Ely Sussman

Fish On First has created this landing page to be frequently updated throughout the year with the latest on injuries affecting Miami Marlins players in both the majors and minors. Major league injuries OF Griffin Conine (60-day IL, left hamstring tear) Last official game appearance: April 9 Suffered injury diving for a ball Underwent left hamstring tendon excision in Dallas during week of April 13 Recovery timeline of 6-8 weeks from time of procedure "Getting close" to a minor league rehab assignment as of May 30 Projected return to Marlins active roster: June RHP Josh Ekness (15-day IL, right calf strain) Last official game appearance: May 26 Recovery timeline of six weeks as of June 1 Projected return to Marlins active roster: post-All-Star break RHP Ronny Henriquez (60-day IL, right UCL reconstruction with internal brace procedure) Last official game appearance: September 28, 2025 Projected to miss entire 2026 season RHP Janson Junk (15-day IL, right shin bone inflammation) Last official game appearance: May 25 Projected return to Marlins active roster: late June RHP Adam Mazur (60-day IL, right UCL reconstruction surgery) Last official game appearance: March 2 Underwent surgery on March 11 Recovery timeline of 13-14 months Will miss remainder of 2026 season LHP Andrew Nardi (60-day IL, left rib cage stress reaction) Last official game appearance: May 27 Projected return to Marlins active roster: September RHP Eury Pérez (15-day IL, right gracilis strain) Last official game appearance: May 27 Recovery timeline of eight weeks LHP Robby Snelling (60-day IL, left UCL repair surgery with internal brace) Last official game appearance: May 8 Underwent surgery on May 23 (performed by Dr. Keith Meister) Recovery timeline of 10-12 months Will miss remainder of 2026 season Minor league injuries Players are listed in alphabetical order INF Maximo Acosta (7-day IL) Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville Last official game appearance: May 10 uwn1s0.mp4 OF/1B Kemp Alderman (7-day IL, left arm) Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville Last official game appearance: May 17 1B Chris Arroyo (60-day IL) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: April 3 Eligible to be reinstated on June 7 LHP Keyner Benitez (60-day IL, left arm surgery) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: May 7 Will miss remainder of 2026 season C Spencer Bramwell (7-day IL, forearm soreness) Assigned to Double-A Pensacola Last official game appearance: May 7 RHP Nick Brink (7-day IL) Assigned to High-A Beloit Last official game appearance: April 17 C Jessada Brown (60-day IL) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: September 7, 2025 LHP RJ Shunck (60-day IL) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: April 14 Eligible to be reinstated on June 14 RHP Tristan Stevens (60-day IL) Assigned to Double-A Pensacola Last official game appearance: April 17, 2025 RHP Jesús Tinoco (full-season IL, right UCL reconstruction surgery) Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville Last official game appearance: June 2, 2025 Underwent surgery in September 2025 Began throwing program on March 9 RHP Samuel Vásquez (60-day IL) Assigned to Double-A Pensacola Last official game appearance: April 16 RHP Jake Walkinshaw (7-day IL) Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville Last official game appearance: April 10 RHP Logan Whitaker (7-day IL) Assigned to Double-A Pensacola Last official game appearance: May 17 LHP Thomas White (7-day IL) Assigned to Triple-A Jacksonville Last official game appearance: May 14 OF Max Williams (60-day IL) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: September 7, 2025 RHP Jadon Williamson (7-day IL) Assigned to Low-A Jupiter Last official game appearance: April 14 LHP Kaiden Wilson (full-season IL) Assigned to FCL Marlins Last official game appearance: August 19, 2025

Once again in 2026, I will be monitoring Miami Marlins predictions from our valued SuperSubs, Fish On First staffers and livestream guests. Individual article pages like this one will be created prior to every Marlins series and featured prominently on the FOF site. Consistent participation is key if you want to win this annual contest. Submissions only take a few seconds. Scoring system A "perfect" series is worth three points: Earn one point for predicting which team will win the upcoming series Earn one point for predicting the precise number of victories for each team Earn one point for predicting the “Series MVP” who accumulated the highest win probability added (WPA) during the series as calculated by FanGraphs (could pick a player from either team) FOF SuperSub Nicholas Milton is currently atop the 2026 season leaderboard, which will be updated between every Marlins series. If you are a SuperSub, leave a comment with your Prediction Time picks on this page, or join the Marlins Discord Server and submit there. We'll feature them on the upcoming Fish On First LIVE episode and track your points throughout the season! Any picks submitted prior to the first pitch of the series opener will be counted. If you are not a SuperSub, please consider signing up here to support the FOF staff. Series preview notes Probable starting pitchers: RHP Sandy Alcantara (MIA) vs. RHP Cade Cavalli (WSH) on Monday TBA (MIA) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (WSH) on Tuesday Probably RHP Ryan Gusto RHP Max Meyer (MIA) vs. LHP Andrew Alvarez (WSH) on Wednesday The Marlins rank 20th in MLB with a 96 wRC+ and 14th in MLB with a 3.97 FIP. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games and have a 8-19 record on the road this season. The following Marlins players are on the injured list: Griffin Conine (10-day IL), Ronny Henriquez (60-day IL), Janson Junk (15-day IL), Adam Mazur (60-day IL), Eury Pérez (15-day IL) and Robby Snelling (60-day IL). The Nationals rank fourth in MLB with a 110 wRC+ and 28th in MLB with a 4.74 FIP. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games and have a 12-17 record at home this season. The following Nationals players are on the injured list: Josiah Gray (60-day IL), DJ Herz (60-day I), Jake Irvin (15-day IL), Max Kranick (60-day IL), Ken Waldichuk (60-day IL) and Trevor Williams (60-day IL).

Fish On First staffers react to the latest Miami Marlins series and prepare you for what lies ahead. Sunday's show was hosted by Ely Sussman and featured panelists Kevin Barral, Nate Karzmer, Alex Carver and Alex Krutchik. The following topics were covered: An awful weekend series in New York Injuries to Janson Junk, Andrew Nardi and potentially Josh Ekness Owen Caissie's month-to-month improvement What to expect from Ryan Gusto as he enters the starting rotation Previewing and predicting the next series against the Washington Nationals You can find Fish Unfiltered and Fish On First LIVE on the Fish On First YouTube channel, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever else you get your pods. Our next FOF LIVE episode will be Wednesday at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET following the Marlins-Nationals series finale.

Prior to the start of each new Miami Marlins series, we invite the Fish On First staff, FOF LIVE guests and SuperSubs to participate in Prediction Time. Results for the 2026 season will be tracked here. This is how the scoring system works: Earn one point for predicting which team will win the upcoming series Earn one point for predicting the precise number of victories for each team Earn one point for predicting the “Series MVP” who accumulated the highest win probability added (WPA) during the series as calculated by FanGraphs (could pick a player from either team) That's a maximum of three points per series. Rank Name Total Prediction Points Series Winner Points Series MVP Points 1 TenofSpades BK 29 26 3 2 Jeremiah Geiger 27 22 5 3 Baby Seal 27 21 6 4 Robert Hanson 26 22 4 5 Sean Millerick 24 22 2 6 David Fernandez 24 20 4 7 Sean McCormack 22 19 3 8 Sportsman38 22 19 3 9 Daniel Rodriguez 21 20 1 10 Chad Turner 19 15 4 11 Hector Rodriguez 19 18 1 12 Kevin Barral 18 15 3 13 Hans Herrera 18 16 2 14 Stevo 17 16 1 15 2qbn 16 15 1 16 Ely Sussman 16 13 3 17 JustMarlins 15 12 3 18 M.J.S 14 13 1 19 Bassmaster4 14 12 2 20 Michael Cronin 13 12 1 21 JustMyFandom 13 11 2 22 Nate Karzmer 13 12 1 23 1993 fan from start 13 13 0 24 rings 13 13 0 25 MRDHU75 13 12 1 26 Gabriel Revilla 12 10 2 27 Loud Miami Fan 11 9 2 28 Richard 11 9 2 29 Alex Carver 10 10 0 30 Saul Goodman 9 9 0 31 Jose Herrera 8 8 0 32 Ryan Schlesinger 7 7 0 33 Alex Krutchik 6 5 1 34 Casey Marika 6 5 1 35 Shawn 5 4 1 36 Louis Addeo-Weiss 5 4 1 37 HAMPTIME 5 5 0 38 Slacker Mills 4 3 1 39 Isaac Azout 3 3 0 40 Thomas Joseph 3 3 0 41 One Regend 2 2 0 42 David Slaton 2 2 0 43 njp 2 2 0 44 MarlinszDude86 1 1 0 45 ducat2 1 1 0 46 Hippyboi 1 1 0 47 Rob V 1 1 0 48 tbonemalone 1 1 0 Last series

NEW YORK — There's no shame in losing a battle to Juan Soto in your major league debut. The disturbing part for Josh White and the Miami Marlins is what brought Soto to the plate in the first place. After nearly a full calendar year of terrorizing Triple-A hitters, White was recalled by the Marlins prior to Sunday's game. The corresponding roster move was placing Janson Junk on the 15-day injured list with right shin bone inflammation. The news of White's call-up was first reported by marlins.city on Instagram. Fish On First's 21st-ranked prospect entered in the bottom of the sixth inning and looked comfortable initially. White struck out fellow rookie A.J. Ewing with a backdoor slider, then jammed Brett Baty with an inside fastball for a routine flyout. However, poor control fueled an epic two-out rally from there: Walk Hit by pitch Walk Walk Home run (grand slam) Walk A New York Mets team that had only been averaging 3.95 runs per game put up a five-spot against White in two-thirds of an inning. The Ewing slider was an anomaly, as you can see below. White had difficulty landing any of his secondary pitches in the strike zone. Just 20 of his 43 total pitches were strikes. During the month of May alone, White is the sixth different Marlin to make his MLB debut. He joins Josh Ekness (May 3), Joe Mack (May 4), William Kempner (May 5), Dax Fulton (May 6) and Robby Snelling (May 8), the first three of whom are still on the Marlins active roster...for now. There are only two conventional starters on Miami's pitching staff right now (Sandy Alcantara and Max Meyer), plus Tyler Phillips, who's still in the process of getting fully stretched out for that role. All signs point to Ryan Gusto being recalled from Triple-A prior to Tuesday's game to audition for one of the rotation vacancies. The likeliest corresponding move would be optioning a rookie reliever. One nightmarish performance does not dampen White's long-term outlook. The 25-year-old's steep arm angle and nasty breaking balls make him difficult for most mortals to barrel up, and his minor league track record speaks for itself (1.71 ERA and 2.51 FIP in 94.2 IP since 2025). But obviously, this was a discouraging first showing at the big league level.

NEW YORK — The sign still exists. You know, the white one with the black and blue border that reads "LET'S PARTY FIGHTIN' FISH." I saw it in the Miami Marlins dugout two hours before Saturday's game. There just haven't been many occasions to use it lately, or many occasions throughout the 2026 season, for that matter. The Marlins celebrate with the sign after hitting home runs. Well, they have been out-homered in four consecutive games (all losses) and rank 28th among MLB teams in that category. This lack of power is stressing them in other areas and rapidly sinking their chances of postseason contention. Saturday really exemplified how slim the margin can be between offensive excellence and futility. The Marlins scored only one run against the New York Mets despite very well-struck balls off the bats of Otto López, Kyle Stowers and Joe Mack. They traveled 358 feet, 380 feet and 402 feet, respectively, but each of them ultimately landed in an outfielder's glove. Lopez leads the league in hits this season, but only four of those have cleared the fence. A year after breaking out as an All-Star with 25 long balls, Stowers has been limited to three. The rookie Mack is homerless through his first 21 career games. "Get a good pitch to hit, you put a good swing on it, and after that, there's not a whole lot that's within your control," manager Clayton McCullough said postgame. That is an oversimplification. If the quality of contact and its launch angle are good enough, the result is a home run and the opposing defense doesn't have an opportunity to make a play. The Marlins are struggling to reach that standard with their swings. Meanwhile on New York's side, unheralded part-time players Jared Young and Hayden Senger crushed solo shots off Lake Bachar that would've left the vast majority of MLB ballparks. The Marlins have a lot of continuity on the position player side after a surprisingly competitive 2025 campaign. Rather than investing in veterans with proven, consistent track records, they are depending on their young bats to utilize the experience that they've gained and the coaching that they've received to improve. With the notable exceptions of Xavier Edwards and Liam Hicks, most Marlins have regressed instead. Consider these year-to-year decreases in isolated power (slugging percentage minus batting average): Kyle Stowers is down 120 points Heriberto Hernández is down 89 points Jakob Marsee is down 79 points Agustín Ramírez is down 67 points (demoted to Triple-A) Graham Pauley is down 37 points (demoted to Triple-A) Combining their caught stealings/pickoffs with other mistakes on the bases, the Marlins have run into more outs than any other club this season. McCullough has spun it as a positive when speaking publicly, taking pride in being "aggressive" and constantly "pushing the envelope." The reality is, the Marlins play this way out of necessity. Instead of waiting for homers that rarely come, their baserunners have to do more of the heavy lifting themselves. Overall, Miami's offensive production has been nearly average (97 wRC+), but the distribution of those runs is uneven because of how often they are held homerless. That means plenty of good-but-not-great starting pitching performances go to waste. Currently on pace for a 91-loss season, the Marlins have left some meat on the bone. They are capable of playing better defense, for example, and their most experienced pitchers—Sandy Alcantara and Pete Fairbanks—are bound to find their rhythm as the season goes on. However, they won't even sniff a playoff berth without more dingers.