Three months removed from suffering a right lat strain, Tyler Zuber is officially back with the Miami Marlins organization on a minor league deal. He will be at spring training as a non-roster invitee.
The 30-year-old right-hander had horrible surface-level stats with the Marlins and New York Mets in 2025 (11.25 ERA, 23.7 K% and .327 BAA in 12.0 IP). But perhaps Miami is intrigued by the depth of his pitch mix—he used a sweeper, four-seam fastball, slider, sinker, changeup and cutter during that small sample. If only Zuber were getting ahead in the count more frequently, his variety of pitches could make him a tough matchup.
He’s very likely to begin next season with Triple-A Jacksonville.
On Thursday in winter ball, Jared Serna (Mexico) went 0-for-4. On Friday in winter ball—playing in Australia, which is 16 hours ahead of us on the east coast of the United States—Eric Rataczak went 2-for-5 with a clutch home run. The Sydney Blue Sox starting first baseman raised his OPS to .898.
Only 118 days away from Marlins Opening Day.
🔷 With there reportedly being a large gap between Kyle Stowers and the Marlins in recent contract extensions talks, Kevin Barral picked Eury Pérez, Jakob Marsee and Joe Mack as more realistic extension candidates.
🔷 Concluding their series of World Baseball Classic-inspired national team rosters, Son Los Marlins constructed the best possible Venezuelan team comprised of former Fish (en español).
🔷 Mike Petriello of MLB.com identified the Marlins as having some of the key ingredients to potentially emulate the 2025 Toronto Blue Jays.
🔷 A rendering of what loanDepot park will look like for the Miami Tennis Invitational on December 8 portrays the outfield walls as a much brighter shade of blue compared to this past season. We’ll find out soon whether this is a legitimate change or just a hastily assembled visual with distorted lighting.
🔷 Congratulations to Mallory and Dane Myers, who are expecting their second child.
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🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, Dylan Cease and the Blue Jays agreed to a seven-year, $210 million deal. That may prove to be the largest contract signed by any pitcher this offseason. The Los Angeles Angels are negotiating to buy out the final year of Anthony Rendon‘s ill-fated $245 million deal, deferring a portion of the money beyond 2026. Rendon is expected to retire.