Mazur to have discomfort in right elbow examined
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JUPITER, Fla. – Marlins right-hander Adam Mazur will visit Dr. Keith Meister in Dallas next week after experiencing right elbow discomfort during his last Grapefruit League outing.
According to manager Clayton McCullough, Mazur felt something on a 95.3 mph fastball he threw to Pedro Pagés in his second inning on Monday against the Cardinals. He would go on to retire Pagés and the next two batters in order to end his outing.
“Some of these things [you] feel like tightness in the moment, and then a day or two [passes],” McCullough said. “Right now, whenever somebody has that and is still feeling something, we're just going to go get it checked out and see what comes from it.”
Following the start, Mazur didn't mention any discomfort. The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder did discuss adding 15-20 pounds over the offseason to "hopefully help that sustain me throughout the year."
Mazur, who compiled a 4.80 ERA in six starts for the Marlins last season, is part of Miami’s starting-pitching depth after the projected Opening Day rotation of Sandy Alcantara, Eury Pérez, Braxton Garrett and Chris Paddack. Other 40-man-roster options include fellow righties Janson Junk, who will return from a Grade 1 right ankle sprain on Saturday, Bradley Blalock and Ryan Gusto as well as lefty Dax Fulton. Non-roster invitee Robby Snelling (MLB Pipeline’s No. 39 overall prospect) has impressed in three spring appearances.
In 2025, Miami used 15 different starting pitchers, four of which were openers. This spring, the Marlins are building up relievers Tyler Phillips, Michael Petersen and Lake Bachar to be able to pitch 2-4 innings.
“We'll see what comes from this,” McCullough said. “You never can have enough pitching. [I] said [it] at the onset, and we'll probably continue to say it all season long. There's still a number of pitchers that are in our camp that we have been getting built up, and we'll continue to get built up, and we'll see when the dust settles here in three weeks or so what the 26 looks like for Opening Day, knowing that there's going to be a lot of moving parts throughout the year.”