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Offishial News for 8/12/24 On Sunday, the Marlins led wire to wire in an upset of Dylan Cease and the Padres. Max Meyer pitched a career-high 6 ⅓ innings, though his effectiveness waned after his first trip through San Diego's lineup. Jake Burger homered for the third consecutive game, the fifth time during the homestand and the 12th time since the All-Star break. Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 and continues to lead the National League with 145 hits this season. Andrew Nardi very nearly blew the lead in the ninth, allowing a fly ball to Ha-Seong Kim that ricocheted off Kyle Stowers' glove and over the wall. But it was determined to be a ground-rule double rather than a game-tying long ball, and George Soriano came in to record his first save of 2024. The Marlins won, 7-6. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 7-6. Each of this farm system's top three prospects—INF Connor Norby, 1B Deyvison De Los Santos and C Agustín Ramírez—hit home runs. Double-A Pensacola lost, 10-1. Jacob Berry had three of the six Blue Wahoos hits, but also committed an embarrassing error. High-A Beloit lost, 4-1. Low-A Jupiter lost, 5-4. RHP Walin Castillo (4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 48 pitches/31 strikes) had his most dominant outing as a Hammerhead, but the bullpen behind him issued eight walks. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Listen back to Sunday's State of the Fish call-in show. 🔷 The Phillies claimed Kyle Tyler off waivers from the Marlins. In eight games (seven starts) at the major league level this season, Tyler posted a 5.40 ERA, 5.04 FIP and 1.74 WHIP in 31.2 IP. It's unclear what the team will do to fill his vacant rotation spot—for the time being, it's just Meyer, Edward Cabrera, Valente Bellozo and Roddery Muñoz. Shaun Anderson cleared waivers and was outrighted to Jacksonville. 🔷 Through 38 Marlins series, here's an updated look at the Prediction Time leaderboard. In addition to yours truly, @Nicholas Milton, @Alec Chao, @Gabriel Revilla and @Ryan Schlesinger each made perfect picks this past weekend. Make series predictions with us all season long when you become a Fish On First SuperSub. 🔷 As explained to FanGraphs' David Laurila, Marlins top prospect Thomas White transformed his signature slurve into a sweeper this season by changing the orientation of his hand. The new weapon plays off his fastball better and carries more velocity (averaging 82 mph). YUswbEJfV0ZRVkV3dEdEUT09X1ZBbFJVbDBGVVFFQVhWQlJVZ0FBQjFKVEFBTlFBZ1VBQ3dBSEF3UldCZ3BWVVFkZQ==.mp4 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Aaron Judge mashed his 42nd home run and Giancarlo Stanton reached 20 homers in a season for the 13th time in his career. Yordan Alvarez may be MLB's hottest hitter in August (just ahead of Burger), slashing .438/.561/.969 since the month began with more intentional walks (four) than strikeouts (two). The Braves took a 8-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning against the Rockies and blew it! They've lost seven of their last eight games, allowing 8.5 runs per contest during that span. The slump has caused their playoff odds to dip by 27%. 🔷 Speaking of contests, join us for the return of Marlins Jeopardy tonight from 7:00-8:00 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: DSL Marlins vs. DSL Giants Orange, 10:00 a.m. ET (doubleheader) DSL Miami at DSL Rangers Red, 10:00 a.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 third and final game of Miami's home series against the San Diego Padres. 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 San Diego Padres. View full article

Before officially signing with the Miami Marlins organization on Wednesday, INF/OF Andrew Salas spent his age-16 season playing for Marineros de Carabobo in Venezuela's Liga Mayor de Béisbol Profesional. 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 first game of Miami's home series against the San Diego Padres. View full article

Offishial News for 8/9/24 On Thursday, the bottom third of the Marlins lineup drove in all four of their runs. If they had any help from the other hitters, it would have been a Miami victory in regulation. Instead, the game dragged on long enough for Emmanuel Ramírez to implode in the 10th inning. The Marlins lost, 10-4. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 6-3. C Agustín Ramírez had a rough game as a receiver, but more than made up for it at the plate (3-4, 3 RBI, BB). Double-A Pensacola won, 4-2. Multi-hit games for 1B Nathan Martorella, C Joe Mack and scorching-hot SS Jared Serna. The Jacob Berry second base experiment continues, seemingly because the Marlins are prioritizing the development of Graham Pauley at third base. High-A Beloit won, 5-1. LHP Thomas White (5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 73 pitches/46 strikes) further solidified himself as this organization's top overall prospect. Low-A Jupiter lost, 2-0. It included the professional debuts of 11th-round draft pick Jake Faherty and 16th-rounder Eric Rataczak. DSL Marlins won, 6-3. INF Joseph Tailor is up to 43 runs scored in 40 games played this season. DSL Miami lost, 9-8. Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 Marlins first-round draft pick PJ Morlando has been diagnosed with a lumbar stress reaction. His minor league season might be over after only one plate appearance. This injury shouldn't impact his performance and availability beyond 2024, but the missed reps are still costly. Morlando will be a month shy of his 20th birthday when the 2025 MiLB season gets underway. 🔷 Another new draftee, Micah McDowell, is sidelined by a right hip flexor strain, per Alex Carver. 🔷 Nick Gordon cleared waivers and has been outrighted to Triple-A. Because he has more than three years of MLB service time, Gordon could elect free agency rather than report to Jacksonville. Even if he thrived for the Jumbo Shrimp, Gordon's chances of reappearing for the Marlins down the stretch would be slim and he'd just be non-tendered in the offseason anyway. 🔷 The Miami Herald's Craig Mish and Barry Jackson detail the Marlins' "internal fascination" with RHP Jun-Seok Shim, who they acquired from the Pirates in the Bryan De La Cruz trade. "He hasn’t pitched this season because of what the Pirates called a minor shoulder injury resulting from a previous pectoral injury," they report. "But a Marlins source said there is no structural problem with the right (throwing) shoulder, and the Marlins medical testing did not reveal any red flags." The Pirates haven't gotten anything out of their end of the trade yet with DLC going 4-for-27 at the plate with a -25 wRC+. 🔷 Through 37 Marlins series, here's an updated look at the Prediction Time leaderboard. Make series predictions with us all season long when you become a Fish On First SuperSub. 🔷 Happy 25th birthday to Xavier Edwards! Through 65 career games in the majors, the infielder is slashing .345/.403/.413 with 18 stolen bases in 20 attempts. He's simply been an elite player since taking over as Miami's everyday shortstop in early July. Make sure to watch/listen to FOF's exclusive interview with Edwards embedded below (and available wherever you get your podcasts). 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Mitch Haniger's walk-off, bases-clearing double moved the Mariners into a virtual tie with the Astros for first place in the AL West. The Brewers racked up 16 runs on six long balls against the Braves. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Edward Cabrera) welcome the Padres (LHP Martin Pérez). The Padres come to town having won 14 of their last 16 games, in possession of the National League's top Wild Card spot. It's 90s Night at loanDepot park. Expect pregame roster moves on Miami's side to bring in fresh arms as four different relievers have appeared on back-to-back days. The Marlins have a 46.9% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 7:10 p.m. ET. 🔷 Join us for a new episode of Fish On First LIVE tonight from 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook. Special guest: @PHeyser08. 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 Toledo, 7:05 p.m. ET Double-A Pensacola at Mississippi, 7:35 p.m. ET High-A Beloit at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m. ET Low-A Jupiter vs. Fort Myers, 6:30 p.m. ET DSL Marlins at DSL NYY Yankees, 11:00 a.m. ET DSL Miami vs. DSL Arizona Black, 11:00 a.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 fourth and final game of Miami's home series against the Cincinnati Reds. View full article

Serna generates so much more power than Sanoja does despite their physical similarities. His ceiling as a player is far higher. Still waiting on Sanoja to more efficiently translate his speed into valuable baserunning. That would partially close the gap between them.

Offishial News for 8/8/24 On Wednesday, all of Miami's offense came via the home run: two Jake Burger solo shots and a Derek Hill(?!) grand slam. On the mound, Valente Bellozo (5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 92 pitches/56 strikes) had a great outing, albeit a somewhat lucky one. His dependency on fly balls has me nervous about his future. Declan Cronin and Andrew Nardi combined to make a mess in the seventh inning, but never relinquished the lead. The Marlins won, 6-4. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville won, 6-4. 1B/C Agustín Ramírez had a productive night at the plate (3-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB) and Connor Norby played third base for the first time since being acquired. Double-A Pensacola lost, 5-4. Jacob Berry made his professional debut at second base and recorded two hits. High-A Beloit lost, 7-0. RHP Noble Meyer (0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 35 pitches/15 strikes) couldn't escape the first inning and finished with only one swinging strike. Low-A Jupiter lost, 10-2. It was even messier for RHP Eliazar Dishmey, who allowed every batter he faced to reach base (0.0 IP, 2 H, 7 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 36 pitches/15 strikes). Here's more Marlins news and content: 🔷 The Fish On First staff released our updated Marlins Top 30 prospects list on Monday. Now it's your turn! Become a FOF member to submit your personal Top 30 with the option of leaving comments to explain your reasoning. Those submissions will be combined into a public prospect ranking after voting closes on Sunday night. 🔷 The Marlins are hiring area scouts for five different regions: Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic/Ohio Valley, Midwest/Ohio Valley and South Texas. Joe Frisaro of Man On Second Baseball previously reported that several of the organization's pre-existing scouts were let go following the MLB Draft. 🔷 Updated farm system rankings from Baseball America and ESPN have the Marlins at 18th and 19th, respectively. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the White Sox fired second-year manager Pedro Grifol. He had a 89-190 record (.319 winning percentage). The Padres have won 13 of their last 15 games. Even in a losing effort, Pittsburgh's Aroldis Chapman threw a fastball at 104.7 mph, the top velocity of the pitch-tracking era for a pitch that resulted in a strikeout. The Diamondbacks are similarly hot, victors in 12 of their last 14. They swept a doubleheader from the Guardians with the aid of two Josh Bell homers. Kyle Schwarber (4-4, 3 HR, 7 RBI, BB) singlehandedly led the Phillies past the Dodgers on the scoreboard and past the Guardians in the standings to reclaim MLB's best record. 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Kyle Tyler) conclude their series against the Reds (RHP Hunter Greene). The Marlins have a 40.3% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:10 p.m. ET. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville at Toledo, 7:05 p.m. ET Double-A Pensacola at Mississippi, 7:35 p.m. ET High-A Beloit at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m. ET Low-A Jupiter vs. Fort Myers, 6:30 p.m. ET DSL Marlins vs. DSL Mets Orange, 11:00 a.m. ET DSL Miami at DSL Mets Blue, 11:00 a.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article

The Berry-led 2022 draft class is trending toward being the least productive in Marlins history. It's possible to overcome a botched first-round pick, but barring an unexpected player development breakthrough, very little to get excited about regarding that particular class.

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 game of Miami's home series against the Cincinnati Reds. View full article

Offishial News for 8/7/24 On Tuesday, Elly De La Cruz stole the show again, going 4-for-5 with dynamic baserunning. Max Meyer (4.0 IP, 8 H, 6 H, 3 BB, 2 K, 76 pitches/43 strikes) pitched horribly. Way too many misses over the heart of the plate and only six whiffs against him. Xavier Edwards extended his on-base streak to 23 games. The Marlins lost, 8-2. Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 9-2. INF Connor Norby went 3-for-5. Double-A Pensacola won, 7-3. They racked up 14 hits in five innings off of knuckleballer David Fletcher. OF Shane Sasaki went 3-for-4 and he's quietly hitting .351 since returning from the injured list. LHP Patrick Monteverde set a season high with eight strikeouts. High-A Beloit lost, 7-1. RHP Karson Milbrandt (3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 85 pitches/45 strikes) struggled with his control. Bad defense behind him didn't help matters. Low-A Jupiter lost, 9-7. Two walks and an RBI double for INF Carter Johnson. DSL Marlins won, 9-2. INF Joseph Tailor drove in four runs and has reached base safely in 14 consecutive games. RHP Estarlin Francisco (4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K) allowed only two balls to leave the infield. DSL Miami lost, 6-5. The game was decided on a fielding error by OF Jancory De La Cruz (making the catch would've sealed a 5-4 victory). 🔷 Sean McCormack explains which tweaks the Marlins could make with newly claimed relievers John McMillon and Brett de Geus. 🔷 Andy Slater reports that the PNC Club at loanDepot park will be expanding in 2025 to add five more rows of premium seating behind home plate. 🔷 Aram Leighton of Just Baseball summarizes how the Marlins transformed their farm system at the trade deadline. 🔷 This week, Loud Miami Fan is giving away an autographed Lewis Brinson card from 2018. 🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Billy Bean, the revered Major League Baseball senior VP of diversity, equity & inclusion, passed away at age 60 from leukemia. Framber Valdez came one out shy of throwing his second career no-hitter. The White Sox beat the Athletics to snap their 21-game losing streak. Next season, the Braves and Reds will be playing a game at the Bristol Motor Speedway. CJ Abrams homered on a pitch up around his chin. 4de9fb73-14e7be64-07efcd8a-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4 🔷 Today's MLB game: the Marlins (probable starter RHP Valente Bellozo) host the Reds (LHP Andrew Abbott). The Marlins have a 44.7% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. 🔷 Today's MiLB schedule: Triple-A Jacksonville at Toledo, 7:05 p.m. ET Double-A Pensacola at Mississippi, 7:35 p.m. ET High-A Beloit at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m. ET Low-A Jupiter vs. Fort Myers, 6:30 p.m. ET Marlins podcast episodes View full article