Offishial news, 7/1/21: Panik puns; Futures Game rep Max Meyer; FATP 100

New Marlins Game Recap

New Farm System Report

New Fish Stripes Podcasts

• FiveThirtyEight gives the Marlins a 47% chance to win their series finale against the Phillies.
• General manager Kim Ng said on Tuesday that contract extension conversations with Starling Marte have begun, but Craig Mish reports that they are “very preliminary” in nature. “Miami will likely have an offer in front of him” later this month.
• Joe Panik joined Neil Walker, Jeremy Hermida, Paul Lo Duca, Hee-Seop Choi, Moises Alou, Terry Pendleton and Mitch Lyden as the only players to homer in the first at-bats of their Marlins careers.
• Our own Spencer Morris has the intriguing background story on newly acquired right-handed reliever Andrew McInvale.
• Jesús Aguilar relives his bare-handed play at third base.
• Magneuris Sierra defeated Ronald Torreyes in a pregame national anthem stand-off.
• Tomi Korkeamäki roots for the Marlins all the way in Finland!
• Sarah Peñalver describes her role as senior associate for Marlins social media.
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• Max Meyer is “fired up” to be the lone Marlins representative at next week’s Futures Game. I suspect that Pensacola rotation mate Edward Cabrera would’ve been invited as well if he hadn’t been so recently recovered from an injury.

• Fish Across the Pond has released more than six hours of new content to celebrate the podcast’s 100th episode, including an interview with Anthony Bender.