Offishial news, 4/18/22: Sánchez solidifies CF; Pablo’s changeup grip; Northern Fish

Today’s Marlins news roundup also includes picks for Fish Prospects of the Week and an outrageous Elieser Hernandez stat.

Sunday’s minor league scores: Triple-A Jacksonville won, 8-1; Double-A Pensacola lost, 1-0 (F/11); High-A Beloit won, 3-2; Low-A Jupiter won, 4-3. Peyton Burdick drew four walks and stole three bases—those are new single-game career highs for him in both categories. The beefy outfielder now has 16 runs scored in 2022, which leads all of Minor League Baseball.
Burdick is best known for his plus power. With that in mind, I created a highlight reel of his 10 longest minor league home runs. Subscribe to Fish Stripes on YouTube!

Audio issues foiled my attempt to post Monday’s regularly scheduled episode of The Offishial Show. Ordinarily, that’s where I will be announcing my Fish Prospects of the Week selections, so I’ll share them here instead: Burdick and Pensacola right-hander Bryan Hoeing.
The Marlins currently have 21.7% odds of making the 2022 playoffs, 3.5% odds of winning the National League East division and 0.8% odds of a World Series title, according to FanGraphs. At this time a week ago, those percentages were 28.1%, 4.8% and 1.2%, respectively.
Throughout the offseason, the Marlins were not shy about their interest in acquiring a starting-caliber center fielder from outside the organization. After striking out in that pursuit, they turned to Jesús Sánchez as a fallback plan. All he’s done since then is perform like one of the best center fielders in baseball. New articles from Joe Frisaro (Man On Second Baseball) , Christina De Nicola (MLB.com) and Jordan McPherson (Miami Herald) dive deeper into that exciting development.
Revisiting our Fish Stripes LIVE Marlins vs. Phillies series predictions: Noah Berger correctly had the Marlins winning three of four games while Sánchez earned a point for Daniel Rodriguez as the series MVP.
A prolific vlogger, new Marlins infielder Hayden Cantrelle posted a 10-minute video about getting suddenly traded over from the Brewers. Cantrelle has started off well as Pensacola’s second baseman, slashing .226/.314/.581 through seven games.

From the random stats department, Elieser Hernandez is the only active pitcher with a 1.000 winning percentage against the Phils after a minimum of four career decisions. He has a combined 4-16 record (.200 W-L%) against all of the other MLB teams.
Jesús Luzardo tells El Extrabase (in Spanish) that he’s interested in playing for Venezuela in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Most of the tournament will be hosted at LoanDepot Park.
Pablo López demonstrated his changeup grip on the Bally Sports Florida Marlins Live pregame show.
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