Marsee was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing football, basketball and baseball...Had to sit out his senior year athletically due to injury...In three years at Central Michigan University, he helped lead the Chippewas to a combined 96-43 record and back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths...Selected by San Diego in the sixth round (180th overall) of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft.
2025
Entered the 2025 season ranked as Miami’s eighth-best prospect per MLB Pipeline while also being tabbed with the system’s “Best Strike-Zone Discipline” and as the “Best Defensive Outfielder”, per Baseball America...Completed his first season at the Major-League level with the Marlins slashing .292/.363/.478 (61-for-209) in 55 games with 28 runs, 18 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 33 RBI with 14 stolen bases...From Aug. 1 to end of the season, led NL Rookies in hits (61), doubles (18), XBH (26) and stolen bases (14). Tied for the NL rookie-lead in walks (22) with teammate Heriberto Hernández. Second in AVG (.292), RBI (33), OBP (.363), total bases (100). Third in SLG (.478), OPS (.841), and runs (28)...Selected by Miami from Triple-A Jacksonville and made his Marlins debut on Aug. 1 vs. NYY...Was the first player in club history to reach base safely four times and draw three walks in their MLB debut on Aug. 1 vs. NYY...Tied a Marlins franchise record with seven RBI on Aug. 13 at Cleveland (4-for-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1 SB)…Named the National League Rookie of the Month for August. Finished the month leading NL rookies in hits (37), doubles (11), triples (3), RBI (25), walks (15), and stolen bases (9). Among all rookies who played at least 20 games, he posted the highest AVG (.352), OBP (.430), SLG (.629) and OPS (1.059)…His 25 RBI in August marked the most in a single month by a National League rookie in 2025 and trailed only ATH’s Nick Kurtz, who had 27 RBI in July...There have been three prior instances of a Marlins rookie tallying 25-or-more RBI in a calendar month: Kevin Millar (26, July 1999), Bruce Aven (25, June 1999), Justin Bour (25, Sept. 2015), courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau...Through 37 games to start his career, recorded 20 extra-base hits and 10 stolen bases, becoming the first Marlin to reach those numbers in the same span and the first player in Major League Baseball to do so since Barry Bonds with Pittsburgh in 1986 (20 XBH, 13 SB)...Became the second Marlins player to eclipse 60+ hits through 49 games to begin his MLB career with the franchise (2B Dan Uggla in 2006, 61 H)...Joined Marlins Legends HOF 2B Luis Castillo (1996-97) with 50+ hits and 10+ stolen bases through the first 45 games to start their career with the organization...Collected two, seven-game hitting streaks (Aug. 17-24 and Sept. 14- 21) and two six-game hitting streaks (Aug. 5-9 and Sept. 6-11)...Named Triple-A Jacksonville MVP by Marlins after he slashed .246/.379/.438 (85-for-245) in 98 games with the Jumbo Shrimp while leading International League hitters in walks (68) and stolen bases (47)...At the time of his promotion to the Majors, among all Marlins’ farmhands, he ranked first in HR (14), BB (68), XBH (33), TB (151) and SB (47) while ranking second in H (85), R (56) and 3B (five) at time of his call-up. Was riding a seven-game hitting streak since Sept. 14; producing a .294 AVG (10-for-34) with five runs, four doubles and four RBI.
2024
Acquired by Miami from San Diego with RHP Woo-Suk Go, OF Dillon Head and INF Nathan Martorella in exchange for INF Luis Arraez and cash considerations...Was ranked San Diego's ninth-best prospect by MLB Pipeline at the time of the trade...Combined to slash .200/.345/.316 in a career-high 137 games across Double-A San Antonio, Double-A Pensacola and Triple-A Jacksonville with 18 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 47 RBI and 51 stolen bases...His 92 walks ranked fifth among all Minor Leaguers...Among Marlins farmhands, Marsee ranked second in walks (73), second in steals (39) and third in runs (75)…In 105 total games at the Double-A level, led all hitters in walks (80), ranked fourth in stolen bases (44) and seventh in runs (76)…Hit .177 (15-for-85) in 24 games with San Antonio to begin the season, with 19 walks against 24 strikeouts...Stole 12 bases in 13 attempts...Assigned to Double-A Pensacola after the trade. In his second game with the Marlins organization, on May 8 vs. Birmingham, drew four walks while going 0-for-1. Came around to score three of those times...Batted .188 (60-for-320) with 61 runs, eight doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 37 RBI in 91 games with the Blue Wahoos from May 7-Aug. 28 before promotion to Triple-A...Recorded a career-high six RBI on July 31 at Chattanooga (G1), going 2-for-3 with three runs, a grand slam and a walk...Played in 22 games with Triple-A Jacksonville to finish the year, batting .275 (22-for-80) with four doubles, one home run and five RBI. Walked 12 times against 20 strikeouts, posting a .370 OBP and .733 OPS...At two different levels in the Marlins organization, appeared defensively in 87 games in center field (one E/205 TC; .995 fielding pct.), 15 games/14 starts in left field (0 E/22 TC; 1.000 fielding pct.) and 10 games/nine starts in right field (one E/17 TC; .941 fielding pct.).
2023
Spent the majority of his second professional season with Single-A Fort Wayne before being promoted to Double-A San Antonio in August…hit a combined .274 with a .413 on-base percentage, 16 doubles, three triples, 16 homers, 46 RBI, 46 stolen bases, 98 walks (against 97 strikeouts) and 103 runs scored in 129 games...Led the entire Padres farm system in walks, runs, and stolen bases, and became the first player in all of Minor League baseball since at least 2005 to have at least 15 home runs, 40 steals and 90 walks in a single campaign...He was one of just eight players in all of Minor League baseball in ‘23 with 15+ homers and 45+ stolen bases…only four Major Leaguers accomplished the feat (Ronald Acuna Jr., Bobby Witt Jr., Cobrin Carroll and CJ Abrams)...Between FW and SA, posted more walks (98) than strikeouts (97) for the 2nd straight season…he was one of just three players in the Midwest League in ’23 to walk more than they struck out, and his swing-and-miss rate (5%) was third-lowest on the circuit...Following his promotion from FW to SA, had a higher AVG (.286) and OPS (.858) in his 16 Double-A games than he did in his 113 High-A games (.273 AVG, .838 OPS)...Earned Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star honors, as well as the Midwest League Player of the Week award from Aug. 8-13, leading the league in AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, hits, runs, total bases and stolen bases over that stretch…over six games in the leadoff spot that week, Marsee went 13-for-27 with one 2B, one 3B and two HR, as he slashed .565/.630/.957 SLG (1.587 OPS)…he scored nine runs, drove in six and stole five bases...he also walked three times and was hit by a pitch...Posted a 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 4-17, slashing .511/.607/.844 over the streak with eight XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR), eight RBI, 14 runs scored and five stolen bases...Marsee’s 143 wRC+ was the highest among all qualified players in the Midwest League in ‘23, and the sixth-best in franchise history (data available back to 2006), the highest since Fernando Tatis Jr. in 2017...Promoted to SA on Aug. 22…hit safely in 26 of his final 34 games in Aug-September between FW and SA, batting .347 (42-for-121) with 12 XBH (4 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR), 15 RBI, 26 BB, 30 runs scored and 12 stolen bases...Hit safely in 12 of his 16 games for SA at a .286 clip (16-for54), including going 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts...267 of his 400 at-bats came batting first in the TinCaps lineup (.277/.423/.419)….also had 100 at-bats out of the No. 2 hole (.270/.403/.430)...With RISP at FW, he hit .322 (29-for-90)...Following the season, Marsee earned the Joe Black MVP award of the Arizona Fall League, becoming the first Padres' prospect to ever win the award...he paced the AFL in SLG (.707), OPS (1.215), 2B (12), hits (36) and runs scored (25)… also finished second in OBP (.509), third in AVG (.391) and steals (16), T-4th in RBI (20) and fifth in HR (five)…he also played all three outfield positions during the AFL season...He started in left field for the National League in the AFL All-Star Game and went 1-for-2 with a 2B... In the AFL play-in playoff game, he was 0-for-3, but drew two walks, stole a base and scored two runs…he was then 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Peoria’s 6–5 loss to Surprise in the AFL championship game.
2022
Played in 13 games for the Rookie-Level Arizona Complex League Padres to begin his professional career, hitting safely in six of his 13 games (.212 AVG) while drawing 14 walks against 10 strikeouts...Assigned to Single-A Lake Elsinore on Aug. 22 and hit safely in 11 of 18 games at a .254 clip (17-for-67)...Posted more walks (16) than strikeouts (15) for the Storm while converting 12 of his 13 stolen base attempts (92.3%)...While with Lake Elsinore, the left-handed hitter posted a higher clip vs. LHP (.263) than vs. RHP (.250).
