The 100: A Miami Marlins Season Review

Throughout the 2018 season, Marlin Maniac is featuring every single player in the system, and their performance during the last season. It’s a 286-part series, and we’ve completed 100 so far. Here they are, in all their glory.

Click on the players’ name to visit the dedicated story for each. Here’s the first 10.

Davis Bradshaw

Bradshaw hit .354 across two levels for the Batavia Muckdogs and the GCL Marlins. He’s maybe the biggest wildcard in the Miami Marlins system provided his hit tool translates to success at higher levels.

Alex Wimmers

Wimmers pitched to a 9.82 ERA in four games before getting released by the New Orleans Baby Cakes.

Joseph Gilma

Released now, Gilma hit .205 in 74 games over the last two years for the DSL Marlins.

Michael Mertz

Last season between the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Mertz struck out 60 in 57 2/3 innings. He’ll start 2019 with the Clinton LumberKings.

Isael Soto

Soto missed most of 2015 and all of 2017 with injuries, which caused him to fall off of the Miami Marlins Top 30 Pipeline. In 2018, he hit .230 for the Grasshoppers, but clubbed 15 homers with 69 RBI.

Garvis Lara

In 82 games for Greensboro, Lara hit .217 while fielding .971 at second base. He also appeared in at least 11 games at each of the other three infield spots, conjuring comparison to uber-utility-infielder Miguel Rojas.

Jandel Paulino

Paulino hit .205 in 53 games for the DSL Marlins, but only made one error in 48 contests in left field.

Corey Bird

Bird missed most of the season with a series of injuries, hitting .215 in 34 games with the Hammerheads. He drew 20 walks in 145 plate appearances to post a .329 OBP.

Aaron Knapp

Knapp slashed .247/.386/.314 between Greensboro and Jupiter in 2018, then he got released on August 8th despite his 17.6 percent walk rate.

Luis Arcaya

A catcher from Venezuela, Arcaya just completed his third minor league season in the Miami Marlins system. He’s put up a .199 average in 58 games over those three seasons, with a solid .989 fielding percentage with a 32 percent kill-rate on runners trying to steal.

Brandon Barker

Barker got shelled in a short look with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, then turned around and retired. No looking back for this guy!

Chad Smith

Smith saved 12 games for the Hammerheads in 2018, pitching to a 3.57 ERA in 30 games. He struck out 45 in 35 innings for a frightening 11.46 K/9 rate.

Lewis Brinson

Brinson underwhelmed in his major league debut, slashing .199/.240/.338 in 109 contests. He led the National League with nine outfield errors and stole only two bases in three tries. Despite that, he still clubbed 11 home runs and still has an all-star ceiling if he can manage to select his pitches a little better.

Jordan Yamamoto

Yamamoto, part of the Christian Yelich Milwaukee Brewers bounty, impressed at every level of play for the Miami Marlins in 2018. He went 6-1 with a 1.83 ERA between the Hammerheads, the Jumbo Shrimp, and the GCL Marlins, pitching to a 0.83 WHIP and 85 K’s in 68 2/3 innings.

Chad Wallach

The major-league pedigreed Wallach went eight-for-45 in 15 major league contests with the Miami Marlins, with 23 strikeouts in 52 plate appearances. Defensively, he threw out three-of-seven basestealers, carrying the torch of defensive excellence lit by J.T. Realmuto and Bryan Holaday.

Yeremin Lara

Lara struck out 58 in a team-second 57 2/3 innings with the DSL Marlins in 2018. He gave up 43 hits and a 2.50 ERA in 14 games, finishing with a 1.04 WHIP.

Ethan Clark

Clark pitched in 16 games between the Grasshoppers and the Hammerheads in 2018, with a 4.19 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings.

Chris Mazza

Mazza struck out 16 batters in 22 innings between the New Orleans Baby Cakes and the Jumbo Shrimp, then got released on May 19th. Later in the season, the Seattle Mariners picked him up on a minor league deal, and reaped the rewards. He had a 1.33 ERA over four starts, with 23 K’s and a 0.70 WHIP in 27 innings of work.

Pablo Garcia

Garcia went 15-for-54 in 19 games catching for the Muckdogs, throwing out 27 percent of baserunners.

Brian Miller

Miami’s competitive balance “A” round pick in 2017, Miller has risen quickly through the minors to the double-A level with Jacksonville. Last season between the Hammerheads and the Shrimp, he slashed .295/.338/.355. He’s also stolen 61 bases in 185 professional games, getting caught only 19 times.

Demetrius Sims

Sims hit .227 in 57 games for the Muckdogs in 2018, putting up a .940 fielding percentage at shortstop.

Brian Anderson

Third baseman Anderson was putting together a legitimate rookie-of-the-year campaign through the first three months of the season. Even with a slight tailoff through the second half, he still led NL rookies in many statistical categories. In 156 games between third base and right field, he slashed .273/.357/.400 with 11 homers and 65 RBI.

Sharif Othman

Othman completed his eighth season in the minors with his seventh season in the Miami Marlins system. Between the Shrimp and the Cakes, he hit .190 over 59 games, with three homers and 20 RBI.

Remey Reed

Reed struck out seven in five innings for Greensboro in a season derailed by injuries. Look for him in 2019 with the Clinton LumberKings.

Jose Quijada

Quijada has excelled at every minor league level for the Miami Marlins starting in 2014. Overall, he’s 17-14 with a 2.79 ERA in 135 games, with 282 strikeouts in 249 innings. He’s held the opposition to a 1.08 WHIP. Opponents hit just .171 against him in 2018 while he pitched for the Jumbo Shrimp and the Baby Cakes. Not currently protected on the 40-man roster, he’s sure to leave via the rule five draft if the Miami Marlins don’t come to their senses.

Chris Diaz

Diaz spent the last season-and-a-half in the Miami Marlins system between the Shrimp and the Baby Cakes. He hit .206 this year playing mostly at shortstop, but also spent time at first, second, third, left, and right field.

Brandon Miller

The Miami Marlins got Miller from the Seattle Mariners along with Brayan Hernandez, Pablo Lopez, and Lukas Schiraldi for Dan Phelps. The Marlins won this one already, as Phelps contributed just 0.2 WAR to the major league team before getting free agency two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the Marlins have already gotten 0.4 WAR out of the group (from Hernandez) and they’re #JustGettinStarted.

Cam Baird

Baird got picked in the 20th round this season by the Miami Marlins and got into 13 games with the GCL Marlins. He earned a 4.00 ERA over 18 innings, with 22 strikeouts and a 1.50 WHIP.

Brady Puckett

At 6’8″, Puckett is the tied with Tayron Guerrero as tallest player in the Marlins organization, one inch taller than Sean Reynolds.  Puckett posted an 8-5 record between the Grasshoppers, the Hammerheads, and the GCL Marlins, striking out 98 in 125 2/3 innings. He earned a 2.56 ERA while maintaining a 1.18 WHIP.

Severino Gonzalez

Gonzalez racked up a 5.61 ERA over 21 appearances with the Baby Cakes this year, with 23 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings. The Marlins released him on June 18th.

Nick Fortes

Fortes was chosen by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round in 2018, and split his first professional season between the GCL Marlins, the Muckdogs, and the Grasshoppers. The catcher went 14-for-62 in 19 contests, with 11 RBI. He also threw out eight-of-22 runners trying to steal, good for a 36 percent cut-down rate.

Elieser Hernandez

Acquired in the rule five draft from the Houston Astros, Hernandez needed to remain with the Miami Marlins parent club through the 2018 campaign or get sent back to Houston. Three separate injuries kept him out of the clubhouse for a large portion of the season anyway, but he did appear in 32 games for the Marlins, including six starts. He was 2-7 with a 5.21 ERA.

Michael Hernandez

Signed through free agency by the Marlins out of Nova Southeast in 2017, catcher Hernandez split 2018 between Greensboro and Jupiter. In 76 contests, he hit .179/.237/.280, striking out 114 times. Defensively, he threw out 31-of-110 basestealers.

Alvaro Montero

Montero just completed his second season with the DSL Marlins. In 2018, he posted the best average on the club, slashing .312/.430/.358 in 64 games.

Tomas Telis

Currently a free agent, Telis joined the Miami Marlins at the 2015 trading deadline with Cody Ege for Sam Dyson. He appeared with the parent club in four seasons, hitting .225/.266/.312 in 98 contests in total.

Nathan Alexander

Miami’s 24th pick in the 2018 draft, Alexander played in a dozen games for the GCL Marlins, striking out 22 in 18 innings.

Trevor Rogers

The 6’6″ Rogers went 2-7 over 17 starts for the Grasshoppers. The Miami Marlins first round selection in 2017, he whiffed 85 in 72 2/3 innings.

Yeuris Jimenez

Jimenez played in 11 games for the DSL Marlins in 2018, going 2-0 with a frightening 9.64 ERA and nine strikeouts in 14 frames.

Ynmanol Marinez

In a season split between two rookie levels, Marinez played mostly shortstop between the GCL Marlins and the DSL Marlins. He hit .247/.288/.293 in 65 contests, with nine stolen bases in 14 tries.

Chris Hoo

Hoo started his fifth season in the Miami Marlins system, then got released on May 29th. Soon afterward, he was signed to act as the Marlins major league bullpen catcher.

Adam Conley

Conley’s move to the bullpen has resulted in a six MPH average increase in velocity on all of his pitches. His H/9 rate and WHIP, 9.0 and 1.416 respectively through his major league career up to 2017, dropped drastically to 6.6 and 1.086, respectively.

Joe Strzelecki

A pitcher out of Nova University, Strzelecki was the Miami Marlins 34th round choice in 2018. In 11 contests for the rookie-level GCL Marlins, he went 1-2 with a 6.60 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 15 innings.

Connor Grant

Grant, who was chosen in the 21st round this year out of the College of Charleston, also went to the GCL Marlins. The rightfielder slashed .246/.320/.325 in 35 games, with 16 stolen bases in 19 attempts.

Tanner Andrews

Andrews was Miami’s 10th round choice out of Purdue in 2018. The reliever pitched for the GCL Marlins and for the Batavia Muckdogs, striking out 25 in 30 innings. He went 2-0 in 13 games, with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.200 WHIP.

Zach Wolf

Wolf, chosen in the 18th round this year, is a right-handed reliever out of Seattle College. Between the Muckdogs and the Grasshoppers, he pitched 21 2/3 innings, striking out 31 for a 12.9 K/9 rate. He also surrendered only 13 hits and pitched to a 1.015 WHIP, with a 2.08 ERA. Opposing batters hit just .165.

Colby Lusignan

Lusignan, who the Marlins picked in the 28th round back in 2016, was named player of the week three times in the final three months last season at his respective level. This year, he went six-for-30 in 10 games for the Shrimp, then got released.

Jan Mercado 

Mercado, a 13th round choice in 2017, spent the season with the DSL Marlins and hit .189/,283/.220 in 43 games at catcher and first base.

Roy Morales

Morales, picked in the 12th round in 2014, hit .255/.331/.297 in 46 games for the Hammerheads after completing his restricted substance suspension. The Marlins released him in July.

George Soriano

A righty pitcher for the DSL Marlins this season, Soriano posted a 1.91 ERA and a 0.874 WHIP in 42 1/3 innings. He appeared in 11 games, making three starts and earning one save while striking out 36 and walking only nine.

Jackson Rose

Rose was chosen in the 35th round in 2018 by the Miami Marlins. A righty pitcher, he struck out 13 in 11 innings, allowing seven walks and nine hits for a 1.455 WHIP.

Jarett Rindfleisch

Rindfleisch, a catcher out of Ball State, was Miami’s ninth round choice in 2016. Hampered by injuries this season, he slashed .290/.540/.323 in 13 games for the Grasshoppers. His OBP was aided by 11 walks and seven HBP.

Jonathan Chinchilla

Chinchilla completed his first professional campaign in 2018 wtih the DSL Marlins. He slashed out a .175/.264/.200 line in 28 games, playing catcher and first base.

Will Banfield

Another catcher, Banfield was Miami’s second round pick this season. In 39 games between the GCL Marlins and the Grasshoppers, he hit .238/.308/.378 while catching 279 innings of .997 fielding percentage quality backstopping. He also threw out 23-of-60 basestealers, good for a 38 percent kill-rate.

Harrison White

An outfielder from Laguna Niguel, CA, White went 0-for-11 to start out the 2018 season with Batavia, along with four bases-on-balls. After his release, he joined the Florence Freedom in the Frontier League.

Bryan Holaday

In his seventh major league season, Holaday led the National League by throwing out 45 percent of baserunners. He also provided 357 1/3 error free innings behind the plate, and passed only one ball. He also pitched twice and had two walkoff hits. In short, a pretty good number two catcher.

McKenzie Mills

The Miami Marlins got Mills in the Justin Bour trade with the Phillies. In four starts for the Jumbo Shrimp (his first look at double-A), he went 0-3 with an 8.10 ERA.

Robert Dugger

Dugger, who was acquired from Seattle in the Dee Gordon trade, went 10-7 between the Jumbo Shrimp and the Hammerheads. He struck out 141 in 150 2/3 innings through 25 starts, with a 1.215 WHIP.

Christopher Bostick

Bostick was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates late in the season, and for the Marlins he went three-for-14 with two walks and a double.

Nick Neidert

Also acquired in the Gordon deal, Neidert was the Marlins minor league pitcher of the year in 2018. In 26 starts for Jacksonville, he went 12-7 with a 3.24 ERA, 154 whiffs in 152 2/3 innings, and a 1.133 WHIP.

Junichi Tazawa

Tazawa, initially out of Yokahama, Japan, greatly underwhelmed in the second year of his contract. He allowed 13 walks and 28 hits in 20 innings for a WHIP north of two, with 24 K’s and a 9.00 ERA.

Jared Barnes

An eight-rounder in 2017 out of the University of South Alabama, Barnes missed most of 2018. In five games for the GCL Marlins, he went two-for-19.

Reilly Hovis

Hovis is a right-handed pitcher out of the University of North Carolina. In 2018, he pitched at three levels of Miami Marlins minor league ball, between the Grasshoppers, the Hammerheads, and the Jumbo Shrimp. In 37 games, he put up a 4.61 ERA and a 1.482 WHIP, along with 64 K’s in 54 2/3 innings.

Brad Ziegler

Submarine pitcher Ziegler completed his 11-season major league career with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before he left, he showed us his best and his worst, not necessarily in that order. Overall, he had a 3.98 ERA in 53 games, with a 1.269 WHIP.

Christopher Torres

Torres was yet another pilgrim from the Seattle Mariners system. He played most of 2018 with the Grasshoppers, and slashed .256/.389/.350 overall.

Stone Garrett

Garrett was an eighth-round pick from Sugar Land, Texas. He was the guy that former Miami Marlins prospect Josh Naylor stabbed in the hand. Last season with the Hammerheads, he slashed .243/.280/.371 in 64 games.

Rodrigo Ayarza

Ayarza was signed as a free agent for the 2018 season, and split the season between the Hammerheads and the Grasshoppers. Before getting released on August 7th, he slashed .212/.302/.308 in 57 games.

Daniel Paulino

Paulino followed a season with the DSL Marlins with the GCL Marlins. In 89 combined games, he hit .304/.400/.391 playing center and right field.

Geremy Galindez

Galindez, a Venezuelan right-handed reliever, has played two seasons for the Miami Marlins in the DSL. This year, he whiffed 32 in 28 innings over 21 appearances. He earned a 1.09 WHIP and a 2.86 ERA, going 4-3.

Eric Jagielo

Jagielo was the Miami Marlins everyday first baseman for Jacksonville. In 121 games he put up a .198/.265/.331 slashline.

Nestor Bautista

Now in his fifth season out of Ball State University, Bautista pitched in 37 contests for Greensboro. He struck out 89 in 75 innings, posting a 2.64 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. He should start next season with the Hammerheads.

Johnny Giavotella

Now retired, Giavotella played in 360 major league games before joining the Miami Marlins system in 2018. He was six-for-28 in 10 games for the Baby Cakes in April before joining the minor league system of the Chicago White Sox.

Tyler Cloyd

Cloyd spent the majority of the 2018 season with New Orleans, going 6-5 with a 5.17 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. In seven contests for the Miami Marlins, he put up an 8.66 ERA over 17 2/3 innings, earning a 1.98 WHIP.

J.T. Realmuto

The subject of most trade articles this offseason, Realmuto put together the complete season for the Miami Marlins in 2018. He hit a team-leading 21 homers in 125 games, slashing .277/.340/.484 with 74 RBI.

Luis Palacios

Palacios was a revelation at the rookie-level with the DSL Marlins. This season, he walked four and struck out 62 in 63 2/3 innings. His 0.597 WHIP led the 42-team circuit, and his 0.85 ERA was in the top five. He has yet to lose a game in his professional career, now at 12-0.

Jeff Kinley

Kinley split his 2018 between Jacksonville and New Orleans, going 4-3 with a 3.17 ERA. In 41 relief appearances, he struck out 53 in 59 2/3 innings, allowing only 39 hits for a 1.09 WHIP.

Tristan Pompey

Pompey, who the Miami Marlins chose in the third round out of Kentucky this season, played ball for three levels of the minor league system. Between the GCL Marlins, the Grasshoppers, and the Hammerheads, he slashed out a .299/.408/.397 line with three round-trippers and 23 RBI over 52 games.

Zach Sullivan

Sullivan started his fifth season in the Miami Marlins system this year. In 56 games between the Grasshoppers and the Hammerheads, he slashed .190/.220/.302. He was released from the system on July 7th.

Logan Boyd

Boyd joined the Muckdogs after three seasons in the Boston Red Sox organization. In three starts, he was 0-2 with a 2.81 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, and nine strikeouts in 16 innings. The Miami Marlins released him on June 28th.

Bryce Howe

Howe, chosen in the 18th round out of Oral Roberts University last season, split this year between Batavia and Greensboro. He made 29 appearances overall, including 10 starts for the Muckdogs before getting designated as a permanent reliever. He went 3-3 with a 2.66 ERA in total, striking out 71 in 74 innings and earning a 1.55 WHIP.

Denis Karas

Karas, who is a third baseman, played the 2018 season mostly with Batavia. A 10th round pick in 2017, for the Muckdogs this year he hit .223/.294/.310 in 55 contests.

Bryson Brigman

Yet another prospect from Seattle (for Cameron Maybin this time), Brigman played 29 games in the Miami Marlins system between the Hammerheads and the Jumbo Shrimp. Overall in 2018, he stole 21 bases in 27 tries, and slashed .310/.370/.395 in 127 games.

Eliezer Rodriguez

Rodriguez just completed his second season with the DSL Marlins. This year, he started in nine of his 10 pitching appearances, striking out 25 in 31 innings and earning a 3.48 ERA.

Ryan Lillie

Lillie was Miami’s fifth round choice in 2017 out of UC-Riverside. This season between the GCL Marlins (rehab stint), the Grasshoppers and the Hammerheads, he went 6-7 with a 3.44 ERA, 110 K’s in 116 2/3 innings, and a 1.10 WHIP.

Jhonaiker Osorio

Another catcher, Osorio went 25-for-118 at the rookie level with the DSL Marlins.

Javy Guerra

Guerra’s now 15-season professional career now includes eight-straight seasons where he spent at least part of the year at the major league level. For the Marlins in 2018, he struck out 30 in 35 2/3 innings over 32 appearances. He had a 1.51 WHIP and a 5.55 ERA. For the Baby Cakes, he didn’t allow an earned run in 16 2/3 innings, striking out 24.

Sean Reynolds

Reynolds terrorized NYPL pitching with a league-leading 17 home runs. In 76 games, he hit .193/.306/.441 with 52 RBI. He also stole 13 bases in 14 attempts. Not bad for a guy who stands 6’7″.

Evan Estes

Estes was Miami’s 25th round pick in 2017. This season, in 18 relief appearances for Batavia, he struck out 20 and racked up a 5.74 ERA over 26 2/3 innings.

JB Shuck

A year removed from his last MLB action, with the Chicago White Sox in 2016, Shuck signed a free agent deal to play for the Miami Marlins. In 70 games, he went 25-for-130, with a pair of four-hit games. He’s currently testing free agency.

Peyton Culbertson

Culbertson was chosen in the eighth round this season out of Arkansas State University. In 11 games split between the GCL Marlins and Batavia, he struck out 31 in 34 2/3 innings, with a 2.34 ERA and a1.36 WHIP.

Brayan Hernandez

Hernandez was yet another prospect the Miami Marlins gained from the Mariners for Dee Gordon. In 55 games for the Muckdogs, he hit .215/.282/.342 with 10 stolen bases.