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I'm optimistic that we will get the chance to do an extended interview with him in the offseason. He has been very helpful to us in private conversations even before this promotion.

The guy from Triple-A is Scott Kornberg. Whether it's with the Marlins or some other team, I could definitely see him getting a major league job next season. Puts a lot of passion into his work and has paid his dues.

The 20-year-old Snelling went six strong innings on Friday night, facing a Gwinnett lineup that included five players with MLB experience. The industry consensus was that the San Diego Padres paid a steep price on trade deadline day to acquire Tanner Scott and Bryan Hoeing from the Miami Marlins. They parted with four prospects in exchange for a pending free agent and a replacement-level pitcher without a well-defined role. The risk has absolutely paid off. Scott and Hoeing have both been terrific additions to the San Diego bullpen, contributing to a club that's won about two-thirds of its games since the deadline and could clinch a postseason berth as soon as this weekend. We'll soon find out how much the Marlins benefit from their side of the deal. Three of those prospects are already at the Triple-A level. RHP Adam Mazur spent August and September in the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp starting rotation, pitching for the final time on Wednesday. INF Graham Pauley was promoted from Double-A Pensacola at the beginning of the week. Fish On First's eighth-ranked prospect, LHP Robby Snelling, joined them on Friday, and made some history in the process. Snelling's final line against the Gwinnett Stripers: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 7 K, 94 pitches/61 strikes. Both runs scored in his sixth inning of work. At the age of 20 years and 276 days, Snelling became the youngest player ever to pitch for a Marlins Triple-A affiliate. It's difficult to pin down the exact date, but in 1993, RHP Kurt Miller (likewise a midseason trade acquisition) was about two months older than Snelling when he debuted for the Edmonton Trappers. As far as I can tell, those are the only minor leaguers in Marlins history to pitch at Triple-A prior to their 21st birthday. uxn6o4.mp4 This comes with an important caveat: a few exceptionally talented arms have skipped the Triple-A level entirely. Eury Pérez and José Fernández were thriving in the majors for Miami when they were even younger than Snelling is now. Snelling's Jacksonville debut is unprecedented and highly encouraging, but I'm not suggesting he's comparable to them. With the Jumbo Shrimp schedule concluding on Sunday, this represents the end of Snelling's 2024 season. He logged 115 ⅓ innings pitched, 42 of those coming after joining the Marlins organization. The change of scenery worked wonders on him. In his first 16 starts of the season with the Padres' Double-A San Antonio affiliate, Snelling posted a 6.01 ERA and 5.50 FIP; in eight post-trade starts, he had a 3.64 ERA and 2.93 FIP with his strikeout, walk and home run rates all significantly improving. He has demonstrated plus command of his four-pitch mix that portends a future as a major league starter. Snelling is a virtual lock to be a non-roster invitee at 2025 Marlins spring training. He will most likely headline Jacksonville's starting rotation coming out of camp, but barring severe injury, a midseason call-up to Miami looks increasingly realistic. View full article

Player status updates, insightful stats and more information to fully equip you for today's Marlins game. Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal SuperSubs. These notes apply to the first game of Miami's home series against the Atlanta Braves. View full article

The television voice of the Marlins since 2018, Severino grew up rooting for the Yanks. Per the New York Post, he was a candidate to replace retiring broadcaster John Sterling, but isn't among the finalists. As Paul Severino winds down his seventh season on the mic for Miami Marlins television broadcasts, he has at least been willing to entertain other career opportunities. Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post reported Friday morning that Severino was a candidate to be the next radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. However, he is not believed to be among the finalists for the position. The rumor is unsurprising considering the 40-year-old Severino grew up in Connecticut as a passionate Yankees fan. If the compensation was comparable to his Bally Sports Florida salary and he had the opportunity to "come home" while working for a team that's more consistently competitive than the Marlins are, it'd be tough to turn down. Also, getting the Yankees gig would likely mean more long-term stability—outgoing radio voice John Sterling spent more than three decades in that seat. Bally's future is murky as its parent company, Diamond Sports Group, remains in bankruptcy court. Severino was hired by Bally (then known as FOX Sports Florida) entering the 2018 season. The Marlins have played 1,022 regular season games during his tenure and I would estimate that he has been there for at least 95% of those, occasionally spelled by Craig Minervini and national broadcasts. Severino hasn't exactly been put in position to thrive in Miami. While he's had the opportunity to call postseason-clinching victories in 2020 and 2023, the Marlins overall have the second-fewest wins among all MLB teams since '18. Their roster has lacked continuity and so has the Bally broadcast booth—this season alone, Severino was paired with four different analysts (Tommy Hutton, Rod Allen, Gaby Sanchez and Jeff Nelson). a5f30bc9-af51216a-f52e6680-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4 745f1362-e81fe94a-53e97fc8-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4 Moreover, Severino had big shoes to fill. To the dismay of many Marlins fans, Rich Waltz was let go in the fall of 2017 when new ownership arrived. In reaction to the WFAN rumor, nearly seven years later, Fish On First Twitter replies and quote-tweets were filled with pleas to bring back Waltz. Severino has nine more games left to call here in 2024 as the Marlins host the Atlanta Braves this weekend, then conclude their regular season with visits to the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays. View full article

Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal SuperSubs. These notes apply to the third and final game of Miami's home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Player status updates, insightful stats and more information to fully equip you for today's Marlins game. View full article

Offishial News for 9/19/24 On Wednesday, the Dodgers homered three times off of Ryan Weathers (4.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 74 pitches/48 strikes). Weathers looked fully healthy, just rusty with each of those long balls coming against poorly located fastballs. Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base. Ugly game for Miami defensively with throwing errors committed by Connor Norby and Nick Fortes, plus an ill-advised throw home by Javier Sanoja which had the same impact as an error despite not being scored as such. Xzavion Curry retired all eight batters he faced in relief and has quietly made a case to stick with this organization beyond 2024. The Marlins lost, 8-4. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 7-3. Vidal Bruján delivered a crucial three-run, go-ahead homer. He and Derek Hill seem destined to be reinstated from the injured list this weekend. C Agustín Ramírez went 3-for-3 with a walk. Each of his hits had exit velocities above 100 mph. RHP Adam Mazur (5.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 88 pitches/59 strikes) made his final start of the season. C Ryan Ignoffo was deservedly named a Florida State League All-Star. He slashed .330/.393/.484 (147 wRC+) in the FSL with nearly as many walks as strikeouts, then continued playing well following his late-summer promotion to High-A. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Eury Pérez is throwing from 45 feet, he tells El Extrabase. But don't get your hopes up for an expedited rehab process: he mentions the 2025 All-Star Game as the target for his MLB return. That would be 15 months removed from when he underwent Tommy John surgery. 🔷 The bat that Jake Burger used during Players' Weekend is being auctioned off to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness. As of early Thursday morning, the highest bid is $370. The auction closes at 8:00 p.m. ET. 🔷 Jesús Luzardo is the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Vote for Luzardo here through September 29. 🔷 Texas A&M outfielder Jace LaViolette has moved ahead of Ethan Holliday in Baseball America's 2025 MLB Draft prospect rankings. Carlos Collazo explains why here. In related news, the Marlins are close to securing a tie for the best odds of winning the draft lottery. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Brewers and Yankees clinched postseason berths, with Milwaukee also securing the NL Central title. The Tigers continue to apply pressure to other American League postseason contenders, moving to within half a game of the Twins and two games of the Royals. Dylan Cease (8.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 103 pitches/70 strikes) came two outs away from shutting out the Astros. The White Sox are up to 117 losses. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the series finale between the Marlins (probable starter RHP Edward Cabrera) and Dodgers (RHP Jack Flaherty). Flaherty held the Fish scoreless in each of his previous two starts against them. The Marlins have a 42.6% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 4:40 p.m. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

Player status updates, insightful stats and more information to fully equip you for today's Marlins game. Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal SuperSubs. These notes apply to the second game of Miami's home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. View full article

Offishial News for 9/18/24 On Tuesday, Shohei Ohtani destroyed a Darren McCaughan sweeper for his 48th home run, but he also struck out three times (once each against McCaughan, Anthony Veneziano and Lake Bachar). Jesús Sánchez became the first Marlin in 2024 to have a five-hit game, including the hardest-hit ball of his career (117.2 mph), Jake Burger snapped out of his career-long, 21-game homerless drought and the team set a new season-high for runs scored in a home game. The Marlins won, 11-9. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 4-3. Vidal Bruján, Derek Hill and Dane Myers began minor league rehab assignments, with Bruján and Hill each playing a full nine innings. Braxton Garrett (4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 77 pitches/44 strikes) ought to be Miami-bound after another scoreless rehab start. Promoted from the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (whose season just ended), INF Jared Serna and INF Graham Pauley made their Jumbo Shrimp debuts. INF Deyvison De Los Santos drove in two of their three runs. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Isaac Azout and Kevin Barral were on hand to observe the first live batting practice session of Sandy Alcantara's Tommy John surgery rehab. Alcantara did not induce any swinging strikes, but he was encouraged by his command and velocity (topping out at 99 mph). 🔷 Fish On First can confirm Francys Romero's report that David Hernandez-Beayne has been named the Marlins' new director of international scouting. At a time when there's been a ton of turnover across all departments of the organization, this is a rare internal promotion (Hernandez-Beayne had been serving as assistant director). Romero adds that Gabe Kapler will supervise international operations, which was previously Oz Ocampo's responsibility. 🔷 Hurry to get your teal Marlins Starter jacket from Homage, which has just been restocked in all sizes for the first time in months! 🔷 Jesús Luzardo is the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Vote for Luzardo here through September 29. 🔷 The bat that Jake Burger used during Players' Weekend is being auctioned off to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness. As of early Wednesday morning, the highest bid is $370. 🔷 Congrats to RHP Adam Mazur and Janessa Romain on their engagement! 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the Tigers picked up their 79th win, their highest total in a season since 2016. The White Sox suffered their 116th loss. Juan Soto, who's somehow still only 25 years old, hit his 200th career home run and has now homered in every active MLB ballpark. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter LHP Ryan Weathers) continue their series against the Dodgers (RHP Landon Knack). It marks Weathers' return from a left index finger strain. He is not fully stretched out as a starter, but close enough after going five innings in his final rehab start. The Marlins have a 45.2% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

Today's news roundup also includes our guide to this weekend's winter ball tournament at loanDepot park. On Wednesday out in the desert, Brandon White (0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 35 pitches/20 strikes) couldn't complete the first inning, largely because he was betrayed by the defense behind him. Dalvy Rosario went 0-for-3. The Peoria Javelinas lost, 8-1, committing six errors along the way. In the Dominican Winter League, Jesús Sánchez went 0-for-2, Deyvison De Los Santos went 0-for-4 and played third base, Vidal Bruján went 0-for-4 with a walk and Troy Johnston went 0-for-2. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 At the GM Meetings, Peter Bendix indicated that the Marlins are nearly done with their managerial search, per MLB Network's Jon Morosi and the New York Post's Jon Heyman. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald added that Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough completed his in-person interview already, so feels like we're just waiting for McCullough to formally accept the position. It's frankly unclear who else they would pivot to if he turns them down. 🔷 The following Marlins minor leaguers reached the end of their contracts and elected free agency on Monday: RHP Delvis Alegre, RHP Elvis Alvarado, C Will Banfield, RHP Justin Evans, OF Diego Infante, RHP Yeuris Jimenez, RHP Angel Macuare, RHP Robinson Martinez, LHP Luis Palacios, RHP Edgar Sánchez and RHP Raffi Vizcaino. The organization also released RHP Angel Hernández, OF José Made and RHP Juan Ortega. In the aftermath of these moves, Nick Fortes is the only member of the Marlins' 2018 draft class who is still around. 🔷 Baseball America updated their ranking of the top 10 Marlins prospects for 2025. Unsurprisingly, LHP Thomas White is No. 1. Most notably, BA has OF Luis Cova ranked fourth, OF Jakob Marsee ranked 10th and 1B Deyvison De Los Santos excluded. To me, that shows they heavily prioritize plate discipline when projecting how these players will fare in the majors. 🔷 A former Marlins top prospect himself, Sixto Sánchez has fallen far short of fulfilling his potential. Then again, so did many of the pitchers who highly regarded entering the 2021 season. 🔷 Louis Addeo-Weiss likes reliever John Brebbia as a reclamation project for the Marlins. 🔷 The inaugural Choque de Gigantes is being held at loanDepot park beginning on Friday. Here's my guide to enjoying this winter ball tournament. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, longtime Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks signed a one-year, $2.5M deal with the Angels. The Padres extended manager Mike Shildt through the 2027 season. The Padres went 93-69 in Shildt's first season at the helm, an 11-win improvement from the previous year. Shohei Ohtani underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder. He is expected to be ready for spring training. Marlins podcast episodes View full article

Player status updates, insightful stats and more information to fully equip you for today's Marlins game. Here are the latest Miami Marlins game notes, produced by the Marlins communications department and relayed to our loyal SuperSubs. These notes apply to the first game of Miami's home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. View full article

Next season is truly the year to let the kids attempt to fill the voids. Lots of outfield candidates (Dane, Sanoja, Mesa, Stowers, etc.) and Agustin Ramirez will get a chance to catch (despite my doubts about his defense). They'll sign one veteran free agent bat whose market craters. Can't possibly do worse than Tim Anderson.

Offishial News for 9/17/24 We have mercifully arrived at this season's final week of Miami Marlins home games. They'll be hosting the Dodgers and Braves for three games apiece. Fun opportunity to play spoiler against one team that's vying for the National League's best record and another that's currently on the outside looking in at the final NL Wild Card spot. There are two more theme games—Heat Night on Friday and Harry Potter Day on Sunday—that include tank tops/jerseys when you purchase a special ticket package. There's also a "rewind sale" throughout the weekend where you can snag merch from this season's previous theme games. With six home games left, the Marlins are 190,820 short of last year's total attendance. It would require the best six-game stretch in loanDepot park regular season history (including multiple sellouts) to close that gap. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 With the first full-length offseason of the Peter Bendix era approaching, more longtime Marlins employees have lost their jobs. Francys Romero reports that three international scouts were dismissed. Among them, Angel Izquierdo, whose impact on the organization will be felt for years to come thanks to his signing of Eury Pérez for $200k in 2019. Coordinator of baseball information services Bradley Woodrum announced that the team let him go after seven seasons. Let's hope they land even better opportunities elsewhere! 🔷 Fish On First has learned that Ryan Weathers will make his return from the injured list on Wednesday. A strained index finger on his throwing hand disrupted what was shaping up to be a breakout season. For the first time since the trade deadline, his presence inserts a lefty into the Marlins rotation. Because Weathers is on the 60-day IL, corresponding moves will be needed to get him back on both the 40-man and active rosters. 🔷 I observed that Shohei Ohtani's NL MVP-caliber season is eerily similar to what Giancarlo Stanton did in 2017. 🔷 Made The Cut revisits the "disastrous" tenure of Barry Bonds as Marlins hitting coach. 🔷 Happy 28th birthday to RHP Jeff Lindgren and 22nd birthday to INF Yiddi Cappe. Lindgren was called up by the Marlins last week, but hasn't appeared in a game for them yet this season (he logged seven innings in relief last season). Cappe just concluded his season with High-A Beloit. Fully moved off of shortstop and barely hitting for any power, he has fallen out of the Marlins Top 30 prospects conversation and seems poised to repeat the High-A level again in 2025. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Starling Marte's walk-off single ensured a winning season for the Mets and a losing season for the Nationals. The Tigers pulled to within 1.5 games of the Twins for the final AL Wild Card spot (though the Twins own the tiebreaker). The day after I acknowledged it in Offishial News, Luis Arraez's no-strikeout streak came to an end. He also exited the game early with knee inflammation, but isn't expected to miss extended time. 🔷 Today's MLB game: it's the first of three contests between the Marlins (probable starter RHP Darren McCaughan) and the Dodgers (RHP Bobby Miller). The Marlins have a 42.1% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. 🔷 Join us for a new episode of Fish On First LIVE today from 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook. Special guests: @Sean Millerick and Gianmarco Ranalli (marlins.city on Instagram). FOF LIVE is presented by Berger & Hicks. If you’ve been injured as a result of somebody else’s negligence, give them a call at (305) 670-7050. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville vs. Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

Ohtani's 2024 production in the batter's box closely resembles what Big G did in his final Marlins season. Shohei Ohtani is putting the finishing touches on an unprecedented season. No previous MLB player had ever tallied 47 home runs and 48 stolen bases in the same campaign. To satiate our society's round-number fetish, he has an outside shot of becoming the first-ever 50/50 player when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Miami Marlins for a three-game series beginning on Tuesday. Barring a severe year-end slump, he's going to be first major leaguer to win a Most Valuable Player award while being used as a full-time designated hitter. The narrative surrounding Ohtani is alluring: a two-way superstar limited to DH duty while rehabbing from elbow surgery is still extraordinarily impactful for a championship-caliber team. However, if we refrain from getting swept up in the intangibles, his season seems familiar. Not so long ago, the Marlins employed their own MVP-caliber hitter with awe-inspiring power. Courtesy of Stathead and Baseball Savant, here is how 2017 Giancarlo Stanton compared to Ohtani across a wide variety of offensive stats (Ohtani's Dodgers still have 12 regular season games left): In terms of both style and substance, the resemblance is uncanny. Stanton's average home run distance was 418 feet; Ohtani's is 414 feet. Stanton led the majors in max exit velocity; Ohtani ranks third behind only Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the now-34-year-old Stanton. Their strikeout, walk and intentional walk totals are on track to be practically identical. No doubt, Ohtani has brought considerable value to his team with his base-stealing, combining volume with elite efficiency (92.3% success rate). Keep in mind, though, the whole point of steals is to best position yourself to score runs. Stanton scored 123 times and Ohtani is currently at 118, so they're gonna wind up in the same neighborhood. Ohtani's 50/50 pursuit is being covered more fervently than Stanton was when he was attempting to become the first "clean" NL player to reach 60 homers. Unsurprising when the former's fanbase is so much larger than the latter's. Also, the 2024 Dodgers are in the mix for baseball's best record and on the verge of a 12th consecutive postseason berth, while the 2017 Marlins had already fallen out of contention, missing out on October baseball for the 14th straight year. But I genuinely don't believe that Ohtani's season is significantly better than Stanton's was. In closing, let's be grateful for the implementation of the universal DH for allowing Ohtani to continue putting on a daily spectacle during a "down year." Even limited to his bat and his legs, he's been appointment viewing, and the elevated attendance at loanDepot park over the next three days should reflect that. View full article