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AI-generated illustration<\/p>\nThe Miami Marlins announced 31 non\u2011roster invitees to 2026 spring training, headlined by right\u2011now headliner Thomas White and a wave of young pitching that could shorten the road to Miami. The list blends high-upside prospects, recent trade acquisitions, and organizational award winners, giving fans a clear look at the next wave of talent chasing big\u2011league jobs.<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s official release noted the full breakdown: \u201cOf the 31 non\u2011roster invitees, 15 are pitchers: left\u2011handers Justin King, Patrick Monteverde, Snelling, Dale Stanavich, and White; and right\u2011handers Zach Brzykcy, Nigel Belgrave, Josh Ekness, Stephen Jones, Evan McKendry, Karson Milbrandt, Jack Ralston, Jes\u00fas Tinoco, Samuel Vasquez, and Tyler Zuber.\u201d The release added, \u201cThere are also 16 position players included in the group; catchers Bennett Hostetler, Ryan Ignoffo, Brian Navarreto, and Sam Praytor; infielders Jes\u00fas Bastidas, Jacob Berry, Dylan Jasso, Nathan Martorella, Johnny Olmstead; and outfielders Alderman, Matthew Etzel, Daniel Johnson, Brendan Jones, Dillon Lewis, Andrew Pintar, and Fenwick Trimble.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas White carries the highest profile. MLB Pipeline lists White as the Marlins\u2019 top prospect and No. 17 overall. His 2025 combined minor\u2011league line across High\u2011A, Double\u2011A and Triple\u2011A read 21 starts, 89.2 innings pitched, a 2.31 ERA, 1.182 WHIP and a 14.6 K\/9, with 145 strikeouts reported by Yardbarker. Yardbarker\u2019s scouting notes emphasize a 94\u201195 mph fastball that can touch 97\u201198, a mid\u2011to\u2011high\u201180s changeup, plus slider and sweeper \u2014 a repertoire that has produced swing\u2011and\u2011miss results as he finished the year at Triple\u2011A Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Lefty Robby Snelling, Miami\u2019s No. 4 prospect and MLB Pipeline\u2019s No. 39 overall, also headlines the invitees. Snelling was Miami\u2019s 2025 Minor League Pitcher of the Year after splitting time between Double\u2011A and Triple\u2011A. Sports Illustrated reported Double\u2011A splits of 14 starts with a 3.61 ERA, 1.217 WHIP and 10.6 K\/9, and Triple\u2011A numbers of 11 starts, 63.2 innings, a 1.27 ERA, 0.990 WHIP and 11.5 K\/9. SI wrote that both White and Snelling are expected to reach the MLB roster in the 2026 campaign, an expectation that raises the stakes for Grapefruit League work.<\/p>\n
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Kemp Alderman, the organization\u2019s 2025 Minor League Player of the Year and listed as Miami\u2019s No. 11 prospect, provides power in the invitee group after hitting 22 home runs between Double\u2011A and Triple\u2011A last season. The Marlins also brought in players from recent trades: outfielders Dillon Lewis and Brendan Jones, acquired from the New York Yankees on January 13, 2026, will get their first spring with Miami.<\/p>\n
Fan boards have already begun weighing the roster implications. A FishOnFirst thread circulated the NRI list and user Jose Herrera wrote, \u201cI would like Berry, Johnson, McKendry, Pintar, Ralston and Snelling to all be able to have a chance,\u201d reflecting the grassroots debate over who could crack Opening Day. Other commenters discussed Jes\u00fas Tinoco\u2019s availability and injury status, underscoring how spring training chatter mixes roster hope with health questions.<\/p>\n
For Marlins fans and Triple\u2011A followers, this group matters because it shows where the organization believes the next contributors live: premium strikeout pitchers, internal power, and a few trade chips with upside. The next step is spring training performance \u2014 how Thomas White and Robby Snelling handle big\u2011league hitters in Grapefruit League innings will shape roster decisions and bullpen construction heading into the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Marlins announced 31 non\u2011roster invitees to 2026 spring training, headlined by right\u2011now headliner Thomas White and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,30675,3750,72815,1816,778,58,4171,4,72686,4318,11402,294],"class_list":["post-553242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-marlins","tag-baseball","tag-current-events","tag-headlines","tag-invited","tag-marlins","tag-miami","tag-miami-marlins","tag-miamimarlins","tag-mlb","tag-news-analysis","tag-thomas","tag-trades","tag-white"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116009491117977866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}