Tuesday’s Games
Marlins Podcast Episodes
- Tuesday’s Marlins MiLB Notes: A 10-3 loss eliminated Pensacola from the Southern League Championship Series. Three errors contributed to four unearned runs for the Tennessee Smokies. The Blue Wahoos came up two victories shy of defending their league title. On the bright side, 1B Troy Johnston, LHP Patrick Monteverde and LHP Jefry Yan were named to the Southern League All-Star team. Kevin Randel won the league’s Manager of the Year award.
- The Marlins/Mets series opener was postponed due to unplayable field conditions. Although hardly any rain fell on Tuesday, precipitation from previous days had softened up the surface too much to make it safe for players. I know next to nothing about groundscrew best practices, but sure seems like this situation was avoidable if the Citi Field folks had been more proactive.
- The postponement undoubtedly hurts the Marlins’ postseason chances. They have to play their final six regular season games in the span of about 98 hours. Miami’s most consistent starting pitcher, Braxton Garrett, would have been available on normal rest for Sunday’s Game 162 if he had pitched on Tuesday—that’s no longer the case.
- The brief absence of closer Tanner Scott also hurts their chances, but it’s for a completely understandable reason: he went on the paternity list to be present at the birth of his first child. The maximum length of a paternity list stint is three days, so he will be back for the Pirates series regardless. Huascar Brazoban has returned from the injured list to take Scott’s place.
- With Luis Arraez still extremely limited by his left ankle sprain, Jorge Soler was penciled into the Marlins leadoff spot if there had been a game played as scheduled.
- NL Wild Card race updates: the Diamondbacks and Reds won, while the Cubs lost. Arizona fell behind 4-1 to José Ureña and the White Sox before scoring fourteen unanswered runs. The Reds put up 11 runs on the Guardians, tied for their third-highest scoring effort of the season. The Cubs blew a 6-0 lead to the Braves thanks to a humiliating error by Seiya Suzuki. The Marlins are half a game back of the third Wild Card spot.
- Elsewhere around the majors, the Phillies clinched a postseason berth. The Rockies reached 100 losses for the first time in their franchise’s history. Juan Soto established a new single-season high with his 34th and 35th home runs.
- We didn’t know there’d be a postponement when streaming Fish On First LIVE, but most of our series analysis still applies. Super Subscribers, submit your series predictions before today’s 4:10 p.m. ET first pitch. With chiropractic care and functional health, La Pop takes a preventative approach that optimizes wellness and quality of life for all ages. Find out more here!
- The Marlins and Mets will play a straight doubleheader. Braxton Garrett starts the first game.
- Garrett has used his curveball during every game he’s pitched this season despite awful results. Louis Addeo-Weiss discusses whether he should simply stop throwing it.
- Luis Arraez, Bryan De La Cruz, Eury Pérez and Jorge Soler played dominoes together for Las Mayores. I enjoyed the part where Arraez and Soler reflected on the humble beginnings of their baseball careers, which involved creating their own bats using whatever they could find.
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