Offishial news, 6/15/21: Atrocious All-Star voting; updated rankings

New Marlins Game Recap

New Fish Stripes Podcast

• Vote your favorite Marlins position players to the 2021 MLB All-Star Game. As of Monday morning, Jesús Aguilar had received the fifth-most votes among National League first basemen. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was 10th among NL second basemen. Starling Marte doesn’t even crack the top 20 among NL outfielders even though he leads the league in on-base percentage.
• Vote for High-A Beloit’s Pohlman Field in the Best of the Ballparks competition.
• FiveThirtyEight gives the Marlins a 46% chance to win their next game against the Cardinals.
• Brian Anderson (left shoulder subluxation) was transferred to the 60-day injured list. He will not be eligible to return to the Marlins active roster until July 24.
• Trevor Rogers (No. 18), Sandy Alcantara (No. 24), Pablo López (No. 27) and Zach Thompson (No. 100) are each ranked among Pitcher List’s Top 100 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball.
• MLB Pipeline joined Baseball America in placing Jesús Sánchez back on their Top 100 MLB prospects list.
• Victor Mesa Jr. explains why learning English was such a high priority for him. The 19-year-old Low-A Jupiter outfielder is now essentially fluent in his second language.
• Major League Baseball is ready to distribute a memo detailing how it will enforce and punish pitchers who apply foreign substances to the ball.
• The Marlins have already been picked off 13 times in 2021, the club’s highest total in a single season since 2015 (19).
• Jeff Conine was reunited with the first exhibition home run ball in Marlins history.
• Dutchman123 asks LoanDepot Park to let the game breathe.
• Here are the details on the Marlins’ Juneteenth Week of Reflection and Service which will run from June 19-27.
• Anthony Bass, Richard Bleier, Adam Cimber, John Curtiss, Isan Díaz, Lewin Díaz, Dylan Floro, Trevor Rogers and Zach Thompson took a tour of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.