Offishial News: Why Skip Schumaker is switching jersey numbers

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🔷 After wearing jersey No. 55 during his rookie season as Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker has switched to No. 45 to honor his late father, Wayne. In a corresponding move, Sixto Sánchez has switched from No. 45 to No. 18.

 🔷 On Monday's Small Pod, I shared my final Opening Day roster projection. Barring last-minute injuries, 23 of the 26 spots are firmly locked up. The only remaining questions are surrounding middle relief where it appears to be four right-handers (Declan Cronin, Vladimir Gutierrez, Bryan Hoeing and Anthony Maldonado) for three jobs. Tuesday's Small Pod—hosted by Daniel Rodriguez—is embedded below.

 🔷 This afternoon at LoanDepot Park, the Marlins will play an intrasquad scrimmage (open to the media, but not fans). Rehabbing from a shoulder impingement, Edward Cabrera is scheduled to face live batters for the first time in three weeks.

 🔷 Hector Rodriguez's latest 2024 MLB Draft profile focuses on prep LHP Cam Caminiti.

 🔷 Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald summarizes the Marlins' ballpark promotions and giveaways for the 2024 season.

  🔷 The Pensacola Blue Wahoos hired recently retired infielder Cobie Fletcher-Vance as a business operations resident. 

  🔷 At No. 84, RHP Noble Meyer is the lone Marlin included on Just Baseball's Top 100 prospects list.

 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, in a lengthy statement, Shohei Ohtani denied ever betting on sports, pinning all wrongdoing on former translator Ippei Mizuhara.

 🔷 By the time you're reading this, the latest episode of The Chris Rose Rotation should be live. Miguel Rojas is expected to respond to Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s comments about Miami's toxic clubhouse culture. I'll post a separate article later about Rojas' side of the story.

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