/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69507483/usa_today_16309482.0.jpg)
New Marlins Game Recap
- Friday’s home runs in the Marlins organization: Peyton Burdick (11 & 12), Garrett Cooper (6), Jerar Encarnacion (7), Miguel Rojas (4) and Justin Twine (3).
- In his return from the injured list, Cooper established a new career high with three extra-base hits in the same game.
- Jordan Holloway recently came off the IL, too. MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola explains why he hasn’t rejoined the active roster yet.
- At Man On Second Baseball, Joe Frisaro speaks to Jazz Chisholm Jr. about his fast hands and to Bo Bichette about Florida’s amateur baseball scene.
- Representing the Marlins in the Prospects Live 2021 MLB mock draft, Ian Smith selected Georgia prep catcher Harry Ford (No. 16 overall pick) and East Carolina second baseman Connor Norby (No. 31).
- MLB Pipeline also send Fords to the Fish in their latest first-round mock. Fish Stripes’ own Hector Rodriguez takes it much further, simulating the first six rounds (seven picks) for Miami.
- Max Greenfield of Pitcher List gives Sandy Alcantara some love as “Miami’s workhorse and one of the best in baseball.”
- Sports Illustrated observes that Alcantara, Pablo López and Trevor Rogers have combined for the fifth-highest Wins Above Replacement among any trios of MLB starting pitching teammates.
- Eury Pérez cracks Just Baseball’s list of best prospects under the age of 20 (Pérez just turned 18 in April).
- The Marlins’ All-Star Game jerseys and hats have been revealed (and are now on sale).
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22683064/Screen_Shot_2021_06_26_at_07.12.52.png)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22683063/Screen_Shot_2021_06_26_at_07.13.11.png)
- The Yankees want to keep Giancarlo Stanton’s bat in the lineup when they visit Miami next month. That would require him to play the outfield, something he hasn’t done since the end of the 2019 season.
- On this day 10 years ago, the Marlins suffered a frustrating home loss...in Seattle?!
- Be sure to follow Fish On The Farm this weekend for live looks at Triple-A Jacksonville games. Here is their new interview with Pensacola breakout star Jake Eder. In his first professional season, the lefty ranks second among all qualified minor league starters with a 1.13 earned run average and is tied for third with 71 strikeouts.