 47.5% chance to win their series opener against the Mets, per FanGraphs. Double-A Pensacola (7:05 p.m. ET) is hosting a must-win Game 2 of the Southern League Championship Series. LHP Luis Palacios is their probable starter.

• With six games left, Glenn Geffner's View from the Bleachers breaks down the status of the Marlins and the two teams they're chasing in the Wild Card race.

• The Marlins are teaming up with bars and restaurants to host local watch parties for each game of this season-defining road trip. Tonight's event is at Sports & Social in Dolphin Mall, tomorrow's will be at Sandbar Sports Grill, etc.

• On this day 20 years ago, the Marlins defeated the Mets to clinch a postseason berth.

• , the Marlins returned to the field following the tragic death of teammate José Fernández. Bearing Fernández's name and number on the back of his uniform, Dee Strange-Gordon, who had not homered all season, took Bartolo Colon deep.

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