Offishial news, 9/7/21: Taylor Williams claimed; Sandy turns 26

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• FiveThirtyEight gives the Marlins a 44% chance to win their series opener against the Mets.
• The Marlins claimed right-hander Taylor Williams off waivers from the Padres. The 30-year-old reliever has an extreme disparity between his career ERA (5.17) and FIP (3.78). He’s out of minor league options, so except to see him pitch in a handful of games for Miami down the stretch.
• The Braves extended Charlie Morton, who’s been the lone constant in their starting rotation all season. The veteran right-hander will earn a $20 million salary in 2022 plus a $20 million club option for 2023. Morton has more career wins (nine) and strikeouts (96) vs. the Marlins than any other team.
• Christina De Nicola’s Marlins Inbox mentions Sandy Alcantara as a logical extension candidate and describes the club’s handling of Lewin Díaz as “baffling.”
• By a margin of only two votes, Alcantara edged out Bryan De La Cruz for August 2021 Marlin of the Month honors.
• Join us in wishing Sandy a happy 26th birthday! Here are all of the other MLB players who were born on September 7.
• Fish Stripes intern Kevin Barral curates last week’s top five Marlins plays:

• Fish Stripes Live has an early start time—5:00 p.m. ET—livestreaming about all things Marlins-related on our Twitter, Twitch and YouTube accounts.

• Monday marked the 15th anniversary of Aníbal Sánchez’s no-hitter! And today is the 25th anniversary of Gary Sheffield joining the 40-home run club.
• New Fish On The Farm contributor Dalton Lankford analyzes Víctor Víctor Mesa’s High-A performance.
• Anthony Bass is automatic in the seventh inning.
• More foul language than usual on The Chris Rose Rotation presented by Jomboy Media (all in good fun). Miguel Rojas discusses his professional poker ambitions and gives his take on the MLB postseason format.

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