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Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the first game of Miami's road series against the San Francisco Giants. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) RF Jesús Sánchez (L) SS Otto Lopez DH Agustín Ramírez LF Kyle Stowers (L) 1B Eric Wagaman C Liam Hicks (L) 3B Connor Norby CF Dane Myers P Cal Quantrill Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

It would be the epitome of a marginal move, but Jeimer Candelario makes so much sense for the Miami Marlins at this juncture. Candelario was designated for assignment by the Cincinnati Reds on Monday midway through a lamentable three-year, $45 million deal. He is certain to clear waivers in the coming days and be released. Once that happens, the Marlins ought to sign the 31-year-old and immediately add him to their big league roster. I'm not going to exaggerate Candelario's credentials—he has never been an MLB All-Star or Silver Slugger, nor does he have any postseason experience. However, he has doubled the career wins above replacement (10.5 fWAR/9.3 bWAR) of any current Marlins position player and more MLB home runs (110) than every infielder currently in the Marlins organization combined. We are only two years removed from him starting games for a stacked Dominican Republic team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and being one of the most coveted trade chips at the ensuing trade deadline. He'd be a valuable clubhouse presence for a rebuilding Marlins team that is particularly inexperienced on the position player side. The short-term roster fit is simple. The Marlins could DFA seldom-used Jack Winkler as the corresponding move. Winkler is a safe bet to clear waivers and remain with the organization. Candelario would make occasional starts (1B/3B/DH) and pinch-hitting appearances against right-handed pitchers—he slugged .465 against them last season. Potentially as soon as next week, Derek Hill could be ready to return from his left wrist sprain. This season has taught us, unfortunately, that often when one player has mended from an injury, another player goes down. Whether that turns out to be the case again, or if the Marlins have to make an unpopular move like optioning the hot-hitting Heriberto Hernández, they should find a way to keep Candelario around through July, at the very least. If Candelario does not significantly improve upon his Reds production (.113/.198/.213 in 91 PA), then of course, cut him later in the summer and try out other internal options. In the meantime, I think he's worth a shot. Down on the farm, FCL Marlins won, 5-2. Jeremy Almonte and Jose Monserrate each reached base safely three times. DSL Marlins won, 9-6. Diwarys Encarnación had his first career multi-home run game and has taken the outright Dominican Summer League lead with five homers this season. Encarnación has also lowered his strikeout rate from 16.8% in 2024 to 10.8% in 2025. Hopefully the 19-year-old utility player gets a taste of the FCL soon. FCL Miami lost, 3-1. More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 The Minnesota Twins claimed Connor Gillispie off waivers and optioned him to Triple-A. Gillispie was originally acquired by the Marlins as a waiver claim in January. 🔷 DFA'd by the Marlins on Saturday, Robinson Piña remains in limbo. 🔷 On this day in 2000, Preston Wilson and Derrek Lee each homered twice in a Marlins win over the Chicago Cubs. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, old friend Trevor Rogers tossed a career-high eight innings in the Baltimore Orioles' shutout win. Cal Raleigh did it again, homering for the 32nd time. The Twins have lost 10 of their last 11 games. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Cal Quantrill) begin their week out west by visiting the San Francisco Giants (RHP Justin Verlander). Verlander is still seeking his first win of the season. The Marlins have a 38.4% chance to win, per FanGraphs. Full organizational schedule below. 🔷 Prior to the game, Fish On First LIVE will preview the Giants series beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. FOF LIVE is presented by About The Fans. Check out our new merchandise collection (coupon code fof10 for 10% off). Marlins podcast episodes View full article

I don't see it as a forgone conclusion that the Miami Marlins will trade Sandy Alcantara this summer, but his recent stretch of consistency—which included six more solid innings on Sunday—should at the very least compel several contending teams to submit offers for him. It's up to the Marlins to decide whether those offers are sufficient for a player with his pedigree and upside, or if they would rather revisit talks in the offseason. The quality of the potential trade packages can still fluctuate depending on how Alcantara does between now and July 31. Assuming that the Marlins stick with a conventional five-man rotation, he is on track to make six more starts during that span and only three more at loanDepot park: June 28 at Arizona July 4 vs. Milwaukee July 9 at Cincinnati July 18 vs. Kansas City July 23 vs. San Diego July 29 at St. Louis The Royals are the cushiest opponent of that group in terms of recent offensive production and season-long production against right-handed pitchers. The Diamondbacks are most desperate for pitching reinforcements, though as the fourth-best team in their own division, it's not yet clear whether they see themselves as deadline buyers. The last time that Alcantara had a bad outing was May 28 when visiting the Padres (4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 0 K), so count on him being particularly motivated for that matchup if it comes to fruition. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 6-4. The Jumbo Shrimp clinched the International League first half championship. Jakob Marsee is slashing .412/.474/.853 during his current eight-game hit streak. Double-A Pensacola won, 6-3. High-A Beloit won, 3-2. Low-A Jupiter lost, 16-6. PJ Morlando hit his second career home run. More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 Designated for assignment by the Marlins last week, Connor Gillispie and Robinson Piña remain in limbo. 🔷 Happy 26th birthday to left-hander Dale Stanavich. Drafted by the Marlins in 2022, Stanavich is in the midst of his best minor league season, having posted a 1.29 ERA, 3.04 FIP and .135 BAA in 28 innings out of the Pensacola bullpen. He has recorded strikeouts in 16 consecutive relief appearances. 🔷 The Prediction Time leaderboard has been updated through the first 25 series. Become a SuperSub and we'll keep track of your predictions all season long! 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Shohei Ohtani is back to his surreal two-way player feats. He threw a scoreless inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers starter, then tripled and homered. Cal Raleigh is up to 31 home runs, four more than anybody else. Old friend A.J. Puk is out for the season after undergoing an internal brace procedure on his throwing elbow. Puk threw only eight innings for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2025. The New York Mets optioned catcher Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A. LSU won the Men's College World Series, their second championship in a three-year span. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: FCL Marlins at FCL Astros, 12:00 p.m. ET DSL Marlins vs. DSL Phillies Red, 11:00 a.m. ET DSL Miami at DSL Pirates Gold, 11:00 a.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the third and final game of Miami's home series against the Atlanta Braves. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) RF Jesús Sánchez (L) SS Otto Lopez 1B Eric Wagaman LF Kyle Stowers (L) CF Dane Myers DH Liam Hicks (L) C Nick Fortes 3B Javier Sanoja P Sandy Alcantara Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the second game of Miami's home series against the Atlanta Braves. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) RF Jesús Sánchez (L) SS Otto Lopez C Agustin Ramírez LF Kyle Stowers (L) 1B Eric Wagaman DH Liam Hicks (L) 3B Connor Norby CF Dane Myers P Eury Pérez Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the first game of Miami's home series against the Atlanta Braves. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) RF Jesús Sánchez (L) SS Otto Lopez C Agustin Ramírez LF Kyle Stowers (L) CF Dane Myers 1B Liam Hicks (L) 3B Connor Norby DH Heriberto Hernández P Janson Junk Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

Last week, our own Kevin Barral listed outfielder Jesús Sánchez among the Miami Marlins players most likely to get moved leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. Per Jim Bowden of The Athletic, at least one contending team already does have Sánchez on their radar. Bowden proposes a deal sending Sánchez to the Twins in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Dasan Hill: The Twins have made it clear to opposing general managers that they are looking for a left-handed-hitting outfielder. Sánchez is one of their trade targets. He has slashed .251/.324/.412 with seven doubles, seven homers and seven steals in 53 games. Last year he hit .252 with 18 home runs and 64 RBIs. He ranks in the 92nd percentile in bat speed and the 76th percentile in average exit velocity. Sánchez, 27, is under team control through 2027. In return, the Marlins would get Hill, a 19-year-old [lefty] whom the Twins selected in the second round of last year’s draft. He’s been dominant in the Low-A Florida State League this season, posting a 1.65 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 27 1/3 innings. This is the type of trade that’s been prioritized by Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix, who has shown a preference for accumulating talent over big-league readiness. I would pull the trigger on this with no hesitation. As tantalizing as Sánchez's raw power is, his fundamental lapses and non-competitive plate appearances against lefty pitching limit his impact. Between Griffin Conine (currently rehabbing from shoulder surgery) and outfielders in the upper minors, the Marlins have capable internal replacements for 2026 and beyond. Our pals at Twins Daily rank Hill sixth among Minnesota's top prospects. He's on track to get a bump up to High-A before season's end. d2VlUU5fV0ZRVkV3dEdEUT09X1VBa0VVMUVIVndFQUFGUlFVZ0FIVlFGZkFGa0FVbGtBVmxWV0FBRlRBRkJXVkFGZQ==.mp4 Bowden's article also includes mock trades sending Sandy Alcantara to the Baltimore Orioles, Edward Cabrera to the Los Angeles Angels and Kyle Stowers to the Kansas City Royals. View full rumor

Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the fourth and final game of Miami's home series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) DH Agustin Ramírez SS Otto Lopez LF Heriberto Hernández 1B Eric Wagaman CF Dane Myers 3B Connor Norby RF Jesús Sánchez (L) C Nick Fortes P Edward Cabrera Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

We have been here before with the Miami Marlins, most recently in 2019. That team had former All-Stars on its roster and youngsters who would eventually establish themselves as All-Star-caliber, but nobody who deserved a selection based on their first-half performance in that particular season. Rookie Sandy Alcantara had been injury-free and pitching like a typical No. 3 starter, and that was enough to earn him the All-Star nod. Entering Opening Day, Alcantara was the favorite to be the Marlins' 2025 rep. However, with a few weeks to go before the selection show, the revered workhorse is firmly out of the mix, having posted an ERA that is nearly doubled his career average and ranks dead last among MLB pitchers with a minimum of 50 innings. If not Sandy, then who? There is no satisfying alternative. (All stats below were updated entering Thursday unless otherwise specified.) Kyle Stowers initially emerged as the feel-good story of this Marlins season. His slash line peaked at .319/.392/.566 on May 23. Barring injury, it was hard to imagine the 27-year-old outfielder being denied an All-Star nod. Well, seemingly in part due to a brief battle with hand soreness, his offensive production has cratered. Stowers' strikeouts are up and his power has dissipated (it's been more than a month since his last home run). There is a deep crop of more deserving NL outfielders. Dane Myers has overtaken Stowers as the best Marlins player...when he is actually on the field. Myers leads the club with 1.4 fWAR despite only starting about half of their games (37 of 72). It's just hard to see how he fits on the All-Star roster given his position. Pete Crow-Armstrong, James Wood, Corbin Carroll, Fernando Tatis Jr., Kyle Tucker, Andy Pages and Juan Soto have all been comparable or better than Myers as offensive players while also being durable and platoon-proof. On the latest Fish Unfiltered episode, Kevin Barral and Isaac Azout floated the possibility of Edward Cabrera going to Atlanta. It's plausible if he were to rattle off back-to-back-to-back quality starts, dropping his ERA under 4.00. That would be somewhat reminiscent of Alcantara in 2019. The main difference to this point is volume—Cabrera is averaging less than five innings per start. Xavier Edwards is flirting with a .300 batting average, leading the Marlins in walks and stolen bases, and playing surprisingly great defense since moving to second base (albeit in a small sample). An All-Star selection for him would be an amusing plot twist after being viewed as a disappointment through the first two months of the season. The NL is thin on dominant relievers in 2025, but the Marlins are not poised to capitalize on that, either. Very quietly, Calvin Faucher has held opponents scoreless in 22 of his last 24 appearances. If not for a six-run blow-up on May 20, Faucher would have a sub-2.00 ERA, though you can play that game with so many other guys. I could see him sneaking in by raising his save total into double digits with a couple more weeks of perfect high-leverage work. Cade Gibson could've had a case with more time on the active roster. I get why MLB insists on keeping all 30 teams and their fanbases involved in the All-Star tradition, but this is gonna be awkward. Whoever winds up representing the Marlins this year, hopefully they can genuinely enjoy their achievement rather than worry about who got snubbed to make it possible. View full article

After nearly half a season of experimentation, I'm settling on this routine of disseminating daily game notes as forum posts rather than standard articles. Hopefully, everybody who's interested in them can still find them just as easily. Each of these posts will contain the "game notes" tag for convenience. Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal readers. These notes apply to the third game of Miami's home series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Starting Lineup 2B Xavier Edwards (S) C Agustin Ramírez DH Otto Lopez RF Heriberto Hernández 1B Eric Wagaman CF Dane Myers 3B Connor Norby SS Jack Winkler LF Javier Sanoja P Adam Mazur Click HERE to download the full game notes (preview below)

Tonight, we will be getting our first glimpse of Adam Mazur pitching for the Miami Marlins in a regular season game. Mazur has maintained his prospect eligibility despite making eight starts for the San Diego Padres in 2024. There's no sugarcoating it: that experience went poorly for him (7.49 ERA and 6.23 FIP while averaging barely four innings per outing). The Padres shipped him to Miami as part of a six-player trade deadline deal. The slender right-hander had uncharacteristic control issues during his previous MLB stint. Mazur has cleaned that up with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, walking only 5.6% of batters faced in 97 ⅔ innings pitched since the trade. New in 2025, he's using an occasional sweeper to complement his signature slider. The corresponding move to get Mazur on the Marlins active roster is expected to be optioning either Freddy Tarnok or Valente Bellozo. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 6-4. Jakob Marsee had the first multi-homer game of his minor league career. Jacob Berry hit the decisive three-run blast in the top of the ninth. Double-A Pensacola lost, 4-3. High-A Beloit lost, 5-4. Low-A Jupiter won, 5-3. Andres Valor doubled and homered. Deyvison De Los Santos continued his rehab assignment by going 1-for-2 with two walks. FCL Marlins won, 7-2. Perfect day at the plate for Yiddi Cappe (3-3, 2 HR, BB) to begin his own rehab assignment. DSL Marlins won, 7-6. DSL Miami won, 9-5, and lost, 4-3. Luis Arana is now 45 plate appearances into his MiLB career without a single strikeout. More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 Several pitching prospects received promotions this week. Josh White and Adam Laskey got bumped up from Double-A to Triple-A. Selected in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB Draft, White emerged as a dominant reliever during the second half of last season and has only gotten better here in 2025. He's been striking out nearly half of all batters faced while posting a 1.19 ERA. Filling their shoes in Pensacola, Thomas White (no relation to Josh) and Ike Buxton were promoted from Beloit. The 20-year-old White is the consensus top prospect in Miami's farm system. He's scheduled to make his Blue Wahoos debut on Friday. 🔷 In a corresponding move, the Marlins released Woo-Suk Go. The Korean right-hander was salary-dumped to Miami in last year's Luis Arraez trade. Fun fact: Go is the team's highest-paid reliever in 2025 at $2.25 million. In 55 ⅓ total innings as a Marlins farmhand, Go pitched to a 6.34 ERA and 5.39 FIP. 🔷 Clayton McCullough is an All-Star! Dave Roberts will be managing the National League team as a reward for winning the 2024 NL pennant and he has invited McCullough to be on his staff. McCullough spent the last four seasons serving as Roberts' first base coach in LA. 🔷 On this day in 2010, Giancarlo Stanton clubbed his first career home run. Stanton is now Major League Baseball's active leader with 429 long balls, though he has not added to that total yet this season. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Washington Nationals have lost 10 straight games. The most recent of those was particularly ugly, allowing seven home runs to the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies. The New York Yankees have been held scoreless three days in a row. Cal Raleigh's league-leading 27th homer was a grand slam. 🔷 Today's MLB game: it's the third installment of a four-game set between the Marlins (probable starter RHP Adam Mazur) and the Phillies (LHP Ranger Suárez). The Marlins have a 39.5% chance to win, per FanGraphs. Full organizational schedule below. Marlins podcast episodes View full article

It took seven and a half years, but Giancarlo Stanton finally has some company. On Sunday night, Rafael Devers became the second player in MLB history to be traded in the midst of a $300 million contract. While there are significant differences between these blockbusters, both are rare examples of elite hitters being moved in their primes largely for salary relief and concerns about the long-term fit with their original teams. Back in December 2017, during their first offseason under new ownership, the Miami Marlins shed $270M in sending Stanton to the New York Yankees. They received a package of Starlin Castro, Jorge Guzmán and José Devers (Rafael's cousin, coincidentally). The Boston Red Sox are saving more than $250M and getting Jordan Hicks, Kyle Harrison, James Tibbs and José Bello in return. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow was hired in October 2023, several months after the Sox extended Devers. As trade assets, I would say Castro was roughly equivalent to Hicks/Harrison, Guzmán to Tibbs and José Devers to Bello. The pre-trade version of Stanton was better than Rafael Devers, though the latter was much more durable, which narrowed the gap in production. Devers also contributed to a World Series title in 2018, whereas none of Stanton's Marlins teams even achieved a winning record. A wide variety of injuries have prevented the Yankees from being fully satisfied with Stanton's tenure, but the Marlins did not capitalize on their side of the transaction, either. Most of the financial savings went back into ownership's pockets—Miami's 2017 payroll remains a franchise record—and the Fish are headed for their sixth season of 90-plus losses since his departure. None of their homegrown hitters have emerged as a worthy successor to Stanton. Likewise, the Red Sox will be judged by how they fill the Devers void and reallocate the quarter-billion dollars that was previously earmarked for him. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 5-4, completing a series sweep over Rochester. Jakob Marsee stole his 38th base. No other Marlins minor leaguer has more than 25. Double-A Pensacola won, 5-2. Kemp Alderman launched a tape-measure home run. Grant Richardson stays hot since signing with the Marlins as a free agent, slashing .321/.367/.536 in eight games (though with a 40% strikeout rate). Only two runs allowed by Alex Williams in 17 ⅓ innings since being promoted to the Blue Wahoos. High-A Beloit lost, 2-1. Low-A Jupiter lost, 2-1. That's despite an excellent outing from Liomar Martínez (6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 86 pitches/57 strikes). More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 How sweep it is! The Fish won three straight at Nationals Park over the weekend. In Sunday's series finale, they blanked the Nats from the second inning onward despite leaning on low-leverage arms, including emergency closer Freddy Tarnok. This felt like the series that Dane Myers cemented himself as Miami's everyday center fielder and vaulted himself into All-Star consideration. He racked up eight hits and boosted his season slash line to .333/.377/.481. 🔷 The Marlins designated Luarbert Arias for assignment to make room for Tarnok on their 40-man roster. The 24-year-old right-hander pitched poorly out of the big league bullpen in six appearances earlier this season and he's been struggling with his control in Triple-A (13 BB in 14.0 IP since the beginning of May). With two more minor league options left beyond 2025 and a good MiLB track record overall, I could still see him getting claimed by another team. 🔷 The Los Angeles Dodgers "are one of the teams lurking" in the event that the Marlins shop Sandy Alcantara this summer, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. Let's take this one with a grain of salt because in the very next paragraph, Nightengale added that Shohei Ohtani was not expected to make his Dodgers pitching debut "until after the All-Star break." As it turns out, Ohtani takes the mound tonight. The last trade between the Dodgers and Marlins was the swap of Miguel Rojas for Jacob Amaya in January 2023. 🔷 On this day in 1995, Miami's own Andre Dawson hit his 400th career National League home run. 🔷 The Prediction Time leaderboard has been updated through the first 23 series. Become a SuperSub and we'll keep track of your predictions all season long! 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Grant Holmes struck out 15 Colorado Rockies, the highest single-game total for any MLB pitcher this season. The Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves, anyway. Elly De La Cruz homered for the fourth consecutive game. Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler told Matt Gelb of The Athletic that he intends to retire once his contract expires at the end of the 2027 season. Since joining the Phillies in 2020, Wheeler leads Major League Baseball in innings pitched. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Sandy Alcantara) kick off a week-long homestand with their series opener against the Phillies (RHP Mick Abel). The Marlins have a 54.5% chance to win, per FanGraphs. Another victory would mean Miami's longest winning streak of the season. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. 🔷 Prior to the game, Fish On First LIVE will preview the Phillies series beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. FOF LIVE is presented by About The Fans. Check out our new merchandise collection (coupon code fof10 for 10% off). Marlins podcast episodes View full article