Marlins news: Opening Day stats & notes; first Flashback Friday
Today’s Marlins news roundup also gets you ready for Triple-A Jacksonville’s first game of 2023.
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- In their Marlins regular season debuts, Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, JT Chargois retired both batters he faced and Jean Segura went 0-for-3 with a walk.
- There were five shutouts thrown on Opening Day, one shy of the MLB record.
- No doubt aided by new MLB rules, stolen base attempts and efficiency were both way, way up on Thursday compared to Opening Day 2022 (h/t Alex Fast, Pitcher List).
- Justin Verlander landed on the injured list with a low-grade teres major strain. Not a long-term concern, but instead of facing him twice over the next week as originally scheduled, the Marlins get a lucky break.
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- Old friends Jesús Aguilar (Athletics), Brian Anderson (Brewers), Pablo López (Twins), Miguel Rojas (Dodgers) and Cole Sulser (Diamondbacks) made their first regular season appearances with their new teams.
- Glenn Geffner took a more comprehensive look at how former Marlins have dispersed across the majors.
- According to STATS LLC, the average age of the Marlins Opening Day roster was 11th-highest among MLB teams.
- Marlins Minor League Baseball returns tonight! Daniel Castano is Triple-A Jacksonville’s probable starter against Gwinnett (Braves affiliate).
- Marlins alumni Jeff Conine, Alex Arias, Orestes Destrade and Luis Aquino will be involved in tonight’s Flashback Friday festivities at LoanDepot Park.
- Mike Ferguson revisited home runs that Moises Alou, Emilio Bonifacio, Jacob Stallings and many others hit on Opening Day in their Marlins debuts.
- Stephen Strom has joined the Marlins Radio broadcast team. Hear him on their pregame and postgame coverage, including the Marlins Rewind podcast series.
