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Here's a taste of Miami Marlins left-hander Thomas White. Fish On First's top-ranked Marlins prospect, White spent his 2024 season with the Low-A Jupiter Hammerheads and High-A Beloit Sky Carp. View full video

It's been a season of constant roster turnover for the 2024 Marlins. Fittingly, they now own an all-time record to reflect that. This isn't quite the worst season in Miami Marlins history nor is it the weirdest—the 1998 and 2020 teams have a stranglehold on those distinctions, respectively. However, the 2024 edition of the Fish might finish runner-up in both categories. Peter Bendix's first season in charge of baseball operations has been plenty bad and plenty bizarre. You cannot point the finger at any particular player when there have been so, so many of them. More than any other team in MLB history, in fact. With the Miami debut of right-hander Michael Petersen during Friday night's game, the Marlins set an obscure record: most players used by a team in a single season. They broke a tie with the 2021 Chicago Cubs, who utilized 69 different individuals. It's been eclectic mix of players that Bendix inherited from the previous Marlins administration as well as trade acquisitions, waiver claims and free agent signings (Petersen was just claimed earlier this week). The body count doesn't even include Sandy Alcantara and Eury Pérez, who have been around the team for much of the regular season, but unable to contribute while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. By and large, it's been an inexperienced collection of talent. Of the 70 players used by the 2024 Marlins, nearly half of them entered the season with less than one full year of MLB service time, including 11 who have made their major league debuts with this club. Those with the most service time were Avisaíl García (released in June), Tim Anderson (released in July) and Josh Bell (salary-dumped in July). The final total will definitely surpass 70. Along with Petersen, right-hander Jeff Lindgren was also called up prior to the Nats series. Several injured pitchers are projected to return eventually, but their reinstatements are not imminent, so his active roster spot is temporarily safe. Additionally, four healthy players on the 40-man roster haven't yet played for the Marlins this season: Adam Mazur, Graham Pauley, Agustín Ramírez and Josh Simpson. The Marlins have 14 more games to create some breathing room between themselves and other MLB teams who may inadvertently pursue their record in the future. View full article

Today's news roundup also includes an upcoming change to your Marlins television-viewing experience. On Sunday in the Dominican Winter League, 1B/OF Troy Johnston (Toros del Este) went 1-for-3 with a walk. Johnston has started all five of his team's games thus far. 1B Deyvison De Los Santos (Gigantes del Cibao) struck out in a pinch-hitting opportunity. De Los Santos still hasn't reached base safely through his first nine plate appearances. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Bally Sports has officially become FanDuel Sports Network. The affiliate that carries Marlins games, FanDuel Sports Network Florida, is still available on the same channels it used to be prior to the rebrand and the mobile app's rebrand has already gone into effect. 🔷 Random Marlins stat of the day: this team has used 15 different starting center fielders over the last two seasons. If you could name at least 13 of them without cheating, I'd be extremely impressed. Aside from Jazz Chisholm Jr., all of the others had 25 starts or fewer during that span. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the 2024 World Series matchup is set, featuring the teams who had the best regular season records in their respective leagues. The Yankees defeated the Guardians in five games with Giancarlo Stanton (1.222 OPS with 4 HR) earning ALCS MVP honors. The Dodgers took down the Mets in six games (Tommy Edman was the NLCS MVP). It's the first time since 1981 that the Yankees and Dodgers are meeting in October. No matter the result, several former Marlins players will be getting WS rings (Stanton, Chisholm, Jon Berti, Cody Poteet and Aaron Boone on New York's side; Miguel Rojas, Kiké Hernández and Alex Vesia for LA). View full article

Speaking with Peter Pratt on Locked On Marlins, Ely Sussman explains how a change in pitch usage has made a huge difference for Edward Cabrera down the stretch of the 2024 season. View full video

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 road series against the Washington Nationals. View full article

Keeping tabs on all of the Marlins players who are still getting game reps during the MLB/MiLB offseason. The 2024 season ended long ago for most members of the Miami Marlins organization, but for some, that was merely the end of their affiliated ball campaign. They have since returned to action in the Arizona Fall League and international winter leagues to further their development or compensate for time they missed over the summer. This page will be updated to remove the names of any players who switch to other MLB organizations via free agency or trade. Likewise, Marlins offseason acquisitions will be added if they were fall/winter ball participants. Player names are linked to their Baseball-Reference pages. Click to see their fall/winter ball stats. Arizona Fall League Season ended on November 14 OF Kemp Alderman (Peoria Javelinas) INF Jay Beshears (Peoria Javelinas) LHP Justin King (Peoria Javelinas) LHP Patrick Monteverde (Peoria Javelinas) OF Andrew Pintar (Peoria Javelinas) UTIL Dalvy Rosario (Peoria Javelinas) RHP Jun-Seok Shim (Peoria Javelinas) LHP Justin Storm (Peoria Javelinas) RHP Brandon White (Peoria Javelinas) Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) RHP Elvis Alvarado (Estrellas Orientales) UTIL Vidal Bruján (Estrellas Orientales) 1B Deyvison De Los Santos (Gigantes del Cibao) 1B/OF Troy Johnston (Toros del Este) RHP Anderson Pilar (Gigantes del Cibao) RHP Austin Roberts (Gigantes del Cibao) ZzY0UlBfV0ZRVkV3dEdEUT09X0J3SURYRlFNQTFBQURsQlhVQUFBQlZkWEFBTlJWRklBQVYwSEJGVURBRmNHVVFKWA==.mp4 OF Jesús Sánchez (Toros del Este) UTIL Ronny Simon (Toros del Este) Puerto Rican Winter League (LBPRC) INF Johnny Olmstead (Senadores de San Juan) Venezuelan Winter League (LVBP) LHP Luis Palacios (Leones del Caracas) View full article

Brief IL stint last month

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 road series against the Washington Nationals. View full article

Definitely. As impressed as I've been with Bride at the plate, there is nowhere to hide him defensively. Makes his future with the team hazy despite his production.

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 third and final game of Miami's road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. View full article

Offishial News for 9/12/24 On Wednesday, Bailey Falter made it through 6 ⅓ innings before yielding his first hit. Jonathan Bermúdez labored in his first major league start, but all of the other Marlins arms threw up zeroes, most notably Xzavion Curry (4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 59 pitches/36 strikes). John McMillon suffered a forearm injury that will presumably end his season prematurely. The Marlins lost, 3-1. It's the only time in their 31 seasons of head-to-head play that the Pirates have swept an entire season series against the Fish. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville swept their doubleheader, winning 3-1 and 4-3. Braxton Garrett (3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 59 pitches/33 strikes) made his second minor league rehab start. Expect him to stay with the Jumbo Shrimp for a third one to continue stretching out. 1B Deyvison De Los Santos and OF Jacob Berry each homered in the second game. It was De Los Santos' 38th long ball—no other player has more than 32 in the minors this season. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 LHP Keyner Benítez (Toros del Este), RHP Eliazar Dishmey (Gigantes del Cibao) and RHP Delvis Alegre (Águilas Cibaeñas) were selected in Wednesday's Dominican Winter League rookie draft. Dominican-born players on full-season MiLB rosters as of August 1 were eligible for the draft (h/t Jordan Shusterman, Cespedes Family BBQ). Benítez, Dishmey and Alegre each spent the majority of the 2024 regular season with Low-A Jupiter. Alegre could become a minor league free agent this winter and isn't in Miami's plans moving forward, but Benítez and Dishmey are talented teenagers with legitimate MLB upside. They will be non-factors during the upcoming LIDOM season. Rather, they were drafted to be potential long-term contributors once they're further along in their development. 🔷 Jesús Luzardo is the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Vote for Luzardo here through September 29. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the sport's most unhittable starting pitcher over the last calendar month, Bowden Francis, carried a perfect game into the ninth inning. However, Francisco Lindor broke it up with a game-tying home run, igniting a six-run rally for the Mets. Jake Irvin carried a no-no into the sixth, beating the Braves, who have temporarily fallen out of playoff position. Jazz Chisholm Jr. sealed a Yankees victory with an infield single that drove home fellow old friend Jon Berti. It was the first walk-off hit of Chisholm's career. Shohei Ohtani recorded his 47th home run and 48th stolen base. The White Sox lost for the 114th time. 🔷 This seems like the appropriate time to check in on how Chisholm's New York tenure is going. He's being used almost exclusively at third base and typically batting fifth or sixth in the Yankees lineup. Through 32 games, his 1.7 fWAR already matches his output from 101 Marlins games earlier this season. There has been an 100-point uptick in his Isolated Power (from .158 to .258) and he's been perfect on 13 stolen base attempts. Safe to say, the Yankees are thrilled with their side of the deal thus far. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Darren McCaughan) face the Nationals (LHP DJ Herz) in the opener of a four-game set. Speaking of no-hit bids, Herz went five scoreless frames with one intact during his previous start. The Marlins have a 40.8% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:45 p.m. ET. 🔷 Join us for a new episode of Fish On First LIVE today from 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook. 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 at Charlotte, 7:04 p.m. ET Double-A Pensacola vs. Montgomery, doubleheader beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

After four seasons of wearing their popular red uniforms for Saturday home games, the Marlins will reportedly introduce a new City Connect uni in 2025. The final Miami Marlins Saturday home game of the 2024 season will also be the final time that the team wears its Cuban Sugar Kings-themed City Connect uniforms, as announced on Tuesday night. A new City Connect uniform is being introduced in 2025, Billy Gil of the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz reports. The red unis debuted on May 21, 2021. They honored the "legacy" of the Cuban Sugar Kings, who played in the Triple-A International League from 1954-1960. The unis used Legacy Red, Miami Blue and Midnight Black in their color scheme along with white pinstripes. The caps featured a crown with the initials "MM" (for Miami Marlins). Many City Connect products are discounted on MLB Shop in the aftermath of this news. The Marlins have posted an all-time record of 22-26 while wearing their City Connects (pending the Sept. 21 finale vs. the Atlanta Braves). Seven MLB teams were part of the initial wave of City Connects in 2021. The Marlins join the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants among those who have confirmed that they are "retiring" their initial designs. My speculation is that the 2025 City Connect reboot will incorporate elements of the "Florida Marlins" era. The Sugar Kings campaign had a high approval rating, but something that leans into the signature teal from the franchise's early years could be even sexier. Nonetheless, it's frustrating that the uniform contract between Major League Baseball and Nike limits the number of different designs teams can use within a single season. 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 two game of Miami's road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. View full article

Offishial News for 9/10/24 On Monday, Marlins batters struck out 14 times, with nine of those coming against Pirates rookie phenom Paul Skenes. However, Xavier Edwards, Jesús Sánchez and Otto Lopez each went 2-for-4 at the plate and Valente Bellozo (5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 91 pitches/57 strikes) kept the game within reach. A ninth-inning rally against Aroldis Chapman came up just short. The Marlins lost, 3-2. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Congrats to Jesús Luzardo on being the Marlins nominee for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. Jorge Soler was their nominee last year. The award is is bestowed annually to the player who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. Luzardo has shown his dedication to South Florida by participating in fantasy camps hosted by the Marlins Foundation, regularly visiting local schools and hospitals, and launching his own foundation, seeking to "empower and uplift children from undeserved communities." Vote for Luzardo here through September 29. 🔷 Soon after the MLB regular season ends, international winter ball leagues get underway! As announced by their respective teams on Monday, Marlins RHP Austin Roberts has signed with Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) and INF Johnny Olmstead is committed to Senadores de San Juan in Puerto Rico (LBPRC). In the meantime, Roberts and Olmstead are finishing out their MiLB campaigns with Triple-A Jacksonville and Double-A Pensacola, respectively. 🔷 Happy 23rd birthday to Agustín Ramírez. Acquired by the Marlins in the Jazz Chisholm trade, Ramírez is slashing .263/.354/.478 with a 127 wRC+, 23 home runs and 20 stolen bases this season (most of that coming with the Yankees organization). Fish On First's fourth-ranked prospect, he should be getting very serious consideration to crack the 2025 Opening Day roster. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Guardians rookie Joey Cantillo came seven outs shy of throwing a perfect game against the White Sox, who are now up to 112 losses. Kody Clemens had a walk-off RBI single for the Phillies. The Twins lost their fourth in a row and now have only a three-game cushion for the American League's final Wild Card spot. The Yankees called up top prospect Jasson Dominguez. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Adam Oller) will continue to seek their first head-to-head win against the Pirates this season. The home team will go with a Carmen Mlodzinski-led bullpen game. The Marlins have a 36.2% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville at Charlotte, 6:35 p.m. ET Double-A Pensacola vs. Montgomery, 7:05 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article