Offishial news, 12/27/22: Remaining free agent options; ROY snub; not-so-bold predictions

Marlins Podcast Episodes

• Monday’s winter ball updates: Javier Sanoja (Cardenales de Lara) went 1-for-3; Santiago Chávez (Charros de Jalisco) caught both ends of a doubleheader while going 1-for-4 with 1 RBI; playing for the first time in a couple weeks, Jan Mercado (RA12) went 1-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBI.
• Jerar Encarnación finished runner-up to Blue Jays prospect Rainer Núñez in Dominican Winter League Rookie of the Year voting.
• The weekly update to my Marlins winter ball tracker is live.
• I focused on three interesting free agents who are still available for the Marlins, while Hans Herrera did a FanPost naming dozens of possible targets position-by-position.
• Christina De Nicola’s three predictions for the upcoming Marlins season: a top-five starting rotation in the majors, an Avisaíl García bounce back and a Eury Pérez summer debut.
• The Marlins have +8000 odds of winning the 2023 World Series on SportsBetting.ag, the ninth-worst odds among all MLB teams.
• We’re doing Marlins Jeopardy this week! Please submit trivia questions here for a chance to be featured on the show.
• Sean Millerick composed and recited a Marlins-themed spin-off of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

• Happy birthday to Marlins prospects Joe Mack (20) and Cole Kirschsieper (22).