Marlins

In the past week, I drove a total of 1,166 miles across the Sunshine State as I explored 7 different Grapefruit League ballparks of  Major League Baseball during the 2023 Spring Training season. I ranked each ballpark from Best to, well not so best. Here’s the criteria on what I …

A year ago, all the spotlights pointed at Avisail Garcia, the Miami Marlins’ top addition for the 2022 season. The Venezuelan outfielder was fresh off one of the best seasons of his career, totaling 29 home runs and 86 RBI in 135 games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2021. Following …

As the Miami Marlins approached Spring Training, they knew they would be represented at the fifth World Baseball Classic. This year, the tournament is hosted at the loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, the Marlins’ home base. They lost seven players, five from the 40-man roster and two prospects. These players …

Last season, Sandy Alcantara became the first Miami Marlins pitcher to win the CY Young Award. Posting a 14-9 record, Alcantara recorded a 2.28 ERA with 207 strikeouts in 228.2 innings pitched.  And behind the plate during every start was catcher Jacob Stallings. Entering his eighth year in the league, …

A.J. Puk had just moved into his spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he received the phone call that turned his life upside down. He was told the Oakland Athletics had traded him to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder JJ Bleday. The Feb. 11 deal caught Puk …

Joey Wendle can do it all. From a .271 career batting average to playing nearly every position in the infield, he has become the Miami Marlins’ Swiss Army knife. After joining the Marlins in November 2021, Wendle immediately established himself as one of the team’s most dependable players. Despite this, …

This program gave me an incredible opportunity to broadcast a pair of MLB Spring Training games. Jack Meyer and I hopped on the air for the Houston Astros vs. Miami Marlins game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter on March 14. Two days later, Connor O’Bryan and I called …

“A quiet intensity.” That is how Trevor Rogers describes his pitching style. He may not show much emotion in the mound, but he always remains focused on the task at hand. Rogers loves to compete against the best baseball players in the world any chance he gets. Since debuting in …

On a sunny, warm day in Jupiter, the Miami Marlins (4–11) only needed one run to squeak by the Houston Astros (7–6) on Tuesday. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Avisail Garcia sent the first pitch of his second at-bat over the left-center field wall. He admired the ball …

Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker did not have to wait long to find out how his decision to replace starting pitcher Braxton Garrett with Dylan Bice in the top of the fifth inning would pan out. The New York Mets already owned a 3-0 lead, and it was about to …