Miami Marlins minor league players
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Miami Marlins system:
Players
Bryson Brigman
Bryson Michael Brigman is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Miami Marlins organization.Brigman graduated from Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California in 2014. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 40th round of the 2014 MLB draft, but did not sign and instead chose to enroll at the University of San Diego where he played college baseball for the San Diego Toreros. As a freshman at USD in 2015, he slashed.339/.395/.436 with two home runs and 28 RBIs in 55 games and was named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year. After the 2015 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2016, as a sophomore, he missed nine games due to a sports hernia, but still played in 47 games, hitting.372 with 22 RBIs and 17 stolen bases. After his sophomore year, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft, and signed for $700,000.
After signing, Brigman made his professional debut with the Everett AquaSox where he hit.260 with 19 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 68 games. He spent 2017 with the Clinton LumberKings where he batted.235 with two home runs, 36 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases in 120 games, and he began 2018 with the Modesto Nuts, with whom he was named a California League All-Star.
On July 31, 2018, Brigman was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Cameron Maybin. He was assigned to the Jupiter Hammerheads and was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in late August. In 127 total games played between Modesto, Jupiter, and Jacksonville, he slashed.310/.370/.395 with three home runs, 49 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases. Brigman returned to Jacksonville to begin 2019, while also spending time with Jupiter during the year. Over 118 games between the two clubs, he slashed.253/.337/.326 with two home runs and 28 RBIs.
Edward Cabrera
Cabrera signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast Marlins, going 2–6 with a 4.21 ERA over 47 innings. He played 2017 with the Batavia Muckdogs, pitching to a 1–3 record and a 5.30 ERA over 13 games, and 2018 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, compiling a 4–8 record with a 4.22 ERA over 22 starts.
Cabrera started 2019 with the Jupiter Hammerheads, earning Florida State League All-Star honors, before being promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Over 19 starts between both clubs, Cabrera went 9–4 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 116 over innings.
Cabrera was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
Daniel Castano
Daniel Alexander Castano is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Castano attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. During his senior year, he posted a 6-3 record with a 1.03 ERA over innings over 11 appearances. He was also named District MVP along with Team MVP. After graduating from Lake Travis, Castano enrolled at Baylor University where he played three years of college baseball for the Baylor Bears. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2016, his junior year, he pitched to a 4-5 record with a 4.64 ERA in 14 games started for Baylor. After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with St. Louis and was assigned to the Johnson City Cardinals.
Castano spent all of 2016, his first professional season, with Johnson City, posting a 6.19 ERA along with a 2-5 record in 12 games. In 2017, he played for the State College Spikes, where he greatly improved, pitching to a 9-3 record and a 2.57 ERA over 14 starts, earning New York-Penn League All-Star honors.
On December 13, 2017, Castano was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder Marcell Ozuna. He began the 2018 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads, and also spent time with the Gulf Coast Marlins and the Greensboro Grasshoppers during the year. Over 24 games between the three teams, he went 9-12 with a 3.93 ERA. He returned to Jupiter to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in May. Over thirty games between the two clubs, Castano pitched to a 7-4 record with a 3.48 ERA, striking out 104 batters over 119 innings.
Jazz Chisholm
Jasrado "Jazz" Hermis Arrington Chisholm is a Bahamian professional baseball shortstop in the Miami Marlins organization.Chisholm signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Missoula Osprey and spent the whole season there, batting.281 with nine home runs and 37 RBIs along with 13 stolen bases in 62 games. Chisholm played for the Great Britain national team during the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. Chisholm spent 2017 with the Kane County Cougars, but was limited due to injury. In 29 games for Kane County he posted a.248 average with a home run and 12 RBIs. He began 2018 with Kane County and was promoted to the Visalia Rawhide in July. In 112 games between both teams, he batted.272 with 25 home runs and 70 RBIs. Chisholm began 2019 with the Jackson Generals.
On July 31, 2019, the Diamondbacks traded Chisholm to the Marlins for Zac Gallen. He was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, with whom he finished the year. Over 112 games between Jackson and Jacksonville, Chisholm slashed.220/.321/.441 with 21 home runs, 54 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases.
Chisholm was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
José Devers
José Rodolfo Devers is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the Miami Marlins organization.Devers was signed as an international free agent by the New York Yankees in 2016. He made his professional debut in 2017, playing for both the Dominican Summer League Yankees and the Gulf Coast League Yankees, posting a combined.245 batting average with one home run, 16 RBIs and 16 stolen bases in 53 games between both teams.
On December 11, 2017, Devers was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and cash considerations. He spent 2018 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, batting.273 with 24 RBIs in 85 games. He also played in two games for the Jupiter Hammerheads during the season. Devers returned to Jupiter to begin 2019. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the season.
Devers' cousin, Rafael Devers, is also a professional baseball player.
Lewin Díaz
Lewin José Díaz is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman in the Miami Marlins organization.Díaz signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent on November 21, 2013. He played for the DSL Twins in 2014, hitting.257/.385/.451/.836 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI. He split the 2015 season between the GCL Twins and the Elizabethton Twins, hitting a combined.233/.322/.371/.693 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI. He returned to Elizabethton in 2016, and hit.310/.353/.575/.928 with 9 home runs and 37 RBI. He played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2017, hitting.292/.329/.444/.773 with 12 home runs and 68 RBI. He spent the 2018 season with the Fort Myers Miracle, hitting.224/.255/.344/.599 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI. He opened the 2019 season back with Fort Myers, before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on June 19. Between the two teams, he hit a combined.294/.336/.553/.889 with 19 home runs and 62 RBI.
On July 27, 2019, Díaz was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Sergio Romo, Chris Vallimont, and a PTBNL. He was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp following the trade. Over 31 games with Jacksonville, he batted.200 with eight home runs.
Díaz was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
Joe Dunand
Joseph Alexander Dunand Jr. is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Miami Marlins organization.Dunand attended Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. After his senior year, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 35th round of the 2014 MLB draft. He did not sign, instead enrolling at North Carolina State University. He played college baseball as a shortstop for the NC State Wolfpack. In 2017, his junior year, he hit.289 with 16 home runs. The Miami Marlins selected Dunand with the 51st overall selection of the 2017 MLB draft. Dunand signed with the Marlins, receiving a $1.2 million signing bonus. He made his professional debut that year and spent his first professional season with both the Jupiter Hammerheads and the GCL Marlins, slashing.370/.471/.667 with one home run and five doubles in eight games between the two teams.
Dunand began 2018 with Jupiter. After batting.263 with seven home runs and 42 RBIs in 66 games, he was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He finished the year with Jacksonville, hitting.212 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 61 games. He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season, slashing.242/.314/.333 with five home runs and 42 RBIs over 130 games.
Dunand's uncle is Alex Rodriguez.
Jerar Encarnación
Jerar Luis Encarnación is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization.Encarnación signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in September 2015. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Marlins in 2016.
Encarnación played 2017 with the Gulf Coast Marlins, 2018 with the Batavia Muckdogs and Greensboro Grasshoppers and 2019 with the Clinton LumberKings and Jupiter Hammerheads. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.
Encarnación was invited to Spring Training by the Marlins in 2020.
Jordan Guerrero
Jordan Andrew Guerrero is an American professional baseball starting pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Guerrero attended Moorpark High School in Moorpark, California, where he played for the school's baseball team. He committed to attend Yavapai College to play college baseball, and graduated from Moorpark in 2012. The Chicago White Sox selected him in the 15th round, with the 471st overall selection, of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. Guerrero signed with the White Sox rather than attend college.
Guerrero pitched nine innings for the Bristol White Sox in 2012 after he signed, giving up three earned. He returned to Bristol in 2013, but was shut down with shoulder tendinitis after five games and missed the remainder of the season. In 2014, he pitched for the Kannapolis Intimidators as a relief pitcher, so that the White Sox could lessen his workload. In 27 games for Kannapolis he pitched to a 6-2 record and 3.46 ERA. He returned to starting in 2015 with Kannapolis before receiving a mid-season promotion to the Winston-Salem Dash. In 25 starts between the two teams he was 13-4 with a 3.08 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. Guerrero spent 2016 with the Birmingham Barons where he posted a 7-8 record and 4.83 ERA in 25 starts, and he returned to Birmingham in 2017, going 7-12 with a 4.18 ERA in another 25 starts. He began 2018 back with Birmingham, and was later promoted to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights, where he recorded a 7-2 record and 3.46 ERA in 12 starts. In 2019, pitching for the Charlotte Knights, Guerrero struggled to a 3-7 record with a 7.27 ERA, leading to his release on July 23, 2019.
On July 28, 2019, Guerrero signed a minor league deal with the Miami Marlins and was assigned to the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
Jorge Guzmán
Jorge Guzmán Florentino is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Guzmán signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in June 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Astros and also played for the Gulf Coast Astros that season, posting a combined 5.04 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched between both teams. In 2016, he played for the Gulf Coast Astros and Greeneville Astros and pitched to a combined 3-4 record and 4.05 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 40 innings pitched between both clubs.
On November 17, 2016, Guzmán was traded from the Astros, along with Albert Abreu, to the New York Yankees for Brian McCann. He spent the 2017 season with the Staten Island Yankees where he posted a 5-3 record and 2.30 ERA in 13 games started.
On December 11, 2017, Guzmán was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and cash considerations. He spent the 2018 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads, going 0-9 with a 4.03 ERA in 21 starts.
The Marlins added Guzmán to their 40-man roster after the season. He spent 2019 with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, going 7-11 with a 3.50 ERA over 25 games, striking out 127 over innings.
Michael Mader
Michael Christopher Mader is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins organization.Mader attended Marianna High School in Marianna, Florida, and Chipola College. At Chipola, Mader was named the Panhandle Conference Pitcher of the Year as a freshman.
The Miami Marlins selected Mader in the third round, with the 105th overall selection, of the 2014 MLB draft. After signing with the Marlins, Mader played for the Batavia Muckdogs, and was named a midseason all-star. In 12 starts for Batavia, he went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA. Mader played for the Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2015 and compiled a 6-12 record with a 4.73 ERA in 27 starts. Mader began the 2016 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads.
On August 6, 2016, the Marlins traded Mader and Anfernee Seymour to the Atlanta Braves for Hunter Cervenka. The Braves assigned Mader to the Mississippi Braves. In 27 total games between Jupiter and Mississippi, he pitched to a 7-9 record, 3.25 ERA, and a 1.23 WHIP. Mader returned to Mississippi in 2017 as a reliever and spent all season there, posting a 5-5 record and 4.18 ERA in 35 games, striking out 57 batters in 64.2 innings. In 2018, he split time between Mississippi and the Gwinnett Stripers, pitching to a 7-4 record with a 3.71 ERA in 30 games between the two clubs. He returned to Mississippi to begin 2019.
On April 26, 2019, Mader was released by the Braves. In May 2019, he signed with the Marlins.
Humberto Mejía
Humberto Albert Mejía is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Mejía signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent on September 16, 2013. He did not appear in a professional game until 2015 when he played for the DSL Marlins, and went 3–3 with a 1.69 ERA over innings. He split the 2016 season between the GCL Marlins and the Batavia Muckdogs, going 4–5 with a 2.90 ERA over innings. Mejía missed the 2017 season due to injury. He returned to Batavia in 2018, going 1–6 with a 3.30 ERA over innings. He split the 2019 season between the Clinton LumberKings and the Jupiter Hammerheads, going a combined 5–2 with a 2.09 ERA over innings.
Mejía was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
Víctor Mesa Jr.
Víctor Mesa Jr. is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization.Mesa is the son of Víctor Mesa and the younger brother of Víctor Víctor Mesa. Mesa and his brother defected from Cuba in 2018. After they were declared free agents, both Mesa brothers signed with the Marlins on October 22. Mesa received a $1 million signing bonus.
Mesa made his professional debut in 2019 with the Gulf Coast League Marlins, batting.284/.366/.398 with one home run, 24 RBIs, and seven stolen bases over 47 games.
Brian Miller
Brian Christopher Miller is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins organization.Miller attended Millbrook High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He committed to play college baseball for the University of North Carolina at Asheville, but decommitted when the school's coach was fired. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and walked on to the North Carolina Tar Heels. In 2017, his junior year, he hit.343 with seven home runs and 49 RBIs in 63 games. The Miami Marlins selected Miller with the 36th overall selection of the 2017 MLB draft. Miller signed with the Marlins, receiving a $1,888,800 signing bonus.
The Marlins assigned Miller to the Greensboro Grasshoppers where he posted a.322 batting average with one home run, 28 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases in 57 games. He began 2018 with the Jupiter Hammerheads, with whom he was named a Florida State League All-Star, before being promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in June. In 128 games between both clubs, he batted.295/.338/.355 with 43 RBIs and forty stolen bases. He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season, earning Southern League All-Star honors. Over 120 games, Miller slashed.265/.326/.354 with two home runs, 39 RBIs, and 22 stolen bases.
McKenzie Mills
McKenzie Valentine Mills is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.Drafted out of Sprayberry High School in the 18th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals, Mills forwent college to sign a professional contract. He signed with Washington and spent 2014 with the GCL Nationals where he went 1–2 with a 5.87 ERA in 23 innings pitched. In 2015, he played for the Nationals and the Auburn Doubledays, posting a combined 0–5 record and 7.27 ERA in 12 total games between the two teams, and in 2016, he returned to Auburn, pitching to a 4–5 record, 3.71 ERA and 1.33 WHIP in 12 starts. Mills began 2017 with the Hagerstown Suns and was named to the South Atlantic League's All-Star Game roster, although he opted not to participate in the game. Writing for MASN, Luke Erickson described the left-hander as enjoying a "breakout season" through the first half of the 2017 season, as he posted a 2.31 ERA with 85 strikeouts and a 0.87 WHIP over 81⅔ innings as a starting pitcher through the end of June.
The Nationals traded Mills to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 28, 2017, for Howie Kendrick. Philadelphia assigned him to the Clearwater Threshers and he finished the season there. In 21 combined starts between Hagerstown and Clearwater, he collected a 12–3 record and 3.22 ERA with 134 strikeouts in 120 total innings pitched between both clubs. He began 2018 with Clearwater.
The Phillies traded Mills to the Miami Marlins on August 10, 2018, for Justin Bour. Mills was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and finished the season there. In 24 games between Clearwater and Jacksonville, he was 2-8 with a 4.23 ERA. He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season, pitching to a 1-8 record with a 5.36 ERA over 28 games, striking out 74 over 84 innings. He was released on July 3, 2020.
On July 10. 2020. Mills signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
Cody Poteet
Cody Austin Poteet is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Poteet attended Christian High School in El Cajon, California. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB draft, but chose to enroll at UCLA and play baseball for the Bruins instead of signing with the Nationals. In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior at UCLA, he appeared in 27 games and pitched to a 7-1 record with a 2.45 ERA; he was also second for the Bruins in strikeouts with 68 over innings. After the year, he was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2015 MLB draft.
Poteet signed with the Marlins for $488,700 and was assigned to the Batavia Muckdogs where he posted a 2.13 ERA in innings pitched. In 2016, he played for the Greensboro Grasshoppers where he started 24 games, pitching to a 4-9 record with a 2.91 ERA, and in 2017, he pitched with the Jupiter Hammerheads and posted a 3-7 record with a 4.16 ERA in 16 games, earning Florida State League All-Star honors. In 2018, he played with both Jupiter and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, pitching to a combined 4-15 record and 4.98 ERA over 26 games between both teams. He returned to Jacksonville to begin 2019, where he was named a Southern League All-Star, and was promoted to the New Orleans Baby Cakes in June. Over 23 starts between the two clubs, he went 7-6 with a 3.56 ERA, striking out 92 over innings.
Jesús Sánchez
Sánchez signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent in June 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Rays and spent the whole season there, slashing.335/.382/.498 with four home runs and 45 RBIs in 61 games. Sánchez played 2016 with the Gulf Coast Rays and Princeton Rays, compiling a combined.329 batting average with seven home runs, 39 RBIs, and a.900 OPS in 56 total games between the two teams, and 2017 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods where he batted.305 with 15 home runs and 82 RBIs in 117 games.
Sánchez began 2018 with the Charlotte Stone Crabs. He was named to the 2018 MLB Futures Game and played for the World team. Sánchez was also named the Charlotte Stone Crabs MVP for the 2018 season after batting.301/.331/.462 with ten home runs and 64 RBIs in ninety games. He also played in 27 games for the Montgomery Biscuits at the end of the year, hitting.214.
The Rays added Sánchez to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He began 2019 with Montgomery.
On July 31, 2019, Sánchez and Ryne Stanek were traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Nick Anderson and Trevor Richards.
Will Stewart
William A. Stewart is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.Stewart attended Hazel Green High School in Hazel Green, Alabama. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Stewart in the 20th round, with the 694th overall selection, of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Phillies, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at Wallace State Community College.
After signing, Stewart was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Phillies where he went 1–0 with a 4.79 ERA over relief innings pitched. He returned to the GCL in 2016, pitching to a 2–3 record and 4.06 ERA in 11 games, and in 2017, he played with the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League where he posted a 4–2 record with a 4.18 ERA in 13 starts. In 2018, he pitched for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League, where he was named a South Atlantic League All-Star. In twenty starts for the season, he pitched to an 8–1 record with a 2.06 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP.
On February 7, 2019, the Phillies traded Stewart, Jorge Alfaro, Sixto Sanchez, and $250,000 of international signing bonus pool money to the Miami Marlins for J. T. Realmuto. He spent the 2019 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, going 6–12 with a 5.43 ERA over 23 games.