The Marlins are rolling into the season with tough competition in the NL East, including the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. The New York Mets are making some moves as well.
You'd have to figure that Janson Junk took at least a little time to celebrate having been named to the Miami Marlins' Opening Day roster and starting rotation ahead of the 2026 season — and with good reason.
NL East teams are battling injury troubles heading into the 2026 season. Miami won’t have two of its outfielders to begin the year, while the Phillies will officially be without Orion Kerkering.
As Spring Training opens for 2026, all 30 teams have high hopes and big questions. These are the storylines to follow for each team heading into Opening Day.
The Miami Marlins will be without All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers for the first 3-4 weeks of the regular season due to a hamstring injury. The team announced on Sunday that Stowers will be placed on the injured list.
Marlins fans received tough news regarding their outfield mix today, as Christina De Nicola of MLB.com was among those to relay that star outfielder Kyle Stowers will open the season on the injured list.
Longtime MLB.com writer Mike Petriello listed Agustín Ramírez as a batter who could make a leap at the plate this season, and he nailed it. The Miami Marlins catcher smashes 21 homers and 33 doubles over his 136-game rookie campaign.
The Miami Marlins are wrapping up spring training in Jupiter, Fla. On Saturday, they gave their fifth starter, Janson Junk, a spin in the rotation. It was an uneven performance.
Both Kyle Stowers and Esteury Ruiz left the Marlins’ Grapefruit League games on Friday due to injury concerns, with Stowers departing due to right hamstring
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
Things can change quickly in spring training. Just ask the Miami Marlins about left field. In one evening, the starting left fielder for opening day became an open question and perhaps the most glaring question the Marlins must answer in the next week.
After a long spring training that had the World Baseball Classic mixed in between, the 2026 MLB season is right around the corner. The Miami Marlins entered Friday night's Grapefruit League play with two split-squad games one week from Opening Day on March 27 against the Colorado Rockies in South Florida.
The starting rotation is pivotal to any Major League Baseball franchise's success, and it's no different for the Miami Marlins. The Marlins have one of the better starting pitchers in the league in Sandy Alcantara, and he's been revealed to take the ball on opening day for the crew.
The Marlins announced Friday that left-hander Braxton Garrett has been optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville. Manager Clayton McCullough confirmed to the team’s beat that righty Janson Junk will open the season as Miami’s fifth starter (via Kevin Barral of Fish On First).
Kemp Alderman is one of the Miami Marlins' top prospects who isn't getting as much attention. Alderman can still make an impact on this team in the future.
The Miami Marlins have spent the past few seasons building around pitching. As Opening Day approaches, the biggest question facing the organization has nothing to do with the mound.
Last season, the Miami Marlins surprised a lot of people under first-year manager Clayton McCullough. One year after suffering 100 losses, the Marlins finished just four games out of the final National League wild-card spot behind the Cincinnati Reds.
The Miami Marlins have officially reassigned one of their top prospects, Robby Snelling, to minor league camp. Snelling was trying to do everything he could to land a spot in the rotation, but his opportunity will have to wait as he continues to develop. The 22-year-old left-hander knows that nothing will be given to him.
The Miami Marlins made a handful of trades this offseason, but none were more important than the acquisition of Owen Caissie from the Chicago Cubs. Caissie has a tremendously high ceiling, and the Marlins gave away an established pitcher for him, banking on that potential to be reached.
Max Meyer is expected to be a starter for the Miami Marlins in 2026. After undergoing left hip surgery last June, the pitcher has made a full recovery and reported to camp healthy and ready to go.
The Miami Marlins are seeing that the ballpark has been filled this month due to the World Baseball Classic. The USA-Venezuela classic final brought in 36,190 fans.
The Atlanta Gladiators have added size and versatility to their forward group, signing two-way forward Joseph “Joe” Mack ahead of the final stretch of the 2025–26 season.
The 2025 season was a good one for Miami, as the Marlins weren’t eliminated from postseason contention until the final week. That was a significant improvement from 2024.
The Miami Marlins today are facing the Toronto Blue Jays at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Janson Junk gets the ball, bringing in a 0-1 record with a 3.00 ERA.
Mark DeRosa’s Team USA’s World Baseball Classic campaign nearly spun off the rails, and the drama didn’t stop on the field. The Americans were stunned 8-6 by Italy in Pool B, a result that left the defending champions sweating over tiebreakers and outside help just to survive group play.
With so much excitement and anticipation surrounding this Miami Marlins ball club, it gives fans even more reason to keep a close eye on what’s happening daily down in Jupiter, Florida, as the team prepares for Opening Day.