Offishial news, 6/22/21: All things Blue Wahoo; sticky stuff checks begin

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• Vote your favorite Marlins position players to the 2021 MLB All-Star Game. First phase of the balloting ends Thursday at 4 p.m. ET.
• As of yesterday, all MLB pitchers are being subjected to quick yet awkward foreign substance checks.
• It was an off day for the Fish and we spent it catching up with Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos broadcaster Chris Garagiola.
• Garagiola was also a guest on Swimming Upstream’s latest episode.
• Regularly playing first base for the Blue Wahoos is “adding another tool in the tool belt” for Jerar Encarnación.
• On this day 15 years ago, the Orioles attempted to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera with the game on the line. The future Hall of Famer had other ideas.
• The List of Top 100 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball features all five members of the current Marlins rotation: Trevor Rogers (No. 15), Sandy Alcantara (No. 21), Pablo Lopez (No. 24), Zach Thompson (No. 88) and Cody Poteet (No. 93).
• A PlayUSA survey finds that Billy the Marlin is among the worst MLB mascots (ranked 25th out of 27).
• Wander Franco, the consensus top prospect in baseball, is expected to debut for the Rays tonight. When he does, the 20-year-old will become the youngest player in the majors.
• Here are last week’s Marlins top plays as curated by Kevin Barral.
• We’ve got an upcoming Fish Stripes Live show previewing the Marlins vs. Blue Jays series. Join us at 6:10 p.m. ET (and feel free to submit questions/discussion topics in advance).

• Louis Addeo-Weiss, Ethan Budowsky, Daniel Rodriguez, Hector Rodriguez and Danis Sosa will be providing credentialed coverage from LoanDepot Park during this upcoming homestand.