Miami Marlins prospect will potentially make an impact this season

Spring Training is in full swing and we're seeing how Miami Marlins players are doing. One storyline worth watching is the catching situation. MLB.com has some interesting things to say about potential break-out prospects. Specifically Joe Mack in fact. The top Fish prospect certainly seems to be the catcher of the future for the team. It will be fun to see if he breaks out this season.

Joe Mack is the catcher of the future for the Miami Marlins.

Joe Mack looks very promising for the Miami Marlins. The top prospect was drafted 31'st overall by The Fish out of a New York high school. Last season saw Mack finally take a big step forward. He changed his approach, from a more potentially overly patient one, to chasing fastballs early in the count. It turned out to be the right move.

Mack batted .252/.338/.468 in 2024, with 24 home runs and 78 RBI in 125 games and 472 AB. He did have more strikeouts than hits: 133 to 119, which is something that I'm not a fan of. That said, he can always improve as time goes on. He has plenty of time for that, being that he's still only 22 years old.

For comparison, he batted a worse .218/.295/.287, with 6 home runs and 36 RBI in 120 games and 449 AB in the 2023 season in A+. I'm really hoping that he will take steps forward this upcoming season and maybe even gets a call-up to the Majors at some point.

Joe Mack developing in a solid Major League catcher would be extremely beneficial for the Miami Marlins. It's vital to point out that he has great defensive instincts. He has a good arm and he is very athletic. Those are important qualities for a catcher. It's definitely very promising going forward and as previously mentioned MLB.com is pretty high on him as well. It's now just a matter of him continuing to improve and the results hopefully being there at the end of the day.

I strongly believe that Joe Mack could indeed be the answer for the Miami Marlins' catching problems.