He baseball will be back soon in Miamibut in the meantime, the preparations in the surroundings of the city continue and the Marlins They will play their first spring challenge this Saturday at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, where the new leader Clayton McCullough hopes to start trying some pieces heading to the opening challenge of the campaign.
The fish, which come from a disappointing 2024 campaign in which they ended last in the East Division of the National League with 62-100 record, the Cardinals of San Luis will be measured in this initial clash of the Spring Training and the Mexican Valente Bellozo, who did not even be part of the organization a year ago, will be in charge of launching the serpentines by those of the south of the southern Florida.
The clash, which plans to start at 1:10 pm, will have a beautiful in the mound that reached the currency via change from the Houston stars shortly after the 2024 season climbed the curtain. The right divided its time between the minors (66.0 IP) and the largest (68.2) in the previous contest and looked better in the maximum scenario, in which it left an effectiveness of 3.67, instead of 4.64 that reaped between double A and Triple A.
In this first allocation, Azteca only plans to work during one or two innings, which means that a good number of Marlins pitchers are scheduled to get into the morrito on Saturday.
Although it is just the first spring comparison, it is a great opportunity for beautiful, since Marlins have a recent history that shows that they have tried to maximize opportunities for pitchers with the assignment of opening the first spring challenge; They are usually being seriously considered for the roster of the opening day of the season.
Jordan Yamamoto opened the first game of the team in 2020, Daniel Castano did the same in 2021, Braxton Garrett in 2023 and Ryan Weathers last year.
When is the opening day?
The Marlins will play the first official game of the coming campaign on Thursday, March 27, when they receive Pittsburgh pirates at the Loan Depot Park.
The team has several activities planned for fans who attend the stadium that day and the legend of American football, Dan Marino, will be responsible for performing the ceremonial launch.
