Offishial news, 5/10/21: Jazz and Oso nearly ready; NL East injury scares

New Marlins Game Recap

New Marlins Farm Report

• FiveThirtyEight gives the Marlins a 46% chance to win their series opener against the Diamondbacks.
• Jorge Alfaro and Jazz Chisholm Jr. will both begin minor league rehab assignments with Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday. Assuming no setbacks, that lines them up to be reinstated from the injured list by the end of the weekend.
• Stephanie Apstein of Sports Illustrated explores Jazz’s relationship with his grandmother who was a longtime softball star in the Bahamas.
• Jim Bowden ranks him among MLB’s top rookie hitters while selecting Trevor Rogers for the top spot on the pitching side.
• For a few glorious hours, Sandy Alcantara was leading the majors in innings pitched (he was soon surpassed by reigning NL Cy Young award winner Trevor Bauer).
• Pretty successful week for the Braves who won a bunch of games, dodged a bullet on a scary-looking Ronald Acuña Jr. pinky finger injury and brought back right-handed reliever Shane Greene on a pro-rated $1.5 million deal.
• The Mets have also been winning a bunch of games, but ace Jacob deGrom (right side tightness) may miss some time.
• Max Meyer and Eury Pérez are among the youngest players in their respective MiLB leagues. So is José Devers after being optioned to Jacksonville on Saturday.
• Join us on Twitter, YouTube or Twitch beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET for the Fish Stripes Live series preview show.

• The Schlank Show gets to know Daniel Castano.
• Anthony Bass unearthed his 2008 MLB Draft prospect video. Bass took the hard-luck loss on Sunday, but generated seven swinging strikes with his slider in the process, marking the first time he’s ever had so many with that pitch in a traditional relief appearance.
• Seemingly every day, there are alterations to the MiLB rosters. Stay up to speed on everything here.
• If you have about 10 minutes to spare, take the Know Rivalry survey to share your feelings about the Marlins’ biggest nemesis.
• Double-A Pensacola is home this week, which means the first of many Mullet Thursdays is right around the corner.