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Even though the tournament isn't being held in Miami, the Marlins and the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation have a multi-year exclusive broadcast rights partnership. The Caribbean Series made a rare visit to American soil in 2024 when loanDepot park hosted it. This year's edition of the tournament in Mexicali, Mexico, will still be widely available to U.S. viewers, called by voices that Miami Marlins fans are particularly familiar with. English television broadcasts of every 2025 Caribbean Series game will air on MLB Network, as announced on Wednesday. Just like last year, Craig Minervini is splitting play-by-play duties with Doug Wright. They'll share the booth with analysts Rod Allen and Jeff Nelson. You know Minervini as a longtime Marlins TV studio host, reporter and play-by-play announcer. The Miami Herald reported that he was a candidate in this offseason's search for a new lead play-by-play voice on FanDuel Sports Network Florida (formerly known as Bally Sports Florida), which ultimately went to Kyle Sielaff. Allen has been with the network since 2022 and Nelson since 2016. They both have been utilized as Marlins radio analysts when they aren't on TV. bG42elJfV0ZRVkV3dEdEUT09X0FnVllCUUFBQkFzQUNsRURWUUFBVWdFQUFBQUVWRlFBQlZkWFUxVU1Cd3RXQ1FaVA==.mp4 Prior to the start of the 2024 tournament, the Marlins and the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation began a partnership that gives the Marlins exclusive Caribbean Series broadcast rights across all platforms globally (excluding the countries of the confederation's member leagues), including but not limited to linear, streaming and radio. Presumably, the length of that partnership covers the tourney's return to Miami in 2028. To fill the winter ball void at loanDepot park, the Marlins held the inaugural Choque de Gigantes tournament back in November. Minervini and Allen called those games. In addition to host Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Japan are participating in the 2025 Serie del Caribe. It begins on January 31 and runs through February 7. Spanish broadcasts are available on ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. View full article

On Nothing Personal with David Samson, the former Miami Marlins president reflects on Ichiro Suzuki's positive influence in the clubhouse and how the Hall of Famer responded to the tragic passing of teammate José Fernández. View full video

I can do hitter/pitcher. Started off with the two most recent classes.

I can make an update soon identifying whether they were pitchers or hitters. Didn't want to do traditional positions because the Marlins (and most other teams) describe pretty much all infielders as "shortstops," even those who never get any development time at the position. Think it's more confusing than useful.

I should've also noted in here that yesterday was the first anniversary of re-launching this website in partnership with DiamondCentric! So grateful for the tech support and many new bells and whistles we have. The site was a hot mess when I tried handling all of that stuff myself in 2023 😅

Today's news roundup also includes a huge payday for a former Marlins player. Jeff Torborg died on Sunday at the age of 83. Torborg played parts of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher and managed five different MLB teams across parts of 11 seasons, including the Marlins. Jeffrey Loria brought him over from the Expos organization after taking ownership of the Fish in 2002. Torborg's club went 79-83 that season. They were on a similar trajectory in 2003, but then had a frustrating stretch in early May of losing seven out of eight games with all of those defeats coming by slim margins. The Marlins fired Torborg to end the final managerial stint of his career. They famously replaced him with Jack McKeon, who despite inheriting a 16-22 record, led them to a World Series title. Following his passing, numerous people who crossed paths with Torborg during his baseball life reflected on how kindly he treated others. He is the first former Marlins manager to die. Fish On First sends our condolences to Torborg's family and loved ones. Marlins Opening Day is 66 days away. More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 Kyle Sielaff is making the transition this season from Marlins radio play-by-play to television. Some examples of his calls have been embedded below. In my eyes and those of 65.6% of the FOF Twitter audience, the Marlins got it right, while 26.2% would have liked to keep Paul Severino and 8.2% expressed a preference for somebody else. How do you feel about it? Cast your vote in this poll. No word yet on who will fill Sielaff's old role. lrft9u.mp4 🔷 Following last week's signing day, I published a guide to the Marlins' history of international free agent deals, documenting close to 400 individual signings with as many specific bonus amounts as I could verify. Sources tell FOF that another notable signing could be announced as soon as today. The guide will be updated accordingly. 🔷 Tigres del Licey clinched a berth in the Dominican Winter League's championship series, in large part thanks to Troy Johnston. In 14 postseason games, Johnston slashed .294/.345/.471 with two home runs. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Dodgers, who were rumored to be the favorites to sign Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki throughout his posting process, reached a deal on Friday, as announced by Sasaki himself. He is reportedly receiving a $6.5 million bonus. On paper, their starting rotation looks like baseball's best. The L.A. bullpen is in great shape too following the addition of old friend Tanner Scott on a four-year, $72 million deal. Like many prominent multi-year Dodgers contracts, this one includes some deferred money ($21M). What a dramatic turnaround for Scott who was a low-leverage guy for the Marlins entering the 2023 season and is now (deservedly) one of the best-compensated relievers ever. Marlins podcast episodes View full article

That change is not imminent, and from the experimentation they've done in the minors, all parties involved prefer the "challenge system" over full automation (at least with the technology currently available). Adopting it in that form would only alter a couple calls per game and theoretically impact both teams equally. I wouldn't put it anywhere near the conversation of "biggest change the game will have ever seen." That underestimates how consistent most MLB umps already are.

We want your take on Friday's announcement that FanDuel Sports Network Florida has hired Marlins Radio Network veteran Kyle Sielaff to switch over to television.

Two months removed from his introductory press conference, Clayton McCullough finally has his coaching staff in place. On Friday, the Miami Marlins announced Clayton McCullough's 12-man major league coaching staff for the 2025 season. It's mostly comprised of names that had already been reported, newcomers to the Marlins organization and individuals who are even younger than McCullough is. By MLB standards, they have assembled a very unconventional and inexperienced group. Will it work? Starting off with bench coach, Carson Vitale lands in Miami after spending the previous seven seasons with the Seattle Mariners. Vitale finished up his Mariners tenure as their field coordinator. He's replacing former Marlins bench coach Luis Urueta, who now holds the same title with the Texas Rangers. Daniel Moskos will attempt to fill the shoes of Mel Stottlemyre Jr., one of the longest-tenured pitching coaches in Marlins history. Moskos used to be the Chicago Cubs assistant pitching coach. As far as I know, Stottlemyre hasn't latched on with another MLB organization yet. Alon Leichman is the new assistant pitching coach, which is a position that did not exist on Skip Schumaker's staff. He's also now the assistant director of pitching, reporting to Bill Hezel. Not to be confused with the longtime big leaguer of the same name, hitting coach Pedro Guerrero comes here after serving as assistant hitting coach of the San Francisco Giants. Derek Shomon will be his assistant. In 2024, John Mabry was the club's hitting coach, flanked by assistants Bill Mueller and Jason Hart. Former Minnesota Twins organizational coach Tyler Smarslok takes over the duties that previously belonged to Jon Jay and Jody Reed. He'll be coaching first base, infield defense and baserunning. It is a low bar to clear, but new third base coach Blake Lalli has the most MLB games (32) and seasons played (three) of anybody on McCullough's staff. Lalli has five seasons of minor league managerial experience, including three in charge of the Arizona Diamondbacks' Triple-A affiliate. His predecessor was Griffin Benedict. Bullpen coach Brandon Mann is the lone holdover from the 2024 Marlins. He was their pitching strategist last season. The old bullpen coach was Wellington Cepeda. The baby of the staff is 27-year-old Joe Singley. He will double as catching coach and bullpen catcher while assisting director of catching Maxx Garrett. The last Marlins field coordinator was Rod Barajas, who played 1,114 games in the majors. His replacement, Aaron Leanhardt, comes from a completely different background, having studied electrical engineering at the University of Michigan, earned a PhD in physics and returned to his alma mater to become a professor, only to make a drastic pivot to baseball. He worked as a major league analyst for the New York Yankees in 2024. Finally, Bryson Nakamura has been hired as the franchise's first performance & data integration strategist. He comes from the college baseball ranks where he was director & head sports scientist at Stanford Baseball Science Core. With the exception Shomon, all of these coaches are trying something new, having been promoted from the positions they held on other major league staffs, making the leap from the minors/college or taking on a different set of job responsibilities. Any way you slice it, they cumulatively have not been around the game as long as typical MLB coaches. That does not necessarily mean they're unqualified, but they won't have quite as much credibility on day one in the eyes of most players, media and fans. Not directly part of the coaching staff, it's worth mentioning that L.J. Petra is Miami's new head athletic trainer and Austin Lamkey has been retained as video coordinator. Vitale, Guerrero and Moskos were each guests on the Marlins Hot Stove Show over the last month. Those extended interviews are embedded below. View full article

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder and South Florida native Nick Castellanos (who grew up a Marlins fan himself) discussed the state of the Fish on The Chris Rose Rotation. View full video

The similarities are there. I specifically wonder about whether Andrew will face the same limitation when it comes to game power. That being said, Andrew's defense is meaningfully better than Jose's at the same age. I'd be surprised if he doesn't at least get a cup of coffee in the majors someday.

That's because Puerto Rican players are eligible for the draft! They used to be treated as international players, but that changed a few decades ago.

Shortly after finalizing their 2025 international signing class, the Miami Marlins traded away a chunk of their leftover bonus pool money to acquire right-handed reliever William Kempner from the San Francisco Giants. Marc Delucchi reports that it's $250,000. A third-round draft pick of the Giants in 2022, Kempner has been used mainly as a reliever in pro ball. Across four different minor league levels (primarily Low-A and High-A), he has posted a 3.89 ERA, 4.52 FIP and .227 BAA in 71 ⅔ career innings pitched. His 2024 campaign was wiped out by foot surgery, but he resurfaced with four appearances (3.2 IP) in the Arizona Fall League. Kempner operates from a very low, practically sidearm release point. His arsenal includes a mid-90s fastball and low-80s sweeper. Several of the sweepers he threw in the AFL registered spin rates north of 2,900 RPM, which would be elite even by MLB standards. kw1hoh_1.mp4 Kempner is not yet on the 40-man roster. He will be Rule 5 Draft-eligible following the 2025 season. He's most likely to begin the year in Double-A Pensacola's bullpen. Between their initial 17 signings and this trade, the Marlins have used up more than 92% of their bonus pool for the current international signing period.

Introducing all of the players who inked deals with the Marlins on January 15. Wednesday marked the start of a new signing period for international amateur free agents. The Miami Marlins have an 11-month window to allocate their $7,555,500 bonus pool, but almost all of that money has been spent on the very first day. Here's what we know so far about the prospects they just added from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico. This is the first Marlins signing class being overseen by David Hernandez Beayne. Hernandez Beayne, who's been with the organization since 2019, was promoted to director of international scouting last fall. The bonuses for these initial 17 signings total $6,745,000, sources tell Fish On First. Deals of $10,000 or less do not count toward the club's bonus pool, so $6,735,000 of their bonus pool was used on them. However, the Marlins also traded away $250,000 in bonus pool money on Wednesday afternoon to acquire RHP William Kempner from the San Francisco Giants—that leaves them with only $570,500 remaining. FOF can confirm reporting by Francys Romero that Cuban RHP Adriano Marrero is expected to sign in the near future, so there won't be much wiggle room to make further additions to this class. Players born between September 1, 2007 and August 31, 2008 are newly eligible to sign and the majority of the Marlins' additions are in that age range. Name Country Signing Bonus Anthony Abreu Dominican Republic $550,000 Luis Arana Venezuela $30,000 Edelson Canelon Venezuela $200,000 Keyner Cedeño Venezuela $50,000 Kevin Defrank Dominican Republic $560,000 Diego Godoy Venezuela $10,000 Steven Herrera Dominican Republic $125,000 Santiago Linares Venezuela $170,000 Johan Machado Venezuela $330,000 Diego Martínez Venezuela $200,000 Pedro Montero Dominican Republic $35,000 Moises Morales Mexico $35,000 Adrian Peña Dominican Republic $400,000 Jesús Pérez Venezuela $50,000 Sandy Presbot Dominican Republic $70,000 Isaac Prince Dominican Republic $230,000 Andrew Salas Venezuela $3,700,000 INF/OF Andrew Salas (Venezuela) Born: 3/4/08 | B/T: S/R | Ht/Wt: 6'2"/180 Salas was born in Florida and spent his early childhood there before the family moved to Venezuela. He is an above-average, fundamentally sound defender at both center field and shortstop. He has good plate discipline and hits to all fields, though the 16-year-old hasn't demonstrated much game power yet. Last summer, Salas played 33 games against grown men in Venezuela's Liga Mayor de Béisbol Profesional. The league listed him at 6'0", 160 pounds, but he's now up to 6'2", 180 pounds. Salas' eldest brother, José, was the headliner of the 2019-20 Marlins signing class ($2.8 million bonus). Now with the Minnesota Twins org, his career has stalled at the High-A level. The Marlins hope Andrew's superior defense and overall athleticism will give a higher floor. RHP Kevin Defrank (Dominican Republic) Born: 8/11/08 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'5"/202 fukx71_1.mp4 The top pitcher of this Marlins signing class, Defrank pairs a mid-90s fastball with a nasty changeup. The 6'5" right-hander just turned 16 in August, which will make him one of the youngest players to sign with any MLB team during the 2025 IFA period. INF Anthony Abreu (Dominican Republic) Born: 1/8/08 | B/T: L/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/180 Likely a third baseman long term, Abreu garners praise for his pitch recognition. He arguably has the highest offensive upside of this signing class. RHP Adrian Peña (Dominican Republic) Born: 5/2/08 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'7"/194 From David Hernandez Beayne: "A guy who just has elite size, still very projectable, very athletic and coordinated. He's already been up to 94 miles per hour for us with an absolute plus breaking ball that he spins up to 2,700-2,800 [RPM]. Just in terms of understanding his development timeline, his age and where he needs to get to, we think he has one of the highest upsides of any player in this class...Might take some time because it's always difficult for those bigger guys to be able to coordinate their bodies and get that functional strength needed to be able to repeat consistently, but we feel very excited about his potential and what he can become." INF Johan Machado (Venezuela) Born: 11/7/07 | B/T: S/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/140 ihslv6_1.mp4 The wiry Machado has all of the ingredients to stick at shortstop, but will need to develop a lot physically. Like Andrew Salas, Machado got his first taste of pro ball in 2024 with Liga Mayor de Béisbol Profesional, appearing in 12 games (mostly off the bench). RHP Isaac Prince (Dominican Republic) Born: 9/20/07 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/175 RHP Edelson Canelon (Venezuela) Born: 10/28/07 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'4"/165 C Diego Martínez (Venezuela) Born: 12/29/07 | B/T: L/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/198 RHP Santiago Linares (Venezuela) Born: 12/8/07 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/187 INF Steven Herrera (Dominican Republic) Born: 2/21/08 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'0"/160 From David Hernandez Beayne: "We don't know if he's going to be able to stick at shortstop; we do know that he's gonna be able to play all over the field...All the tests that we did amongst all our players, he's number one in raw explosiveness, bat speed, power...If it all clicks for him, he's one of the guys that we picked internally as our dark horse to be somebody that can become impactful." INF Sandy Presbot (Dominican Republic) Born: 10/20/07 | B/T: S/R | Ht/Wt: 5'7"/160 LHP Keyner Cedeño (Venezuela) Born: 9/13/07 | B/T: L/L | Ht/Wt: 6'0"/180 OF Jesús Pérez (Venezuela) Born: 3/12/08 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 5'11"/174 RHP Pedro Montero (Dominican Republic) Born: 7/11/07 | B/T: R/R | Ht/Wt: 6'1"/144 C Moises Morales (Mexico) Born: 5/2/08 | B/T: L/R | Ht/Wt: 6'0"/172 zk1by2_1.mp4 INF Luis Arana (Venezuela) Born: 3/19/08 | B/T: S/R | Ht/Wt: 5'10"/154 LHP Diego Godoy (Venezuela) Born: 11/29/04 | B/T: L/L | Ht/Wt: 6'0"/165 View full article

The O's have missed Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby more than they expected while getting nothing from the former All-Star Rogers. After going out meekly during the 2024 playoffs, they've been MLB's been disappointing team so far this year. Peter Bendix has crammed a lot of transactions into his brief tenure as Miami Marlins president of baseball operations, including six moves on the day of the 2024 MLB trade deadline. None of them were as popular among Marlins fans in the moment as the deal sending left-hander Trevor Rogers to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for infielder Connor Norby and outfielder Kyle Stowers. It doesn't take an industry insider to see a robbery in broad daylight. Squint very hard and you can see the Orioles' vision (sort of). They had to try something at the deadline to bolster their perpetually shaky starting rotation. The defending American League East division champions were clinging to a half-game lead over the New York Yankees, but the market was thin on starters who had multiple years of club control remaining. They settled for Rogers and had a plan for maximizing his potential after several seasons of injuries and mediocrity. And the O's were justified in viewing Norby and Stowers as expendable assets. They already had bigger and better versions of them in Coby Mayo and Heston Kjerstad. Both Mayo and Kjerstad were consensus top-50 MLB prospects entering the 2024 season and had been performing as such with Triple-A Norfolk, each with an OPS in the high .900s at the time of the deal. Rogers had posted a 4.53 ERA, 4.43 FIP and .276 BAA for the Marlins that season, averaging five innings per start. He couldn't even reach that level in Baltimore (7.11 ERA, 5.01 FIP and .338 BAA with 4.75 IP/GS), striking out fewer batters than any other comparable stretch of his career. The Orioles optioned him to Triple-A after only four outings and did not recall him the rest of the year. They finished three games behind the Yankees and got knocked out in the opening round of the postseason, swept by the visiting Kansas City Royals in the AL Wild Card Series. As disappointing as that was, Rogers' contractual situation still gave the Orioles hope of salvaging the trade entering 2025. The 27-year-old settled for a modest $2.6 million to avoid arbitration and had a full winter to put the club's fresh ideas into practice. It turns out he made it only most of the way through the winter before suffering a right knee dislocation. Rogers was behind schedule this spring and had to be placed on the injured list. He began a minor league rehab assignment on April 23. His first four starts on the farm looked a lot like his last four big league starts of 2024, so they formally optioned him again on May 11. An Orioles pitching staff with a 5.52 ERA (ranked 29th in MLB) does not view this version of Rogers as a clear reinforcement? Yikes. Regardless, the Orioles' ultra-talented lineup would be productive enough to keep them in contention this season, right? Not even close, as it turns out. All-Star third baseman Jordan Westburg regressed and suffered a left hamstring strain in late April. There is no timeline for his return following a recent setback. His understudy, Coby Mayo, was called up, only to be jettisoned back to Norfolk less than a week later. In 21 career MLB games dating back to the Rogers trade, Mayo has an inconceivably bad .094/.186/.094 slash line with strikeouts in nearly half of his plate appearances. Meanwhile, manning the same position, Norby has been a league-average bat with his new team. The O's also figured that the corner outfield spots were accounted for. They already had Kjerstad and 2024 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Colton Cowser. Moreover, their largest position player expenditure of the offseason was inking Tyler O'Neill to a three-year, $49.5 million free agent contract. Kjerstad, Cowser and O'Neill have combined to hit .195 with seven home runs. All by himself, Stowers is hitting .305 with 10 homers. Stowers' 1.3 fWAR in 2025 easily clears anybody on Baltimore's roster. 886a8e41-bf144095-5db4725e-csvm-diamondgcp-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4 Despite spending more than twice as much on their payroll this season as the Marlins, the Orioles' record is three games worse. They have just fired manager Brandon Hyde for shortcomings that were very clearly beyond his control. The front office could have capitalized on the prospect hype surrounding Mayo or Kjerstad (or both) to trade for a true top-of-the-rotation starter, rather than a reclamation project like Rogers. Jesús Luzardo's value was dinged coming off an injury-riddled 2024 campaign—the O's easily had enough ammunition to outbid the Philadelphia Phillies, but didn't. The silver lining for Orioles GM Mike Elias is his team has cratered so badly, they are in contention for one of the top picks in the 2026 MLB Draft. Elias has consistently turned early-round picks into quality big leaguers, even if the process takes awhile as it did for Stowers. However, if next season's results are anything like what we're currently witnessing, he won't remain employed long enough to oversee the development of that draft class. View full article

Today's news roundup also includes franchise valuations from Forbes and tons of season preview material. It's Opening Day for the Miami Marlins! Do you realize that the last time the Marlins won a season opener with fans in the stands, Jeff Baker was starting at second base? Yeah, it's been a minute. The Marlins have lost on Opening Day in nine of their past 10 opportunities. The only exception was their visit to Philadelphia in 2020 amidst a pandemic. They will be looking to buck that trend this afternoon at loanDepot park. More Marlins news and content below: 🔷 Poor Seth Martinez finds himself in DFA limbo again. The Marlins acquired right-hander Tyler Phillips from the Phillies for cash considerations to take Martinez's spot on their roster. Phillips has consistently been used as a starter during his professional career, but he likely slots in as the club's mop-up guy for the time being. 🔷 We have learned that Graham Pauley, Anthony Veneziano and Javier Sanoja are each making the club. Sanoja, 22, is the youngest player to be on a Marlins Opening Day roster since José Fernández and Christian Yelich in 2014. 🔷 By my best estimation, 17 of the 26 projected members of Miami's initial active roster will be experiencing their first Opening Day as big leaguers. Once the roster is finalized later today, I'll have a separate article about that. 🔷 Alex Krutchik explores which key factors will determine whether or not the Marlins exceed expectations this season. 🔷 The Good Phight asked for my thoughts on the 2025 Marlins as part of their NL East preview. 🔷 Isaac Azout has the specifics on how the new Norwegian Cruise Line Home Run Harbor will work: 🔷 Longtime Marlins television analyst Tommy Hutton will be sidelined for the first homestand due to an upper respiratory illness, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports. Rod Allen will call those games instead alongside Kyle Sielaff. FanDuel Sports Network Florida confirmed in a press release on Wednesday that they are scheduled to produce and broadcast all 162 of the club's regular season games. 🔷 The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp showed off the renovations they've made to Vystar Ballpark. Longtime Jumbo Shrimp player Troy Johnston said on the Turn 2 podcast that he's satisfied with the new batter's eye. 🔷 Prior to the 2024 season, Jazz Chisholm Jr. vented about how isolated and unhappy he felt in the Marlins clubhouse earlier in his MLB career, in part because he wasn't embraced by veteran team leader Miguel Rojas. Chisholm elaborated further in a new feature from Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Forbes published its annual list of MLB franchises ranked by total value. The Marlins again ranked dead last ($1.05 billion). 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Sandy Alcantara) are hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates (RHP Paul Skenes). The Marlins have a 45.8% chance to win, according to FanGraphs. First pitch at 4:10 p.m. (ceremonial first pitch by Dan Marino at approximately 3:45 p.m.). 🔷 Prior to the game, Fish On First LIVE will preview the series beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. Our series preview streams include lots of analysis and laughs plus live reporting from the ballpark. 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

On Tuesday, March 25, right in between their 2025 Grapefruit League finale and Opening Day, the Miami Marlins will face the New York Yankees in an exhibition game at loanDepot park, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports. Marlins Members and partners have access to a ticket presale beginning on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. ET, while the general public has to wait until a later date for access. The Yankees make their spring training home in Tampa and have previously participated in exhibitions like this before returning north. In 2023, for example, they played at Nationals Park on the same Tuesday leading into the start of the regular season. Fish On First's Isaac Azout also recalls that the Yankees played at newly opened Marlins Park on April 1, 2012. It will be the Yankees' first appearance in Miami since August 11-13, 2023. Those three games drew a total attendance of 100,001, setting a single-series record for the stadium. This exhibition will be managed exactly like a spring training game, to be clear. Starters will be removed midway through and you'll be seeing heavy involvement from players who aren't even going to be on the Opening Day active rosters. Perhaps the most intriguing angle is Jazz Chisholm Jr. will be making his return to loanDepot park for the first time since being traded last summer. The regular season matchup between these teams will be August 1-3.