Miami Marlins minor league players

Bryson Michael Brigman (born June 19, 1995) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Miami Marlins organization.

Brigman graduated from Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California in 2014.[1] He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 40th round of the 2014 MLB draft,[2] but did not sign and instead chose to enroll at the University of San Diego where he played college baseball for the San Diego Toreros.[3] As a freshman at USD in 2015, he slashed .339/.395/.436 with two home runs and 28 RBIs in 55 games and was named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year.[4] After the 2015 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[5] In 2016, as a sophomore, he missed nine games due to a sports hernia,[6] but still played in 47 games, hitting .372 with 22 RBIs and 17 stolen bases.[7] After his sophomore year, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round (87th overall) of the 2016 MLB draft,[8] and signed for $700,000.[9]

After signing, Brigman made his professional debut with the Everett AquaSox where he hit .260 with 19 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 68 games. He spent 2017 with the Clinton LumberKings where he batted .235 with two home runs, 36 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases in 120 games,[10] and he began 2018 with the Modesto Nuts,[11] with whom he was named a California League All-Star.[12]

On July 31, 2018, Brigman (along with international pool money) was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Cameron Maybin.[13] He was assigned to the Jupiter Hammerheads and was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in late August. In 127 total games played between Modesto, Jupiter, and Jacksonville, he slashed .310/.370/.395 with three home runs, 49 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases. Brigman returned to Jacksonville to begin 2019,[14] while also spending time with Jupiter during the year. Over 118 games between the two clubs, he slashed .253/.337/.326 with two home runs and 28 RBIs.

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Edmund Peyton Burdick (born February 26, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization.

Burdick attended Glen Este High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. In 2014, as a junior, he batted .368 alongside pitching to a 2.13 ERA.[15] He was undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at Wright State University where he played college baseball. In 2016, his freshman season at Wright State, he batted .289 with four home runs and 31 RBIs over 63 games.[16] He missed the 2017 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[17] He returned to play in 2018, hitting .347 with nine home runs and 65 RBIs over 56 starts.[18] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Cotuit Kettleers.[19] In 2019, his redshirt junior season, he slashed .407/.538/.729 with 15 home runs and 72 RBIs over 59 games.[20]

After the season, Burdick was selected by the Miami Marlins in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[21] He signed and made his professional debut with the Batavia Muckdogs before being promoted to the Clinton Lumberkings.[22] Over 69 games between the two clubs, he batted .308 with 11 home runs, 64 RBIs, and twenty doubles.[23]

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Edward Brany Cabrera (born April 13, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Cabrera signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in July 2015.[24] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast Marlins, going 2–6 with a 4.21 ERA over 47 innings. He played 2017 with the Batavia Muckdogs, pitching to a 1–3 record and a 5.30 ERA over 13 games (six starts), and 2018 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers,[25] compiling a 4–8 record with a 4.22 ERA over 22 starts.

Cabrera started 2019 with the Jupiter Hammerheads, earning Florida State League All-Star honors,[26] before being promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.[27][28] Over 19 starts between both clubs, Cabrera went 9–4 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 116 over ​96 ²⁄₃ innings.[29]

Cabrera was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[30]

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Paul Alan Campbell (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.

Campbell graduated from Malden Catholic High School in Malden, Massachusetts, in 2014.[31] He attended Clemson University, where he played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers from 2015 through 2017. The Tampa Bay Rays selected Campbell in the 21st round of the 2017 MLB draft.[32] The Marlins selected Campbell from the Rays in the 2020 Rule 5 draft.[33]

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Griffin Riley Conine (born July 11, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization. He is son of former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder Jeff Conine.

Conine attended Pine Crest High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In his senior season, he recorded a .341 batting average with eight home runs and 27 runs batted in (RBI).[34] He was selected in the 31st round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Miami Marlins, but did not sign, and attended Duke University.[35] In his first season for the Blue Devils, Conine appeared in 35 games and hit .205 with six RBI.[34] As a sophomore, he batted .298 with 13 home runs and 56 RBI.[34] He became the first Blue Devil to total 50-plus RBI in a season since Nate Freiman (62) in 2009, and with 13 home runs, was the first Duke player with 10 or more in a season since Jake Lemmerman (10) in 2010.[36] In his third and final season with Duke, Conine played in 63 games and hit .286 with 18 home runs and 52 RBI.[34] In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect.[37][38]

Conine was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the second round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, and signed on June 20 for a $1.35 million signing bonus.[39][40] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Blue Jays and appeared in two games before being promoted to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians.[35] Conine finished the season with a .243 batting average, seven home runs, and 33 RBI in 57 games.[35] On November 19, 2018, Conine was suspended for fifty games after testing positive for a banned stimulant.[41] He spent the 2019 season with the Lansing Lugnuts, slashing .283/.371/.576 with 22 home runs and 64 RBIs over eighty games.[42]

Conine was traded to the Marlins as the player to be named later in the Jonathan Villar trade that occurred on August 31, 2020.[43][44]

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José Rodolfo Devers (born December 7, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the Miami Marlins organization.

Devers was signed as an international free agent by the New York Yankees in 2016.[45] He made his professional debut in 2017, playing for both the Dominican Summer League Yankees and the Gulf Coast League Yankees, posting a combined .245 batting average with one home run, 16 RBIs and 16 stolen bases in 53 games between both teams.[46]

On December 11, 2017, Devers was traded to the Miami Marlins (along with Starlin Castro and Jorge Guzmán) in exchange for outfielder Giancarlo Stanton and cash considerations.[47] He spent 2018 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, batting .273 with 24 RBIs in 85 games.[48] He also played in two games for the Jupiter Hammerheads during the season. Devers returned to Jupiter to begin 2019.[49] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the season.[50]

On November 20, 2020, Devers was added to the 40-man roster.[51]

Devers' cousin, Rafael Devers, plays for the Boston Red Sox.[52]

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Joseph Alexander Dunand Jr. (born September 20, 1995) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Miami Marlins organization.

Dunand attended Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. After his senior year, he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 35th round of the 2014 MLB draft.[53] He did not sign, instead enrolling at North Carolina State University. He played college baseball as a shortstop for the NC State Wolfpack. In 2017, his junior year, he hit .289 with 16 home runs.[54] The Miami Marlins selected Dunand with the 51st overall selection of the 2017 MLB draft.[55] Dunand signed with the Marlins, receiving a $1.2 million signing bonus.[56] He made his professional debut that year and spent his first professional season with both the Jupiter Hammerheads and the GCL Marlins, slashing .370/.471/.667 with one home run and five doubles in eight games between the two teams.[57]

Dunand began 2018 with Jupiter. After batting .263 with seven home runs and 42 RBIs in 66 games, he was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.[58] He finished the year with Jacksonville, hitting .212 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 61 games.[59] He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season,[60] slashing .242/.314/.333 with five home runs and 42 RBIs over 130 games.

Dunand's uncle is Alex Rodriguez.[61][62]

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Jacob Andrew Eder (born October 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Eder attended Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, Florida as a freshman, sophomore, and junior before transferring to Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for his senior year.[63][64] In 2017, his senior baseball season, he went 8–1 with a 1.25 ERA and 81 strikeouts.[65] He was selected by the New York Mets in the 34th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, and instead chose to fulfill his commitment to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University.[66][67]

In 2018, Eder's freshman year at Vanderbilt, he appeared in 11 games (nine starts), going 1–4 with a 5.45 ERA over 33 innings.[68] As a sophomore in 2019, he pitched ​34 ¹⁄₃ innings in relief, compiling a 1–0 record, a 2.88 ERA, and 37 strikeouts.[69] He pitched the last three innings of the third game of the 2019 College World Series, clinching Vanderbilt's second national title.[70][71] Following the end of the college baseball season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Firebirds.[72]

Eder entered his junior season in 2020 as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[73][74][75] He pitched to a 1–1 record and a 3.60 ERA over four starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eder was selected by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the draft with the 104th overall pick[76] and signed.

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Jerar Luis Encarnación (born October 22, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization.

Encarnación signed with the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in September 2015.[77] He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Marlins in 2016.

Encarnación played 2017 with the Gulf Coast Marlins, 2018 with the Batavia Muckdogs and Greensboro Grasshoppers and 2019 with the Clinton LumberKings and Jupiter Hammerheads.[78] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[79][80]

Encarnación was invited to Spring Training by the Marlins in 2020.[81]

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On November 20, 2020, Encarnación was added to the 40-man roster.[51]

Jordan Andrew Guerrero (born May 31, 1994) is an American professional baseball starting pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Guerrero attended Moorpark High School in Moorpark, California, where he played for the school's baseball team. He committed to attend Yavapai College to play college baseball, and graduated from Moorpark in 2012. The Chicago White Sox selected him in the 15th round, with the 471st overall selection, of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[82] Guerrero signed with the White Sox rather than attend college.

Guerrero pitched nine innings for the Bristol White Sox in 2012 after he signed, giving up three earned. He returned to Bristol in 2013, but was shut down with shoulder tendinitis after five games and missed the remainder of the season.[83] In 2014, he pitched for the Kannapolis Intimidators as a relief pitcher, so that the White Sox could lessen his workload.[84] In 27 games (nine starts) for Kannapolis he pitched to a 6–2 record and 3.46 ERA. He returned to starting in 2015 with Kannapolis[83] before receiving a mid-season promotion to the Winston-Salem Dash.[85] In 25 starts between the two teams he was 13–4 with a 3.08 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. Guerrero spent 2016 with the Birmingham Barons where he posted a 7–8 record and 4.83 ERA in 25 starts, and he returned to Birmingham in 2017, going 7–12 with a 4.18 ERA in another 25 starts.[86] He began 2018 back with Birmingham, and was later promoted to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights, where he recorded a 7–2 record and 3.46 ERA in 12 starts. In 2019, pitching for the Charlotte Knights, Guerrero struggled to a 3–7 record with a 7.27 ERA, leading to his release on July 23, 2019.

On July 28, 2019, Guerrero signed a minor league deal with the Miami Marlins and was assigned to the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

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Michael Christopher Mader (born February 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins organization.

Mader attended Marianna High School in Marianna, Florida, and Chipola College. At Chipola, Mader was named the Panhandle Conference Pitcher of the Year as a freshman.[87]

The Miami Marlins selected Mader in the third round, with the 105th overall selection, of the 2014 MLB draft.[88] After signing with the Marlins, Mader played for the Batavia Muckdogs, and was named a midseason all-star.[87] In 12 starts for Batavia, he went 1–0 with a 2.00 ERA. Mader played for the Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2015[89] and compiled a 6–12 record with a 4.73 ERA in 27 starts. Mader began the 2016 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads.[90][91]

On August 6, 2016, the Marlins traded Mader and Anfernee Seymour to the Atlanta Braves for Hunter Cervenka.[92] The Braves assigned Mader to the Mississippi Braves.[93] In 27 total games (26 starts) between Jupiter and Mississippi, he pitched to a 7–9 record, 3.25 ERA, and a 1.23 WHIP. Mader returned to Mississippi in 2017 as a reliever and spent all season there, posting a 5–5 record and 4.18 ERA in 35 games, striking out 57 batters in 64.2 innings.[94] In 2018, he split time between Mississippi and the Gwinnett Stripers, pitching to a 7–4 record with a 3.71 ERA in 30 games (16 starts) between the two clubs.[95] He returned to Mississippi to begin 2019.

On April 26, 2019, Mader was released by the Braves.[96] In May 2019, he signed with the Marlins.[97]

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Víctor Mesa Jr. (born September 8, 2001) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization.

Mesa is the son of Víctor Mesa and the younger brother of Víctor Víctor Mesa. Mesa and his brother defected from Cuba in 2018.[98] After they were declared free agents, both Mesa brothers signed with the Marlins on October 22. Mesa received a $1 million signing bonus.[99]

Mesa made his professional debut in 2019 with the Gulf Coast League Marlins, batting .284/.366/.398 with one home run, 24 RBIs, and seven stolen bases over 47 games.

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Brian Christopher Miller (born August 20, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins organization.

Miller attended Millbrook High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He committed to play college baseball for the University of North Carolina at Asheville, but decommitted when the school's coach was fired. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and walked on to the North Carolina Tar Heels.[100] In 2017, his junior year, he hit .343 with seven home runs and 49 RBIs in 63 games. The Miami Marlins selected Miller with the 36th overall selection of the 2017 MLB draft.[101] Miller signed with the Marlins, receiving a $1,888,800 signing bonus.[56]

The Marlins assigned Miller to the Greensboro Grasshoppers where he posted a .322 batting average with one home run, 28 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases in 57 games.[102] He began 2018 with the Jupiter Hammerheads, with whom he was named a Florida State League All-Star,[103] before being promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in June. In 128 games between both clubs, he batted .295/.338/.355 with 43 RBIs and forty stolen bases.[104] He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season,[105] earning Southern League All-Star honors.[106] Over 120 games, Miller slashed .265/.326/.354 with two home runs, 39 RBIs, and 22 stolen bases.

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McKenzie Valentine Mills (born November 19, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

Drafted out of Sprayberry High School in the 18th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals, Mills forwent college to sign a professional contract.[107] He signed with Washington and spent 2014 with the GCL Nationals where he went 1–2 with a 5.87 ERA in 23 innings pitched. In 2015, he played for the Nationals and the Auburn Doubledays, posting a combined 0–5 record and 7.27 ERA in 12 total games (eight starts) between the two teams, and in 2016, he returned to Auburn, pitching to a 4–5 record, 3.71 ERA and 1.33 WHIP in 12 starts. Mills began 2017 with the Hagerstown Suns and was named to the South Atlantic League's All-Star Game roster,[108] although he opted not to participate in the game.[109] Writing for MASN, Luke Erickson described the left-hander as enjoying a "breakout season" through the first half of the 2017 season,[110] as he posted a 2.31 ERA with 85 strikeouts and a 0.87 WHIP over ​81 ²⁄₃ innings as a starting pitcher through the end of June.[111][112]

The Nationals traded Mills to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 28, 2017, for Howie Kendrick.[113] Philadelphia assigned him to the Clearwater Threshers and he finished the season there. In 21 combined starts between Hagerstown and Clearwater, he collected a 12–3 record and 3.22 ERA with 134 strikeouts in 120 total innings pitched between both clubs.[114] He began 2018 with Clearwater.

The Phillies traded Mills to the Miami Marlins on August 10, 2018, for Justin Bour.[115] Mills was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and finished the season there. In 24 games (20 starts) between Clearwater and Jacksonville, he was 2–8 with a 4.23 ERA.[116] He returned to Jacksonville for the 2019 season,[117] pitching to a 1–8 record with a 5.36 ERA over 28 games (nine starts), striking out 74 over 84 innings. He was released on July 3, 2020.

On July 10. 2020. Mills signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

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Zachery M. Pop (born September 20, 1996) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Pop attended Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario.[118] He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 23rd round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Kentucky.

Pop was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2017 MLB Draft.[119] He signed and made his professional debut with the AZL Dodgers, pitching five scoreless innings. In 2018, he began the year with the Great Lakes Loons before being promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

On July 18, 2018, Pop was traded to the Baltimore Orioles along with Breyvic Valera, Dean Kremer, Yusniel Diaz, and Rylan Bannon in exchange for Manny Machado.[120] He was assigned to the Bowie Baysox and finished the season there. In 44 relief appearances between Great Lakes, Rancho Cucamonga, and Bowie, he compiled a 2–3 record with a 1.53 ERA.[121] He returned to Bowie to begin 2019,[122] and went 1–0 with a 0.84 ERA in 10.2 innings. On May 14, he underwent Tommy John surgery, and missed the rest the 2019 season.[123]

Pop was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2020 Rule 5 Draft.[124] Shortly after, Pop was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for a player to be named later.[125]

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Cody Austin Poteet (born July 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Poteet attended Christian High School in El Cajon, California. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB draft, but chose to enroll at UCLA and play baseball for the Bruins instead of signing with the Nationals.[126] In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[127] As a junior at UCLA, he appeared in 27 games (13 starts) and pitched to a 7–1 record with a 2.45 ERA; he was also second for the Bruins in strikeouts with 68 over ​73 ¹⁄₃ innings.[128] After the year, he was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2015 MLB draft.[129]

Poteet signed with the Marlins for $488,700[130] and was assigned to the Batavia Muckdogs where he posted a 2.13 ERA in ​12 ²⁄₃ innings pitched. In 2016, he played for the Greensboro Grasshoppers where he started 24 games, pitching to a 4–9 record with a 2.91 ERA, and in 2017, he pitched with the Jupiter Hammerheads and posted a 3–7 record with a 4.16 ERA in 16 games (14 starts),[131] earning Florida State League All-Star honors.[132] In 2018, he played with both Jupiter and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, pitching to a combined 4–15 record and 4.98 ERA over 26 games (25 starts) between both teams.[133] He returned to Jacksonville to begin 2019,[134] where he was named a Southern League All-Star,[135] and was promoted to the New Orleans Baby Cakes in June. Over 23 starts between the two clubs, he went 7–6 with a 3.56 ERA, striking out 92 over ​136 ¹⁄₃ innings.

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William A. Stewart (born July 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization.

Stewart attended Hazel Green High School in Hazel Green, Alabama. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Stewart in the 20th round, with the 694th overall selection, of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[136] He signed with the Phillies, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at Wallace State Community College.[136]

After signing, Stewart was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Phillies where he went 1–0 with a 4.79 ERA over ​20 ²⁄₃ relief innings pitched. He returned to the GCL in 2016, pitching to a 2–3 record and 4.06 ERA in 11 games (seven starts), and in 2017, he played with the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A Short Season New York-Penn League where he posted a 4–2 record with a 4.18 ERA in 13 starts. In 2018, he pitched for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League,[137] where he was named a South Atlantic League All-Star.[138] In twenty starts for the season, he pitched to an 8–1 record with a 2.06 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP.[139]

On February 7, 2019, the Phillies traded Stewart, Jorge Alfaro, Sixto Sanchez, and $250,000 of international signing bonus pool money to the Miami Marlins for J. T. Realmuto.[140][141] He spent the 2019 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League,[142] going 6–12 with a 5.43 ERA over 23 games (21 starts).

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