MIAMI MARLINS
2025 finish: 79-83 (3rd in NL East)
Manager: Clayton McCullough (79-83, 2nd season)
Leading the front office: Peter Bendix, president of baseball operations (3rd season)
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Largest luxury tax hit: RHP Pete Fairbanks ($13 million)
Top returning players: OF Kyle Stowers (4.0 fWAR), 2B Xavier Edwards (2.5), SS Otto Lopez (2.3)
Top returning starting pitchers: RHP Janson Junk (2.5), RHP Eury Pérez (1.9), RHP Sandy Alcantara (1.7)
Top returning relievers: RHP Ronny Henriquez (1.3), RHP Anthony Bender (0.4), LHP Cade Gibson (0.3)
ROSTER WATCH
Key additions: RHP Pete Fairbanks (free agent), RHP Chris Paddack (free agent), OF Owen Caissie (trade), LHP John King (free agent), OF Christopher Morel (free agent), OF Esteury Ruiz (trade), RHP Bradley Blalock (trade)
Key losses: RHP Edward Cabrera (trade), LHP Ryan Weathers (trade), RHP George Soriano (waivers)
Baseball America top-100 prospect(s): LHP Thomas White (13), LHP Robby Snelling (41), SS Aiva Arquette (42), OF Owen Caissie (43), C Joe Mack (55)
Miami Marlins manager Clayton McCullough, left, talks with pitcher Sandy Alcantara, right, during spring training baseball, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
KEEP AN EYE ON
The Marlins moved both RHP Edward Cabrera and LHP Ryan Weathers and signed RHP Chris Paddack — originally a Marlin traded to the Padres for RHP Fernando Rodney — to a one-year deal to compete for a spot in the back end of a rotation that’s hoping to see former NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara return to form. Alcantara had a 5.36 ERA in his first year back from Tommy John surgery.
The Marlins have a bit of a San Diego vibe going. In addition to Paddack, 2B Xavier Edwards, 3B Graham Pauley, OFs Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie and RHPs Adam Mazur and Lake Bachar are former Padres prospects and OF Kyle Stowers, an All-Star last year, is an El Cajon native.
The big offseason addition was RHP Pete Fairbanks, who signed a year-year, $13 million deal to serve as the Marlins’ closer. Fairbanks, 32, figures to be among the Marlins’ trade chips if they are not in contention. He has 90 saves and a 3.19 ERA in parts of seven years in the majors.
Fangraphs projection: 74.7 wins