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Everyone get back in here, the Marlins are in first place!

Dane-time!

Pirates with 5 walks and 4 stolen bases. That is the type of approach we need to implement for long-term success. Our plate discipline looks much better so far but there are still some guys with giant holes in their swings (Stowers, Mervis, Conine).

Soriano has been with the Marlins organization 10 years now. Hard to believe he's only 26.

The most disappointing thing about Lake Bachar is his parents gave him the middle name of David. Like what are you doing Mr. and Mrs. Bachar?

That Soto trade may end up being the most lopsided trade in baseball history. A possible ace (Gore), a 20/30 shortstop (Abrams), a future 30/30 guy (Wood), a guy throwing 102 in the minors (Susana), and a toolsy guy who may or may not pan out (Hassell) for three months of Soto.

Kelly Saco is one of the few women announcers whose voice isn't grating. Honestly, I'd rather listen to her than Rod Allen. He must have some blackmail material on someone. Love the way she says Alcantara.

Ok, missed the first three innings but settled in now. See that Graham Pauley got a hit.

Someone let me know when MLB tv starts working again. I logged in, watched two minutes of the pregame and down it went.

Good thing you don't have to worry about ole Garrett Braxton until next year.

Graham Pauley is coming up to replace Norby who is going on the IL. I really hope they give him substantial at-bats to see if he can cut it instead of Wagaman or Bride. Don't know much about the new signing from Phillies. His numbers don't look very impressive. Sounds like they gave up cash, hopefully they didn't give up a young prospect. I'm still haunted by them giving away Santiago Suarez.

The biggest constant last year was Tanner Scott closing out games for the Marlins. Scott is long gone, trade to the Padres along with journeyman Bryan Hoeing for some promising prospects and since moved on to the Dodgers Dynasty through free agency. The Marlins do feature some promising pitchers on the younger side of 30 that rotated closing games. Calvin Faucher and Anthony Bender are the de facto closers although the opportunities may be few and far beween. Jesus Tinoco was a solid pickup and George Soriano and Declan Cronin were a bit up and down. A few of these pitchers will get pushed to long relieft but the core is solid and young with room to grow. The minors feature some promising flame throwers. Laurbert Arias was solid in AAA although he had a horrific spring. Austin Roberts is a fringe prospect and John Rooney should provide depth. Beneath those a plethora of Marlins draft picks look to separate themselves from the pack including Tyler Eckberg, Matt Pushard, Xavier Meacham and Josh Ekness. Woo-Suk Go came over with some promise but needs to improve from the dumpster fire performance of last year. There's a few promising arms in the Dominican (Fernandez, Delacruz, Serrata) but they are all years away, if ever.

Marlins- CP 2024 Depth Chart: Tanner Scott Calvin Faucher Anthony Bender George Soriano Declan Cronin Burch Smith Jesus Tinoco J.T. Chargois Anthony Maldonado John McMillon Departures: Scott (TRD) B. Smith (WVE) Chargois (TRD) Maldonado (WVE) McMillon (WVE) Arrivals: None Projected 2025 MLB Roster: Faucher Bender Soriano Cronin Tinoco AAA 2024 Depth Chart: Elvis Alvarado Anthony Maldonado Laurbert Arias Emmanuel Ramirez Woo-Suk Go George Soriano Devin Smeltzer Eli Villalobos Austin Roberts Angel Macuare Departures: Alvarado (FA) Maldonado (WVE) Smeltzer (WVE) Villalobos (WVE) Macuare (FA) Additions: John Rooney Projected 2025 AAA Roster: Laurbert Arias John Rooney Austin Roberts AA 2024 Depth Chart: Austin Roberts Rafael Vizcaino Matt Pushard Dale Stanavich Tyler Eckberg Woo-Suk Go Lincoln Henzman Justin King Zach McCambley Pat Murphy Anderson Pilar Departures; Murphy (RET) Pilar (RL5) Projected 2025 AA Roster: Xavier Meacham Josh White Matt Pushard Evan Taylor A+ 2024 Depth Chart: Xavier Meacham Josh White Evan Taylor Josh Ekness Dale Stanvich Nigel Belgrave Edgar Sanchez Ignacio Feliz Kyler Crigger Departures: E. Sanchez (FA) I, Feliz (WVE) K. Crigger (WVE) Projected 2025 A+ Roster: Jack Sellinger Nigel Belgrave Holt Jones A- 2024 Depth Chart: Jack Sellinger Holt Jones J. Bergin J. Reynoso J. Storm Y. Jimenez N. Belgrave J. Ekness R. Tineo E. Montero C. Centala Projected 2025 A- Roster: J. Bergin J. Storm R. Tineo RK 2024 Depth Chart: M. Medina J. Fernandez N. Polanco S. Carpio L. Vizcaino Departures: M. Medina (REL) Projected 2025 Depth Chart: M. Cuevas E. Serrata DSL MIA 2024 Depth Chart: M. Cuevas J. Palacios L. Delacruz J. Hernandez Departures: None DSL MAR 2024 Depth Chart: E. Sarrata M. Villegas A, Hernandez J. Ortega A, Rosario Departures: A, Hernandez (REL) J. Ortega (REL) Others: N/A

Last year the Marlins were a bit of a revolving door of relievers. Most of the older pitchers were traded for marginal prospects (Chargois, Brazoban, etc.) and at the very least the Fish got younger here. Key cog Andrew Nardi is out a significant period of time with a back injury and Connor Gillisipie looks to moving to the rotation with injuries further thinning the middle relief core. Anthony Veneziano looks to have stuck from the move from Kansas City. With Nardi out, he's the only lefty of the bunch. The other bullpen are a combo of journeyman and AAA guys with a hybrid of long relievers and pseudo-closers. Lake Bachar, Christian Roa, and the five "closers" should see heavy use all year. The 4-A guys that could rotate in include Xzavion Curry, Josh Simpson, Brett De Geus and some likely waiver wire pickups. It's fairly rare to have many middle relief prospects as they are the leftovers from starters and closers. Josh Simpson, Josh Ekness, Tyler Eckberg, and Justin Storm look to be the best of the bunch. Jun-Seok Shim could be intriguing at the lower level provided he can stay healthy. Anderson Pilar was picked up in the Rule 5 draft along with Orlando Ortiz-Mayr and both could see action at some point if the Jacksonville to Miami shuttle picks up steam.

Marlins- RP2 2024 Depth Chart: Xzavion Curry Brett DeGeus Departures: N/A Arrivals: N/A Projected 2025 MLB Roster: N/A AAA 2024 Depth Chart: Mychal Givens Josh Simpson Anderson Pilar Huascar Brazoban Adam Oller Departures: Givens (WVE) Pilar (RL5) Brazoban (TRD) Oller (FA) Projected 2025 AAA Roster: N/A AA 2024 Depth Chart: Cade Gibson Josh Ekness Arrivals: Ricky Devito (RL5) Orlando Ortiz-Mayr (RL5) Projected 2025 AA Roster: N/A A+ 2024 Depth Chart: Caleb Wurster Jack Sellinger Jared Poland Anderson Pilar Departures: Wurster (FA) Pilar (RL5) Projected 2025 A+ Roster: N/A A- 2024 Depth Chart: Xavier Meacham Jake Faherty Luis Vizcaino Jose Fernandez Juan Delacruz Caleb Wurster Gabe Bierman Julio Dilone Departures: Vizcaino (WVE) Wurster (WVE) Projected 2025 A- Roster: N/A RK 2024 Depth Chart: J. Serrano J. Bergin Projected 2025 Depth Chart: N/A DSL MIA 2024 Depth Chart: A, Ortiz J. Torrealba DSL MAR 2024 Depth Chart: E. Jimenez C. Mendez J. Rosario V. Rodriguez Others:

(in two parts) (closing pitchers are a separate position) Marlins- RP1 2024 Depth Chart: Andrew Nardi A.J. Puk Darren McCaughan Huascar Brazoban Bryan Hoeing Emmanuel Ramirez Kent Emanuel Mike Baumann Anthony Veneziano Lake Bachar Departures: Puk (TRD) McCaughan (FA) Brazoban (TRD) Hoeing (TRD) E. Ramirez (FA) K. Emanuel M. Baumann (REL) Arrivals: Christian Roa (CLM) Conor Gillispie Projected 2025 MLB Roster: Nardi Veneziano Roa Gillispie 2024 AAA Roster: M. Andriese R. Vizcaino J. Lindgren A, Kitchen B. Hoeing Departures: Andriese (FA) Vizcaino (FA) Lindgren (FA) Hoeing (TRD) Arrivals: Ronny Henriquez Projected 2025 AAA Roster: Henriquez Josh Simpson Xzavion Curry Chandler Jowziak Adam Laskey Nigel Belgrave Lake Bachar Connor Gillispie AA 2024 Depth Chart: Chandler Jozwiak Adam Laskey Angel Macuare Nigel Belgrave Cristian Charle Departures; Cristian Charle Projected 2025 AA Roster: Nigel Belgrave Holt Jones Tyler Eckberg R. Devito O. Ortiz-Mayr Jack Sellinger A+ 2024 Depth Chart: Y. Jimenez Holt Jones Tyler Eckberg Justin Storm Departures: Y. Jimenez (FA) Projected 2025 A+ Roster: Xavier Meacham Jack Sellinger Jared Poland Justin Storm A- 2024 Depth Chart: C. Lowe D. Alegre C. Mokma J. Evans P. Murphy Departures: D. Alegre (FA) P. Murphy (RET) Projected 2025 A- Roster: C. Lawrence J. Evans L. Ramitez R. Tineo J. Delacruz RK 2024 Depth Chart: C. Lawrence L. Ramirez J. Cabral R. Tineo D. Rodriguez Projected 2025 Depth Chart: N/A DSL MIA 2024 Depth Chart: F. Moreta F. Suriel J. Uzcategui B. Smith J. Fuente J. Mejia R. Nakamura Departures: Suriel (REL) B. Smith (REL) Fuente (REL) Mejia (REL) DSL MAR 2024 Depth Chart: B. Reyes A, Delacruz W. Henriquez Others: J.S Shim (INJ) K.Vaupel (INJ)

For the second consecutive year, the Marlins have put themselves behind the eight ball with a plethora of injuries to their pitching staff. 4/5ths of the projected starting rotation will start the year on the injured list with Weathers and Cabrera hoping to come back barring further setbacks, Eury Perez making his return the second half of the year, and Braxton Garrett out all year. The good news, if there is any, is that Sandy Alcantara is making his return from Tommy John and looks like his old self. The big question is how long he will be a Marlin as he is first in line to be traded as Peter Bendix will no doubt be working his rolodex overtime. Max Meyer will be second in line and need to show improvement on last year's performance as well as stay injury free. The rest of the rotation looks like Connor Gillispie, Cal Quantrill, and Valente Bellozo to start the year off. The prospects look much better and the AAA rotation of Dax Fulton, Robby Snelling, Adam Mazur, Xzavion Curry, and Patrick Monteverde is as good as any in the minors. Below that level, #1 prospect Thomas White should see time in AA, Noble Meyer is still highly regarded and will look to improve his control. Evan Fitterer, Brayan Mendoza, Jacob Miller, Karson Milbrandt, and Eliazar Dishmey are all on the future Marlins radar. Debutantes Aiden May and Grant Shephardson have high hopes from last year's draft.

Marlins- SP2 2024 Depth Chart: Adam Oller Braxton Garrett Sandy Alcantara Eury Perez Dax Fulton Sixto Sanchez Kyle Tyler Yonny Chirinos S. Anderson Departures: Oller (FA) S. Sanchez (FA) S. Anderson (FA) Arrivals: N/A Projected 2025 MLB Roster: N/A AAA 2024 Depth Chart: Kyle Tyler Adam Mazur Roddery Munoz Valente Bellozo Kent Emanuel Edward Cabrera Evan Fitterer Braxton Garrett Shaun Anderson Jonathan Bermudez Departures: R. Munoz (WVE) K. Emanuel (WVE) S. Anderson (FA) J. Bermudez (FA) Projected 2025 AAA Roster: N/A AA 2024 Depth Chart: Jeff Lindgren Tristan Stevens Jacob Miller Patrick Monteverdi Robby Snelling Valente Bellozo Departures; J. Lindgren (WVE) Projected 2025 AA Roster: N/A A+ 2024 Depth Chart: Cade Gibson Alex Williams Will Schomberg Departures: A, Williams (WVE) Projected 2025 A+ Roster: N/A A- 2024 Depth Chart: J. Mendez N. Meyer T. White T. Stevens L. Martinez Projected 2025 A- Roster: N/A RK 2024 Depth Chart: W. Castillo K. Benitez M. Perez E. Dishmey B. Garrett Projected 2025 Depth Chart: N/A DSL MIA 2024 Depth Chart: Y. Santana K. Encarnacion I, Medina A, Ortiz C. Rueda DSL MAR 2024 Depth Chart: B. Salas E. Espinoza C. Ochoa L. Espinoza L. Romero Departures: L. Espinoza (REL)

(in two parts) Marlins - SP1 2024 Depth Chart: Trevor Rogers Edward Cabrera Ryan Weathers Roddery Munoz Valente Bellozo Jesus Luzardo Max Meyer Departures: T. Rogers (TRD) R. Munoz (WVE_ J. Luzardo (TRD): Arrivals: Cal Quantrill (FA) Projected 2025 MLB Roster: Alcantara Weathers Cabrera M.Meyer Quantrill E. Perez AAA 2024 Depth Chart: Yonny Chirinos Max Meyer Patrick Montverde Darren McCaughan Departures: Chirinos (FA) McCaughan (FA) Additions: Freddy Tarnok (FA) Janson Junk (FA) Projected 2025 AAA Roster: Bellozo Adam Mazur Evan Fitterer Dax Fulton Montverde AA 2024 Depth Chart: Luis Palacios Evan Fitterer Jonathan Bermudez M.D. Johnson Paul Campbell Departures; Palacios (REL) Additions: Robinson Pina Projected 2025 AA Roster: Jacob Miller Thomas White Noble Meyer Emmett Olson Robby Snelling A+ 2024 Depth Chart: Karson Milbrandt Ike Buxton Emmett Olson Jacob Miller Thomas White Noble Meyer Departures: NONE Additions: Brayan Mendoza Projected 2025 A+ Roster: B. Mendoza E. Dishmey K. Milbrandt Will Schaumberg Will Kempner A- 2024 Depth Chart: Jake Brooks Eliazar Dishmey Brandon White Keyner Benitez Walin Castillo Additions: Will Kempner Will Schaumberg Projected 2025 A- Roster: K. Benitez J. De La Cruz B. White J. Arias Aidan May RK 2024 Depth Chart: Juan Delacruz J. Arias L. Cesar L. Martinez H. Garcia Projected 2025 Depth Chart: B. Melo M. Genao S. Bargallo E. Francisco A Polanco DSL MIA 2024 Depth Chart: B. Melo M. Genao A Polanco M. Rodriguez Departures: NONE DSL MAR 2024 Depth Chart: E. Francisco O. Aponte E. Gutierrez A Hernandez J. Paulino Others: Sandro Bargallo (INJ) Braxton Garrett (INJ) Aidan May (DRF) Grant Shephardson(DRF)

Just because I am optimistic about the future doesn't mean I'm overly optimistic about this season. It should be about developing the young guys and without Braxton, Eury, Eddy, Weathers and Nardi the pitching is going to be a struggle. I just hope they give the prospects some time on the mound in the majors instead of the no-hoper computer generated guys we threw out there last year. With Jesus and Norby out as well for at least the first month it is going to be a struggle. Honestly, take away Sandy and our AAA team in Jacksonville might actually be better than our major league squad. The hope is we can lose less than 100 and get a solid half-season from our prospects coming up in the second half. They won't all shake out but if we can hit on 1/3 to 1/2 of them we should have a good foundation for our future.

Team Record: 63-99 Leaders in each category below (totals in parentheses) - Hits: Javier Sanoja 142 HR: Matt Mervis 21 RBI: Jonah Bride 76 Runs Scored: Xavier Edwards 100 Stolen Bases: Xavier Edwards 42 Wins: Max Meyer 10 Losses: Valente Bellozo 15 Saves: Calvin Faucher 20

Give me Bryce Eldridge and Kyle Harrison and call it a day. If they can get arias or tejada thrown in even better

Yikes. Forearm strain is not a good sign. Usually the precursor to TJ. Sandy fought through the same thing. So it looks like Weathers may be out long term. He's young enough to bounce back though. Rotation has gone from Sandy, Eddy, Weathers, Braxton, Eury, Max to Sandy, Max, Quantrill, Gillistipe, Bellozo, Mazur Pretty sure Kyle Tyler is sitting by the phone right now licking his lips and tapping his fingers like Smithers. Him or Anderson, Emmanuel, etc, etc,. Do we go ahead and give Lynn or Gibson a 1-year and hope they eat innings or is there ask too much? Get well soon Weathers.

Run it back with one of my all-time favorite Marlins Henderson Alvarez, lol. He's still active and pitching in Mexico. Hard to believe he's only 34 years old.

Hard to argue with that although it's a difficult pill to swallow to say hey we are going to suck for the next 2-3 years but then we will be really good. That's kind of non-optimal business strategy. I feel like they should admit it but won't or can't. That blame lies on Sherman. Bendix's hands are tied and his actions speak to what he is trying to accomplish. Agree he is not an eloquent speaker but if he can build a sustained winner I don't care how he sounds. Obviously, he's getting his marching orders from the owner and can't throw him under the bus.