Edward Cabrera is a future Miami Marlins ace

The Miami Marlins have a new future ace and his name is Edward Cabrera. Cabrera has been phenomenal for us and I’m glad to see that I predicted it (humble brag). He has been great and it gives us hope for next year as our rotation looks increasingly more impressive even without Max Meyer and Sixto Sanchez (who will eventually be back in some form). Edward Cabrera is our future ace so let’s take a deeper look at his prospects.

Edward Cabrera has been a great addition to the Miami Marlins rotation.

Edward Cabrera already has 2.0 WAR for the season, which is remarkable considering how few innings he has actually pitched for us (38.1 innings in 7 games). He also has a 4-1 Win-Loss record and has a 1.41 ERA/3.35 FIP. These are marks of an obvious ace, which is exactly what we need as we look towards next season and the chance to break our two year playoff drought.

Edward Cabrera wasn’t a good last season, when he started 7 games and pitched 26.1 innings of 5.81 ERA/6.63 FIP ball. He also had an elevated walk rate of 6.5 per 9 innings, with a high 9.6 K/9. This season he has actually improved his strikeout rate to 10.1 and lowered his walk rate to 4.5. The walk rate is still high, but he can lower it further and the results are still there.

Another big positive about Edward Cabrera is that we have a lot of control over him. He’s not a free agent until after the 2027 season, giving us five more years of having him in our rotation. This is great, but it may make a lot of sense for Kim Ng to sign him to a contract extension as soon as possible to lock him up further.

Edward Cabrera is clearly a building block for the Miami Marlins and should be treated as such. If he lowers his walk rate, there’s a very realistic chance that he can be a Cy Young candidate. The Miami Marlins have a deep rotation and pitching surplus and it’s a positive that we have to do our best to not waste going forward.