The Miami Marlins scored only three runs against the San Francisco Giants, their lowest offensive output over any three-game stretch this season. Just as Xavier Edwards rejoined the lineup, Kyle Stowers finds himself buried in a 2024-like slump.
Down on the farm, Triple-A Jacksonville lost, 4-1. Joe Mack has quietly gone more than a month without hitting a home run. Double-A Pensacola won, 6-2, to snap an 11-game losing streak. Kemp Alderman tripled and homered. High-A Beloit lost, 4-1. Another three-hit game for Payton Green, who’s up to a .356 BA this season. Low-A Jupiter lost, 12-7. Cam Clayton is slashing .342/.390/.605 through his first 10 games with the Hammerheads this season.Â
Next up, today is Opening Day for the Dominican Summer League. View the DSL Marlins and DSL Miami rosters. They will both be facing Philadelphia Phillies affiliates in their season openers. Baseball America’s Ben Badler provides updated scouting reports for most members of the Marlins’ 2025 international free agent class.
More Marlins news and content below:
🔷 Playing their first career series as big leaguers, Heriberto Hernández and Jack Winkler went a combined 0-for-6 with six strikeouts and a walk. Their lone highlight was a leaping catch by Hernández at the left field wall.
🔷 Xavier Edwards and Liam Hicks got their first starts of the season at second base and first base, respectively. Kevin Barral breaks down the realignment of Miami’s infield. Happy birthday to Hicks, by the way, who turns 26 today.
🔷 Louis Addeo-Weiss wonders why Sandy Alcantara is throwing so many four-seam fastballs when they’re leading to so much hard contact.
🔷 Designated for assignment on Friday, Matt Mervis and Ronny Simon remain in limbo. Being two years younger than Mervis with two additional minor league options remaining, I think Simon is far likelier to be claimed by another team.
🔷 High school third baseman Gavin Fien is the subject of Hector Rodriguez’s latest MLB Draft profile.Â
🔷 AgustÃn RamÃrez spoke with MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola about the importance of game-calling.
🔷 Riley Clingman of Marlin Maniac doesn’t understand why Troy Johnston got passed over for a call-up once again.
🔷 Former Marlin Joe Dunand announced his retirement from baseball. A second-round pick in 2017, he debuted with Miami in 2022, but appeared in only three games and never made it back to the highest level. The South Florida native is the nephew of baseball great Alex Rodriguez.Â
🔷 The Prediction Time leaderboard has been updated through the first 19 series. Become a SuperSub and we’ll keep track of your predictions all season long!
🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, another NL Rookie of the Year challenger has bitten the bust. Atlanta Braves right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver will undergo season-ending elbow surgery. The Kansas City Royals are calling up top prospect Jac Caglianone. A two-way star in college, Caglianone leads the minor leagues with 56 RBI this season. Cal Raleigh continues to trend toward a historic year for a catcher, leading MLB with 23 homers. The Colorado Rockies have lost a major league-record 22 consecutive series.
🔷 Today’s MLB game: those record-setting Rockies (probable starter RHP Germán Márquez) begin a three-game set against the Fish (RHP Max Meyer). The Marlins have a 58.2% chance to win, per FanGraphs. First pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET.
🔷 Prior to the game, Fish On First LIVE will preview the series beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. FOF LIVE is presented by About The Fans. Check out our new merchandise collection (coupon code fof10 for 10% off).
🔷 Today’s MiLB schedule:
FCL Marlins vs. FCL Cardinals, 12:00 p.m. ET
DSL Marlins vs. DSL Phillies Red, 11:00 a.m. ET
DSL Miami at DSL Phillies White, 11:00 a.m. ET
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