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Today's Marlins news roundup also includes a summary of the latest roster moves.Monday's GamesMarlins Podcast Episodes https://open.spotify.com/episode/5C2mYxxaOQAUdm6icZ1nem?si=i_w_ETA8Teyk7S2ZEuzrcQMonday's Marlins MiLB notes: Marco Vargas (FCL Marlins) has reached base safely in 14 of his first 16 games played this season. The DSL Marlins dropped to 4-12 and have allowed 8.63 runs per game (more than a run per inning).Jazz Chisholm Jr. (right turf toe) and Jean Segura (left hamstring strain) were both reinstated from the injured list at the expense of Garrett Hampson and Jacob Amaya, who've been optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville. Hampson and Amaya were playing sparingly as it is. The Marlins filled their vacant 40-man roster spot by reacquiring right-hander Eli Villalobos via waiver claim. Pitching for Pittsburgh's Double-A affiliate, Villalobos had a 4.15 ERA and 6.72 FIP in 16 relief appearances with just as many walks and hit-by-pitches (16) as strikeouts. Villalobos' stay on the 40-man will be short-lived unless his control improves. Monday happened to be his 26th birthday.Congrats to Patrick Monteverde and Nasim Nuñez on being selected to represent the Marlins at the All-Star Futures Game. Here are the complete rosters.https://fishonfirst.com/news/patrick-monteverde-nasim-nunez-futures-game-2023/Great insight from Craig Mish of SportsGrid during a lengthy Twitter Space hosted by Takes Were Made. Mish is skeptical of Avisaíl García playing again for the Marlins this season (at least in any substantial role). He estimates that Segura has another month or so to break out of his season-long malaise, otherwise Dane Myers could take over as the club's main third baseman. Mish says there's an extremely high likelihood of the Marlins using their first-round draft pick on a hitter. Summing up the difference in clubhouse culture between 2022 and 2023, "everyone can just be who they are" under Skip Schumaker.Elsewhere around the majors, Shohei Ohtani blasted his MLB-leading 26th home run. Spencer Strider (7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K) had one of his best starts of the season. The Mets lost again for the 16th time in their last 21 contests.Daniel Rodriguez was victorious on our . Tonight, we're back with the usual Fish On First LIVE series preview show, streaming tonight at 6:00 p.m. ET on /Twitch/Twitter. Super Subscribers, submit your series predictions before 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 have a 47.6% chance to win their series opener against the Red Sox, per FanGraphs. DSL Miami (11:00 a.m. ET) is at home, while DSL Marlins (11:00 a.m. ET) and FCL Marlins (12:00 p.m. ET) are on the road.Phase 2 of MLB All-Star voting continues until Thursday at noon ET. Luis Arraez and Ozzie Albies are the finalists to start at second base for the National League. Jorge Soler's path to making the NL roster as a reserve becomes much clearer if J.D. Martinez wins the designated hitter vote over Bryce Harper (Harper will likely miss the game entirely if he isn't fan-elected), so consider supporting Martinez on your ballot. FOCO released a new Charlie Brown Marlins bobblehead, available to pre-order for $65.Graphic courtesy of Miami Marlins

Today's Marlins news roundup also includes details about Phase 2 of MLB All-Star voting.Sunday's Gameshttps://fishonfirst.com/game-coverage/marlins-eury-perez-highlights-quotes-pirates/https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-06/25/992acb03-0413ff31-eec05724-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_16000K.mp4Marlins Podcast Episodes Sunday's Marlins MiLB notes: After a 4-for-5 performance, Dane Myers (Jacksonville) is now slashing .482/.525./.778 through 15 games played at the Triple-A level. Jacob Berry (Beloit) completed his best week as a pro with four multi-hit games and only one strikeout during the Sky Carp's series against Cedar Rapids. That raised his OPS above .600 for the first time since early April. Jupiter's Karson Milbrandt, Yeremin Lara and Evan Taylor combined for a seven-inning shutout. Taylor is tied for the Marlins MiLB lead with 10 saves this season.Jazz Chisholm Jr. has arrived in Boston. All indications are that he'll be reinstated from the injured list on Tuesday after missing six-and-a-half weeks due to turf toe. The Marlins went 26-13 without him.Eury Pérez continues to prevent runs at a historic rate. His 0.32 earned run average in June was the lowest posted in any month in Marlins history for anybody with at least 20 innings pitched.Grant Kiefer hosted a lengthy State of the Fish Twitter Space reacting to all of that and more. Become a Super Subscriber to get speaking priority on future State of the Fish episodes!Phase 2 of MLB All-Star voting begins today at noon ET. Luis Arraez and Ozzie Albies are the finalists to start at second base for the National League. Jorge Soler's path to making the NL roster as a reserve becomes much clearer if J.D. Martinez wins the designated hitter vote over Bryce Harper (Harper will likely miss the game entirely if he isn't fan-elected), so consider supporting Martinez on your ballot. Elsewhere around the majors, the Cubs and Cardinals split the two-game London Series. National League Cy Young award contender Marcus Stroman exited his start early due to a blister. The Orioles are calling up top position player prospect Jordan Westburg (who Kevin Barral wrote about recently as a potential trade target). The Braves joined the Rays as the only MLB teams to reach 50 wins.Fish On First LIVE is back with a new Marlins Jeopardy trivia competition, streaming tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET on /Twitch/Twitter. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase will serve as guest host. 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! Entering this new week, the Marlins have a season-best 59.1% odds of making the playoffs, per FanGraphs. DSL Miami (11:00 a.m. ET) and FCL Marlins (12:00 p.m. ET) are at home, while DSL Marlins (11:00 a.m. ET) are on the road. analyzes what has made Braxton Garrett so outstanding since adding a cutter to his pitch mix.FOCO released a new Charlie Brown Marlins bobblehead, available to pre-order for $65.Contribute to Adopt A Minor Leaguer's fundraiser to create a plaque honoring Jeff Lindgren's MLB debut.Photo by Danis Sosa/Fish On First

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Today's Marlins news roundup also includes an updated Luis Arraez batting average projection.Thursday's Gameshttps://fishonfirst.com/game-coverage/marlins-pirates-braxton-garrett-cooper-highlights/https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-06/22/975cbe65-dc8186bb-9b97dab1-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_16000K.mp4Marlins Podcast Episodes Thursday's Marlins MiLB notes: Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Jacksonville) went 1-for-2 with two walks and an amazing catch in his second rehab game. Johnny Cueto got stretched out to 79 pitches, but pitched awfully in the process (4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 HR). Cueto's four-seam fastball averaged 88.8 miles per hour. Kahlil Watson and Jacob Berry (Beloit) hit back-to-back home runs. Ike Buxton (Jupiter) pitched five near-perfect innings, allowing one walk and nothing else, while Torin Montgomery has now reached base safely in 19 straight starts. Kendry Feliz (DSL Miami) recorded a walk-off RBI double.While Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium undergoes expansive renovations, the Jupiter Hammerheads will move to The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches beginning on July 25.Braxton Garrett became the first left-handed pitcher in Marlins history—you read that correctly—to strike out 13 batters in a game.A.J. Puk secured his 10th save of the season. When's the last time the Marlins had a closer as great as Puk? Tons of Fish On First Twitter followers weighed in.Phase 1 of MLB All-Star voting concluded and, no surprise, Luis Arraez is a finalist to start at second base along with Ozzie Albies of the Braves. Phase 2 of the voting begins at 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday.Elsewhere around the majors, the Braves took advantage of a 10th-inning Kyle Schwarber error to beat the Phillies and extend their winning streak to eight. Minnesota's Joe Ryan threw a shoutout against the Red Sox, allowing only three singles along the way.The latest episode of covered Sandy Alcantara's baffling struggles and potential corresponding moves to make when Chisholm comes off the injured list. We'll be back on Monday's off day with a Marlins Jeopardy trivia competition. 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 have a 61.3% chance to win their next game against the Pirates, per FanGraphs. Low-A Jupiter (6:30 p.m. ET) and DSL Miami (11:00 a.m. ET) are at home, while Triple-A Jacksonville (7:05 p.m. ET), Double-A Pensacola (7:00 p.m. ET), High-A Beloit (7:35 p.m. ET), FCL Marlins (12:00 p.m. ET) and DSL Marlins (11:00 a.m. ET) are on the road.Daily Luis Arraez batting average update: he enters today at .397. Arraez has never faced Pittsburgh's Luis Ortiz before. Additionally, Arraez is hitting .428 in home games this season and .389 in night games.https://bit.ly/42sdJmBPensacola broadcaster Erik Bremer joined us to discuss the Double-A team's successful first half of the season with analysis of many key prospects who are either still on the roster or have since been promoted.ZiPS only gives Arraez a 2.9% chance of sustaining a .400 average for the entire season with a median projection of .364.Christina De Nicola of MLB.com spoke to Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly about returning to Miami for the first time since leaving the organization. Glenn Geffner's View from the Bleachers tries to make sense of how the 2023 Marlins are winning so many more games than Mattingly's 2022 crew. Subscribe to his daily Substack to read more.FOCO released a new Charlie Brown Marlins bobblehead, available to pre-order for $65.Happy 24th birthday to Dale Stanavich. Miami's eighth-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Stanavich began this season on the injured list. In four Low-A relief appearances since then, the left-hander hasn't allowed a run.

Ely and Kevin get a ton of valuable insight from the voice of the Marlins' Double-A Pensacola affiliate.Pensacola Blue Wahoos broadcaster Erik Bremer joins Ely Sussman and Kevin Barral to break down the thrilling first half of the team's 2023 season. Erik gives us quick hits on the following players: Eury Pérez, Dane Myers, Troy Johnston, José Devers, Nasim Nuñez, Patrick Monteverde, Evan Fitterer, Will Banfield and Jake Eder. We also get his thoughts on Luis Arraez's pursuit of .400. Enjoy Episode #199! Erik Bremer is in his second season broadcasting Blue Wahoos games after previous stops with the Biloxi Shuckers, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Potomac Nationals and Fredericksburg Nationals. In addition to his time at every full-season level of the minors, he has called games in the Cape Cod Baseball League and the Australian Baseball League. In 2022, the Blue Wahoos won the Southern League championship. In 2023, they'll have an opportunity to repeat after clinching the first-half South division title on Wednesday. Through 65 games, the Blue Wahoos have a .600 winning percentage and lead all Marlins MiLB affiliates with 39 wins. They rank first in the Southern League in both runs scored (359) and batting average (.250). Pérez, of course, has already matriculated to Miami's active roster and more of these guys could follow suit by season's end. Follow Erik (@Erik_Bremer), Kevin (@kevin_barral), Ely (@RealEly) and Fish On First (@FishOnFirst) on Twitter. Complete Miami Marlins coverage here at FishOnFirst.com. Our Fish On First podcast programming includes The Offishial Show, Fish Unfiltered, Fishology, Swimming Upstream, State of the Fish and What a Relief. All new episodes are posted to FishOnFirst.com/podcasts. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, Megaphone or wherever you normally get your pods from.

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Today's Marlins news roundup also includes an extended interview with Bryan Hoeing.Wednesday's Gameshttps://fishonfirst.com/game-coverage/marlins-blue-jays-sandy-alcantara-quotes-highlights/https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-06/21/74cd066b-0b604ead-0743f358-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_16000K.mp4Marlins Podcast Episodes Wednesday's Marlins MiLB notes: Pensacola clinched the Southern League's first-half South division title (and celebrated accordingly). The league's defending champions are now guaranteed a 2023 playoff berth. Evan Fitterer (5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 1 HR) kept the Blue Wahoos close enough to mount a late-inning comeback. Jupiter outscored St. Lucie 20-2 during their doubleheader sweep. Javier Sanoja compiled five hits and five RBIs. Torin Montgomery is now slashing .321/.471/.440 and is clearly overqualified for Low-A competition. Rehabbing Zach McCambley has yet to allow a hit through five relief appearances (6.1 IP).As Alex Carver announced, Fish on the Farm and Fish On First have begun an official partnership to cover the Marlins farm system more comprehensively than ever before. Follow the @marlinsminors Twitter account if you don't already. All of Alex's previous FOTF articles have been imported to our new Farm section and that's where you will find his written work moving forward.The Marlins grounded into two more double plays on Wednesday, bringing their season total to 82. That's 15 more than any other team and puts them on pace to establish a new modern-era MLB record.Twelve of our Prediction Time participants (myself included) had the Blue Jays winning precisely two out of three vs. the Marlins. Even in a losing effort, Eury Pérez earned Series MVP honors. Prediction Time is one of the many Super Subscriber perks.https://fishonfirst.com/super-subscribers/marlins-prediction-time-leaderboard/Elsewhere around the majors, the Reds and the Giants both did it again. Their winning streaks have reached 11 games and 10 games, respectively. Highly touted right-hander Gavin Williams had an uneven major league debut (5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR), but the Guardians came back twice against the Athletics to ultimately win.We've got a new episode of Fish On First LIVE streaming on /Twitch/Twitter beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. Special guest: Takes Were Made. Super Subscribers, make your series predictions before 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 have a 53.7% chance to win their series opener against the Pirates, per FanGraphs. Low-A Jupiter (6:30 p.m. ET) and DSL Marlins (11:00 a.m. ET) are at home, while Triple-A Jacksonville (doubleheader beginning at 5:05 p.m. ET), Double-A Pensacola (doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET), High-A Beloit (7:35 p.m. ET) and DSL Miami (11:00 a.m. ET) are on the road.Daily Luis Arraez batting average update: he enters today at .398. Arraez has never faced Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller before. Additionally, Arraez is hitting .430 in home games this season and .390 in night games.https://bit.ly/42sdJmBYou have until noon today to participate in Phase 1 of MLB All-Star voting! The Marlins are pushing hard for Arraez and Jorge Soler.Bryan Hoeing is the latest guest on Noah Berger's What a Relief podcast show (yes, we realize he's currently being used as a starter, but whatever). Hoeing takes us through his lifelong love of baseball, the impact of pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. and catcher Nick Fortes, his improvement from 2022 to 2023, adapting to the pitch clock and more.Pensacola broadcaster Erik Bremer will be my guest on the next episode of The Offishial Show. If you have any questions for him about players on the Blue Wahoos or the minor league lifestyle, comment below.On this day 25 years ago, the Marlins and then-Devil Rays met in the first-ever Citrus Series game. The Marlins won in 12 innings.Happy 26th birthday to Troy Johnston. Since being drafted in 2019, Johnston leads all Marlins minor leaguers in doubles (79) and runs batted in (224). The lefty-swinging first baseman has already established a new career high with 10 stolen bases this season (and he hasn't been caught once).

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Today's Marlins news roundup also includes the latest All-Star fan voting update.Tuesday's Gameshttps://fishonfirst.com/game-coverage/marlins-blue-jays-eury-perez-highlights/https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-06/20/bbae39e0-3104eb75-bb3f5d68-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_16000K.mp4Marlins Podcast Episodes https://open.spotify.com/episode/0F2buoLvU0IGByxM0SUmPU?si=kiDqd-ESRrywez9g6zngDwTuesday's Marlins MiLB notes: Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Jacksonville) went 0-for-2 with a walk in his first minor league rehab game. He made five putouts during his seven innings in center field. Newly promoted to Triple-A, Paul McIntosh went 0-for-3 and played the whole game at catcher. Jacob Berry (Beloit) went 4-for-5. Still batting below the Mendoza Line, though. Juan De La Cruz, an 18-year-old right-hander, became the first player from the Marlins' 2022 international signing class to reach Low-A. Daniel Castano (FCL Marlins) began a rehab assignment with a scoreless inning. It was his first official game appearance since April 7. Two-way player Janero Miller (DSL Miami) is still being used exclusively at DH on the days that he isn't pitching.Eury Pérez continues to shove. In fact, he's getting better. Against the Blue Jays, Pérez set new season highs in strikeout rate and groundball rate. Among MLB pitchers with at least 40 innings pitched this season, his 1.54 earned run average is by far the lowest.As of mid-day Tuesday, Luis Arraez had a 172,111-vote lead over Ozzie Albies in National League All-Star voting among second basemen. He's all but certain to advance to "Phase 2" of the voting. Jorge Soler (339,478 votes) is a distant fourth among NL designated hitters. Barring a miraculous push over the next 27.5 hours, he'll have to settle for a reserve spot. No other Marlins players have a chance to start the game this year. Continue voting here.Elsewhere around the majors, the Reds and Giants did it again. They extended their winning streaks to 10 games and nine games, respectively. Marcus Stroman is steadily emerging as the National League Cy Young award frontrunner. He tossed seven more scoreless innings against the Pirates, who have lost eight in a row.The Marlins have a 50.3% chance to win their series finale against the Blue Jays, per FanGraphs. Low-A Jupiter (doubleheader beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET) is at home, while Triple-A Jacksonville (12:05 p.m. ET), Double-A Pensacola (7:00 p.m. ET), High-A Beloit (1:05 p.m. ET) and FCL Marlins (12:00 p.m. ET)) are on the road.Daily Luis Arraez batting average update: he enters today at .398. Arraez is 5-for-6 in his career against Toronto's Kevin Gausman. Additionally, Arraez is hitting .431 in home games this season and .407 in day games.Enter to win a 2023 Topps Series 2 card of Arraez from Loud Marlins Fan. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com mentions the Marlins as potential landing spots for trade candidates Jeimer Candelario and Jace Peterson. Check out Kevin Barral's interview with Marlins rookie Jacob Amaya. Subscribe to the Fish On First YouTube channel, where we'll have another player interview going up later today.

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