The Marlins came into this season relatively short-handed in the bullpen after their best reliever last year, Ronny Henriquez, went down with elbow surgery prior to the year. While closer Pete Fairbanks was signed to presumably lock down the backend of the bullpen for the team, his 6.75 ERA is not living up to the expectations anyone had. Thankfully, they have had other relievers step up and shut down opposing teams when they have needed it.
Miami had two relievers entering their third season with the team, and they have continued to provide them with valuable innings in whatever role they are called upon.
The Standouts
Lake Bachar may sound like a “create-a-player” type of name, but there is little denying that he has been one of the more dependable relievers in the National League. Out of the 26 appearances for the club thus far, he has made four starts, pitching to a 2.98 ERA in 42.1 innings, and just tacked on his first save of the season. In June alone, Bachar has pitched to a 1.32 ERA in 13.2 innings. All four of his starts this year have come this month as well.
Lake Bachar as an opener this season:
3 Starts
7.2 IP
1 H
1 ER (1.17 ERA)
2 BB
10 Ks
.91 WHIP
The Marlins are 2-1 in games he opens. Bachar gets the ball tonight against the Giants pic.twitter.com/At8I9ZiCRD
— SleeperMarlins (@SleeperMarlins) June 19, 2026
Now, you can label him as an “opener” all you want, but that shouldn’t deter anyone from shunning the performance to date.
Calvin Faucher is the other pitcher who has simply continued to be one of the more consistent pitchers for the Marlins since he made his debut with the team back in 2024. So far this season, Faucher has appeared in 33 games, 32.2 innings pitched, tallied one save, and is doing so at a 3.58 ERA. While he has not generated the strikeout numbers you’d typically expect from a reliever, his 4.5% barrel rate and 51.1% groundball rate would are both in the 87th percentile in the majors.
Then there’s Tyler Phillips.
I went into great detail about just how good Phillips has been for the Marlins in this article just last week, but I would be doing him a disservice not mentioning him again. Especially after coming off his best start of the season so far, qualifying for his first quality start of the year against the Texas Rangers.
While the bullpen has seemed to do a lot of the shouldering of the Marlins’ pitching success this month, failing to mention the actual starters remaining wouldn’t be fair.