The Miami Marlins have one clear position of strength when it comes to their roster heading into 2026, and it is their starting pitching.
With plenty of options to choose from, this winter may be the time to deal some of them away in trades, likely those who have less contractual time remaining. A player who is almost guaranteed to stay at the moment, though, is Eury Pérez.
Pérez had a solid 2025 season, but he’s pitched better, specifically in 2023. His Tommy John surgery slowed that down, and now he is going to have to work twice as hard to get back to that form. But on the bright side, the strikeout stuff is still there. He ended 2025 with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings, only 0.7 less than his average in 2023.
Next season should be a chance for him to get back to that form and Fangraphs believes he will be able to get pretty close to that level of production. While they don’t expect ace-level metrics, the site thinks he should be able to get himself back on track to a reasonable degree.
How Does Fangraphs Project Eury Pérez to Produce in 2026?