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@marlins Beat Writer and Reporter @fishonfirst / @FIUfootball beat writer @SInow / Co-Host of Unfiltered/ @PawsUpPodcast host and writer

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Welcome to Miami, Jake Mangum. #Marlins
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Tonight’s paid attendance: 19,638 #Marlins
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Tonight’s paid attendance is 21,159 #Marlins
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2 years
This good enough? Little something called Trombone Suicide
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Musicians! QT this with a video of you doing your thing and making music, and I'll RT a bunch of your clips. Let's get some music on the TL today!
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Heat win, Marlins win, and Panthers win. Can’t ask for a better day.
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The paid attendance on #OpeningDay is 32,564 #Marlins I @FishOnFirst
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2 years
#Marlins paid attendance is 29,010
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Today would have been Jose Fernandez birthday. Would have been 30 today. Happy birthday Jose, se te quiere. #Marlins
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Tonight’s attendance between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic is 35,972. It is a sellout #SerieDelCaribe2024
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The #Marlins have announced Miguel Cabrera weekend. Also, it’s Venezuelan Heritage night that Saturday.
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Tonight’s paid attendance for the Caribbean Series finals is 36,677 This is the highest attendance attendance ever for a Caribbean Series game. More people here than in the WBC championship game. #SerieDelCaribe2024
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@GiraffeNeckMarc You realize that every game ended in a sweep, right? You can say the same thing about the Rays who managed to score one run in two games, but you won't say that because they won 99 games and comfortably made the playoffs.
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Miami loves the #Marlins
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9 months
A look at the Marlins watch party currently going down at Flanigans.
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Today marks seven years since Dee Gordon (at the time) hit a solo home run the day after the passing of Jose Fernández. Today, the Marlins begin a three game set against the New York Mets. #Marlins
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Tonight’s paid attendance is 6,376 #Marlins
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1 year
Jake Mangum was mentioned in the most recent Miami Herald article as a possible call-up candidate, and it makes sense to be a guys to consider. .350/.369/.517/.886 with a .426 BABIP and a 122 wRC+ Not only does Mangum play center field, but his numbers have been good enough
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2 years
Here are your 1997 Florida #Marlins World Series champs
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It’s here and it’s perfect. Eury Pérez will be rocking number 39. #Marlins
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There it is. Samurai Japan is your 2023 World Baseball Classic Champs. Wonder what that Angels clubhouse will be like in a couple days from now. #WorldBaseballClassic2023
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1 year
A.J. Puk has entered the game for Miami. He will have a shot at redemption after what happened on Friday. #Marlins
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Skip Schumaker showing his support for the Panthers. #Marlins #TimeToHunt
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2 years
Per Source, The #Marlins did in fact have talks with the Dodgers. The price that the Marlins had was three prospects and Gavin Lux.
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1 year
Tonight’s paid attendance is 14,994 #Marlins
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9 months
Do they have sprite for Eury?
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Fish On First
9 months
🔜🔜🔜
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Sixto Sánchez spoke to the media and told us that he feels 90-95% ready. #Marlins
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1 year
I can confirm the report that Victor Victor Mesa has abandoned the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. I am told he has been gone since Tuesday, June 20th which was when the Jumbo Shrimp traveled to Gwinnett. #Marlins
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Luis Arráez: .435/.544/1.039 with a 187 OPS+, 185 wRC+, and hit for the first ever cycle in Marlins history Ronald Acuña: .362/.449/.586/1.035 with a 176 OPS+ and 177 wRC+ Guess which one was the National League player of the month? #Marlins
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2 years
Crowd at LoanDepot tonight
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1 month
Flanigan’s inside the ballpark here today is taking place at the Change Up. Menu: - Ten Wings - Ribs (Half Rack + 2 Garlic Rolls) #Marlins
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Yasiel Puig shared a special moment here with Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez. #SerieDeCaribe2024
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2 years
Giancarlo Stanton’s final home run in a #Marlins Uniform. What a homer it was. Sometimes you just miss these days of Marlins baseball.
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2 years
Edgar Rentería. The Man behind the most important RBI in Marlins history
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A.J. Puk has been unstoppable Tonight: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 SO, 18 NP This may be the first time in a while that the Marlins have a clear guy to go to in the ninth inning. Very nice to see it. #Marlins
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Jake Mangum with a triple that left the bat at 104.6 MPH. Mangum was also flying through the bases at 29.1 FT/SEC. #Marlins
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2 years
The Baltimore Orioles have more wins than the Miami #Marlins . The Orioles have called up their top prospect and are willing to call up top prospects. The Marlins are yet to call up their top prospects.
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First in person look at the throwback uniforms. #Marlins
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Trade Alert 🚨 The #Marlins have acquired LHP Jose Castillo from San Diego in exchange for cash considerations Per @MarlinsComms
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9 months
Miami Marlins game one starter Jesús Luzardo. #Marlins
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1 year
Lights out and flashlights on, A.J. Puk has entered this ballgame. #Marlins
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Per source, Miami Marlins pitcher Edward Cabrera will rejoin the club today. Much needed pitching depth coming back for Miami. A corresponding move will be needed. #Marlins
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Luis Arraez is currently in the Miami Marlins dugout in what seems to be disbelief. He is now heading to join the San Diego Padres. #Marlins
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Miami Marlins first baseman Josh Bell has accepted his $16.5M player option to return for the 2024 season. Big news for the Marlins. #Marlins
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2 years
#Marlins first ever draft pick Charles Johnson
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1 year
This is amazing. Shoutout to all the #Marlins media.
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Kevin Barral
11 months
Don’t think this has been mentioned, but if you look at the bottom of the picture, you can see Marlins hitting coach Brant Brown talking to Jake Burger with an iPad going over what to expect from the Phillies pitcher. We didn’t see much of this last year. Loving what Brant
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Eury Pérez with the lineup card and his first strikeout baseball. What a night for the baby goat. #Marlins
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Tim Anderson with a rather shallow lineout to right field. Nick Gordon thought it was enough to tag, but Dylan Carlson threw him out at home. He was out by a mile. #Marlins
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The televisions at the Marlins museum have been removed. #Marlins
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In his first regular-season at-bat as a member of the Miami Marlins, Tim Anderson drives in Jake Burger on an RBI single. Opposite field hit. #Marlins lead, 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning #OpeningDay
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BREAKING: Now former general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays Peter Bendix has informed the Rays that he will be leaving and will be joining the Miami Marlins. #Marlins
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Yasiel Puig may just have put the nail in the coffin on this game. Venezuela extends their lead, 3-1. Exit velo: 107.6 mph Distance: 416 feet #SerieDelCaribe2024
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“He's one of the best in centerfield right now in today's game, and we're a month into the season.” - Skip on Jazz Chisholm Jr.
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Braxton Garrett needs to be considered for the All-Star game. What he is doing is nothing short of impressive. 2023 Stats: 3.64 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 90 SO #Marlins
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1 year
Folks… the Teal is back. We will be seeing these jerseys on select Friday nights. #Marlins
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2 years
Paid attendance #Marlins : 16.4k humans and 232 dogs.
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Trey Mancini has not made the Opening Day roster and will no longer be in the organization per Skip Schumaker. #Marlins
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Welcome back, Jazz. Solo homer to extend the lead, 5-1. Exit Velo: 108.2 MPH Distance: 439 FT #Marlins
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Marcell Ozuna goes deep for his sixth homer of the year and as he's approaching home, he does the eurostep with the third base coach. #Marlins trail, 8-1
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Kevin Barral
11 months
Newest member of the Miami #Marlins , Jake Burger. He will be wearing number 36
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Kevin Barral
9 months
The Miami Marlins first game of the Wild Card will be Tuesday, 8:08 PM on ESPN. Game Two will be on Wednesday at the same time on ESPN. #Marlins
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I did it!!!
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2 years
Paid Attendance today at LoanDepot Park: 17,980 #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
7 months
Sandy Alcántara has arrived! #Marlins
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5 months
Tonight’s paid attendance in the third game of the Caribbean Series is 27,338 #SerieDelCaribe2024 #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
5 months
The attendance for the game between Puerto Rico and Venezuela is 32,092. #SerieDelCaribe
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A.J. Puk set to make his first career start. Also getting a first look at the black jerseys in game action. #Marlins
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1 year
Jake Mangum continues to have success at the AAA level. RBI single here to drive in Jerar Encarnacion. #Marlins should begin to consider calling up Mangum.
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1 year
This afternoons paid attendance is 15,701 #Marlins
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1 year
Tonight’s paid attendance is 12,340 #Marlins
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1 year
Today I had the honor of talking to San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. on what he learned about himself throughout his time off from baseball, playing alongside Dominican legend Nelson Cruz, and what he has worked on this season. #Padres
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“The Marlins appear open to dealing a significant player on their roster for first baseman Triston Casas, a former Plantation American Heritage standout .” - Barry Jackson and Craig Mish in the latest Herald Article #Marlins
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Can the Marlins please at least promote Troy Johnston to AAA? Johnston is the Blue Wahoos' all-time single-season RBI leader with 77 RBIs this season. He also leads the league in home runs, RBI, hits, extra base hits, total bases and runs (64). .287/.393/.556/.949 with 18 home
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Sixto Sánchez has made the Opening Day roster per Skip Schumaker. #Marlins
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Just a couple hours before being traded, Bally Sports caught this clip of Luis Arraez self-reflecting and talking about how much he's enjoying just playing baseball. He will truly be missed #Marlins
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Not one to share much opinion here, but the fact that they kept the Marlins waiting for three hours and had a window of about 20-30 minutes to play and the grounds crew did nothing to prep the field and play is just wrong. It is uncertain when the game will be played again, but
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JORGE SOLER! First career walk-off homer for the Cuban. Miami wins, 5-4. The fish are now 13-1 in one-run games. Exit Velo: 110.7 MPH Launch Angle: 23 DEG Distance: 405 FT Home Run in 29 ballparks (Not in Camden Yards) #Marlins
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10 months
Tonight’s paid attendance is 17,692 #Marlins @FishOnFirst
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David Robertson, Yuli Gurriel and Joey Wendle are all officially free agents. The Marlins 40-man roster stands at 34. #Marlins
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Jonathan Davis, wow! #Marlins
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Gotta show some love to one of the great players in #Marlins history in Hanley Ramirez. His best season came in 2009 where he slashed .342/.410/.543/.954 with 24 HR/106 RBI Finished 2nd in MVP voting that season, but won a Silver Slugger Award and made the All-Star team.
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Skip Schumaker tells the media that he was told that the timeline for return for Jonathan Davis is 3-6 months. #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
1 year
I think tonight it was made clear that if the Marlins want to not only want to make the playoffs, but make a deep run, they need to acquire another starting pitcher and a high leverage reliever (righty). You cannot go with an opener every five days like they will tomorrow.
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Here’s a clip of Tim Anderson on a podcast talking about clubhouse culture. #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
11 months
It's a home run derby here in Miami. Back-to-back-to-back home runs for the Marlins. Josh Bell with the third one for the Marlins. That was Bell's 16th home run of the season. Exit velocity: 111.4 mph Distance: 389 ft #Marlins
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Josh Bell's Marlins career thus far .323/.400/.677/1.077 with three home runs and seven RBIs #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
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#Marlins walk-off win!!! After two hours of a dormant Marlins offense, the back-to-back homers of Josh Bell and Jazz Chisholm Jr. got the offense going and in extra innings, we saw pure craziness. This recap may take a while, but it’ll be out tonight. @FishOnFirst
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Ivan Herrera just took Cody Mincey deep to take the 5-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. Exit velocity: 102.3 miles per hour Distance: 384 feet #SerieDelCaribe2024
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Kevin Barral
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According to Jon Morosi, he expects Jean Segura to play 2nd base while Jazz Chisholm Jr. moves to shortstop and Miguel Rojas goes “into more a utility role.” According to Craig Mish and Jim Bowden they expect Segura to be the teams opening day 3rd basemen. Interesting development
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Max Meyer has made the Miami Marlins Opening Day roster per @CraigMish Spring training stats: 3 G, 0.00 ERA, 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 5 SO Meyer becomes the only right-handed pitcher in the rotation. He only made two starts in 2022 and is returning from Tommy John surgery. #Marlins
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Victor Mesa Jr. through 18 games this season with AAA-Jacksonville: .319/.375/.542/.917 with four home runs and 14 RBIs #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
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Per source, Xavier Edwards will be hitting lead-off and playing shortstop for the first time this season for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
1 year
I can confirm that Miami Marlins 18th round pick Tristan Dietrich will not be signing with Miami and will honor his commitment to play with FIU. #Marlins
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11 months
Newly acquired third baseman Jake Burger is ready to join a team that is looking to make the playoffs in 2023. #Marlins @Burgatron13
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Kevin Barral
1 year
This is great. Can we repeat this tomorrow?
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Daniel Álvarez-Montes
1 year
Tonight’s paid attendance: 24,668. Great crowd on Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Heritage Night.
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First major league double for Dane Myers. He has gotten off to a great start. #Marlins
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Miami Marlins and competitive balance round draft pick Thomas White agree to terms at $4.1M per sources. Significant overslot. #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
2 years
Eury Perez, Max Meyer, and Sandy Alcantara all pitch tonight
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Kevin Barral
11 months
Update: Newly acquired pitcher Ryan Weathers has been scratched as the starter tonight. He was expected to make his Marlins organizational debut tonight. #Marlins
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Kevin Barral
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I do want to acknowledge Garrett Cooper and how great he was with the media. He has been a class act in this organization and before the trade, he was the longest tenured Marlin. Wishing him nothing but the best with the Padres and moving forward in his career. #Marlins
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