{"id":169975,"date":"2025-07-12T05:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/169975\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:47:27","slug":"offishial-news-kyle-stowers-and-the-most-unlikely-marlins-all-stars-ever-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/169975\/","title":{"rendered":"Offishial News: Kyle Stowers and the most unlikely Marlins All-Stars ever – Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBy “unlikely” All-Stars, I mean Miami Marlins representatives who were furthest down the list of plausible candidates entering the regular season of their selection. Announced<\/a> as a National League reserve on Sunday night,\u00a0Kyle Stowers<\/a>\u00a0is certainly in that conversation.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to 2025, Stowers had a career slash line of .208\/.268\/.332 in 117 MLB games, amounting to -0.9 fWAR. Through 84 games this season, his OPS has shot up 266 points to reach this milestone. He needed every bit of that improvement to crack the NL roster, otherwise his outfield spot would have gone to the very deserving Juan Soto and the Marlins’ rep would’ve come from another position.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTrevor Rogers entered 2021 with lousy results in his seven previous MLB starts and hardly any upper-minors experience. He shoved in spring training that year, so I wouldn’t consider his rookie All-Star nod to be quite as surprising. Coincidentally, Stowers and Rogers were traded for one another last year.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBrowsing through every All-Star in Marlins history<\/a>, 2006 Dan Uggla looks like the only player whose breakout was more difficult to forecast. He was famously a Rule 5 Draft pick. It’s extraordinarily rare for such players to immediately become everyday starters, much less high-quality ones.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI still have long-term concerns about Stowers, who ranks in the fourth percentile among MLB hitters in whiff rate. He’s not even an average defender or baserunner, so when his bat slumps, the other aspects of his game can’t compensate for it. However, the strides he’s made since 2024 are impressive, particularly his adaptability to barrel several different pitch types. The game power seems legitimate, albeit streaky. The Marlins ought to be thrilled.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDown on the farm<\/a>,\u00a0Double-A Pensacola won, 4-3. Dax Fulton<\/a>‘s curveball was awesome throughout his outing (7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 86 pitches\/52 strikes), consistently landing in the strike zone to get him ahead in counts and also inducing some chases below the zone. Longtime MiLB starting pitcher Evan Fitterer<\/a> recorded his first career save in chaotic fashion, as embedded below. High-A Beloit lost, 1-0, and lost, 7-6. Jake Brooks<\/a>\u00a0quietly has a 2.66 ERA over his last eight starts. Low-A Jupiter won, 7-2.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMore Marlins news and content below:\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0To kick off our MLB Draft week coverage, Sean McCormack updated his mock draft<\/a> through the first 43 picks, which includes Marlins selections at No. 7 and No. 43.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0Alex Carver sees Clarke Schmidt’s season-ending injury as an opportunity for the Marlins and New York Yankees to link up on a starting pitcher trade<\/a>. (Personally, I think Alex is a bit optimistic about how much talent the Marlins would get in return in these scenarios.)\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0More than halfway through the minor league season, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com highlights Jakob Marsee (Jacksonville), Kemp Alderman and Robby Snelling (Pensacola), Eric Rataczak (Beloit) and Liomar Mart\u00ednez (Jupiter) as MVPs of their respective affiliates<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0The\u00a0Prediction Time leaderboard<\/a>\u00a0has been updated through the first 29 series.\u00a0Become a SuperSub<\/a>\u00a0and we’ll keep track of your predictions all season long!\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"7-6-25\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0Elsewhere around baseball, the Washington Nationals have shaken things up<\/a>, firing both general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez. Rizzo and Martinez were critical to the club’s 2019 World Series title, but the Nats have MLB’s second-worst record during the 2020s (ahead of only the Colorado Rockies). An interesting twist to this: Washington holds the first overall pick in Sunday’s MLB Draft. The Cleveland Guardians have lost 10 straight games. They’ve been held to two runs or fewer in eight of those losses. Here are the complete MLB\u00a0All-Star rosters. Several replacements will likely emerge over the course of this week for players who are sitting out due to injuries or throwing schedules.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"2025\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0Today’s MLB game: the final Marlins road trip of the first half begins\u00a0with a visit to the Cincinnati Reds (probable starters RHP\u00a0Janson Junk<\/a> and RHP Brady Singer<\/a>). Elly De La Cruz<\/a> leads his club by large margins in homers, runs scored, RBI, stolen bases and fWAR. The Marlins have\u00a0a\u00a044.7% chance to win<\/a>, per\u00a0FanGraphs. First pitch at 7:10 p.m. ET.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\ud83d\udd37\u00a0Prior to the game,\u00a0Fish On First LIVE<\/a>\u00a0will preview the Reds series beginning at 5:30 ET. FOF LIVE is presented by About The Fans. Check out\u00a0our new merchandise collection<\/a>\u00a0(coupon code fof10 for 10% off).\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tMarlins podcast episodes\n<\/p>\n

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