{"id":588713,"date":"2026-02-23T18:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588713\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:10:17","slug":"marlins-graham-pauley-shut-down-due-to-forearm-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/588713\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins’ Graham Pauley Shut Down Due To Forearm Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marlins infielder Graham Pauley<\/a> has been shut down from all baseball activity due to ongoing tightness in his forearm, manager Clayton McCullough told the team\u2019s beat this morning (via Kevin Barral of Fish On First<\/a>). Pauley has been sent for imaging to get a better idea of what\u2019s causing the discomfort, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com adds<\/a>. The team should have an update within the next couple days.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Pauley has a chance to break camp as Miami\u2019s everyday third baseman, so any injury requiring him to miss time would be particularly noteworthy. The former Padres farmhand came to Miami in the Tanner Scott<\/a> swap two years ago. He didn\u2019t hit much in the 184 plate appearances he logged in the majors this past season (.224\/.311\/.366) but showed quality defensive skills and the same keen eye at the plate (11.4%) for which he\u2019s gotten praise throughout his minor league tenure. Pauley hit well in 37 Triple-A games last year, slashing .263\/.342\/.511 with eight homers and five steals.<\/p>\n

Pauley\u2019s primary competition at the hot corner is fellow 25-year-old Connor Norby<\/a> \u2014 another trade acquisition (Trevor Rogers<\/a>) who\u2019s hoping to solidify himself in the majors. Norby, a former top prospect with the Orioles, has hit .245\/.298\/.407 in 531 MLB plate appearances so far. He has more power than Pauley but with a more concerning strikeout\/walk profile and lesser defense. He hasn\u2019t put it all together in the majors yet, but Norby has torched minor league pitching, including a .296\/.371\/.502 line in 1155 plate appearances at the Triple-A level between the Baltimore and Miami organizations.<\/p>\n

Additional options for the Marlins at third base are few and far between. Both Christopher Morel<\/a> and Deyvison De Los Santos<\/a> have considerable experience at the position, but neither is a good defender. Morel will move to first base after signing as a free agent; De Los Santos (acquired from the D-backs a couple years ago in the A.J. Puk<\/a> trade) played 556 innings at first base last year and only 229 at third base. He was exclusively a first baseman in winter ball this offseason. Utilityman Javier Sanoja<\/a> looked solid with the glove in 41 games at third last year but hit just .243\/.287\/.396 in 342 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

If Pauley winds up having to miss time and the Marlins feel their third base depth is insufficient, there are still a handful of options on the market. Jon Berti<\/a>, Emmanuel Rivera<\/a>, Luis Ur\u00edas<\/a> and Jose Iglesias<\/a> are among the still-unsigned infielders capable of handling the hot corner. Other options will surely present themselves in the weeks ahead, either as veterans opt out of minor league deals or as players are designated for assignment to make room for non-roster veterans, thus leading them to waivers or the trade market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marlins infielder Graham Pauley has been shut down from all baseball activity due to ongoing tightness in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,14492,1816,778,58,4171,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-588713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-graham-pauley","10":"tag-marlins","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-marlins","13":"tag-miamimarlins","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116121296271344611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588713","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=588713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}