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MIAMI – The Marlins would be the first to tell you they have yet to play their cleanest baseball. And yet with Wednesday afternoon’s 4-1 victory over the Cardinals at loanDepot park, Miami (12-13) captured its midweek set over St. Louis (14-10) before heading out west to face the Giants

MIAMI -- For a minute or so Tuesday night, Jakob Marsee's first at-bat perfectly epitomized how his 2026 season has gone so far. Marsee fouled off the third pitch he saw -- a 96.9 mph sinker from Cardinals right-hander Dustin May -- only to lose his bat into the protective

MIAMI – Christopher Morel began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday night in Gwinnett, Ga., going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts -- two against All-Star right-hander Spencer Strider. He also played five innings at first base. Morel saw a total of 16 pitches across his three at-bats. He was

MIAMI -- Xavier Edwards … slugger? The Marlins caused double takes by inserting contact hitter Edwards into the cleanup spot of Monday night’s 5-3 victory over the Cardinals at loanDepot park.

MIAMI – Stolen bases have increased over the past three seasons due to the 2023 rule changes, so it’s only natural that clubs would try to strategize ways to contain the running game. Two similar examples arose last week, including during the Marlins’ 5-3 victory over the Brewers on Sunday

MIAMI -- Marlins All-Star Kyle Stowers waited 247 days for his highly anticipated return to the Majors due to a pair of injuries. When Stowers finally stood in the box for the first time on Sunday afternoon, the bases were loaded with no outs in the first inning. Staring back

MIAMI -- It’s easy to forget that Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez is still the second-youngest pitcher to start in the Majors this season, considering he debuted nearly three years ago.

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MIAMI -- Defense wasn’t supposed to be a concern for the 2026 Marlins. Few clubs can match Miami’s middle infield of Otto Lopez, who tied for third in defensive runs saved among qualifying NL shortstops, and 2025 NL Gold Glove second base finalist Xavier Edwards. Graham Pauley tied for second

A version of this story originally ran in February 2026.

DETROIT -- Sandy vs. Skubal. Sunday’s series finale between the Marlins and Tigers figured to be a pitchers’ duel due to Tarik Skubal, the two-time reigning American League Cy Young winner, facing off against Sandy Alcantara, who had recaptured his 2022 National League Cy Young form.

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DETROIT -- One of the biggest storylines revolving around the 2026 Marlins concerned how Agustín Ramírez and Liam Hicks would fare behind the dish in their second big league season as a catching tandem. The weekend’s first two games, including Saturday afternoon’s 6-1 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park,

DETROIT -- Marlins left fielder Griffin Conine will undergo a left hamstring tendon excision next week in Dallas, the Marlins announced on Saturday afternoon. Conine, who tore his left hamstring after attempting to make a diving grab in the sixth inning of Thursday afternoon’s 8-1 win over the Reds at

DETROIT – Marlins All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday night in Norfolk, Va., playing six innings in left field and going hitless in three at-bats with two strikeouts. After a scheduled day off Saturday, Stowers will return to the Jumbo Shrimp lineup on

MIAMI -- The World Baseball Classic might’ve ended three weeks ago, but Venezuelan flags still flank Javier Sanoja’s locker inside the Marlins’ clubhouse at loanDepot park. Sanoja, whose clutch steal and decisive run helped his Venezuelan ballclub to an upset victory over the United States in the final, has been

MIAMI – Kyle Stowers might see an occasional position change once he returns from the injured list. Stowers, who was an All-Star and a National League Gold Glove finalist in left field in 2025, will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday. He took part in first-base base

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MIAMI -- A Marlins club full of relatively inexperienced players isn’t just trying to take down the opposition but also stick in the big leagues.

MIAMI -- Tuesday night wasn’t the first time and most likely won’t be the last time a Marlins manager faced the tough decision of whether to ride Sandy Alcantara deep into a ballgame. Don Mattingly and Skip Schumaker, both of whom were named National League Manager of the Year with

MIAMI – Is Janson Junk a starter or a reliever? That has been the question surrounding the right-hander since debuting in the Majors in 2021, and he's been bouncing back and forth between the rotation and bullpen with four clubs since then.

NEW YORK -- It’s late Friday morning at Yankee Stadium and the Marlins were still talking about what they witnessed on Wednesday evening while they were flying from Miami to New York to face the Yankees. It just so happened that NASA’s Artemis II launch, which sent up four astronauts

Frank Sinatra’s “Theme from New York, New York” might be the anthem played at Yankee Stadium, but the Marlins will be humming another iconic tune by Ol’ Blue Eyes this weekend because of a once-in-a-lifetime view. After Sandy Alcantara tossed the fifth shutout of his career on Wednesday afternoon at

MIAMI – Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara couldn’t ignore the narrative around him during a trying 2025. How could he not in the 21st century, with talking heads on TVs inside the clubhouse and doom scrolling of social media posts? So Alcantara decided to change his mentality in his second season