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Marlins activate Owen Caissie from injured list

Owen Caissie

MIA Right Fielder #17

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Marlins activated OF Owen Caissie from the 10-day injured list.

Caissie has been a borderline mixed-league relevant fantasy outfielder, delivering top-75 range value in his Marlins debut, hitting .239/.297/.459 with 12 homers, 50 RBI and four steals across 246 plate appearances. The 24-year-old former top prospect homered twice during a three-game minor league rehab assignment and had left the yard three times in his final seven games prior to hitting the shelf with a calf strain back in early July. He was never been a huge power threat as a prospect, but he’s probably going to reach 20 round-trippers in his first extended opportunity at the highest level. That’ll work for fantasy managers.

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Marlins placed OF Owen Caissie on the 10-day injured list with a lumbar stress reaction.

While it’s not yet confirmed, it’s expected that this will end the 24-year-old outfielder’s 2026 campaign. Xavier Edwards was activated from the injured list in a corresponding move on Sunday.
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Owen Caissie left Saturday’s game in the third inning with right hamstring tightness.

Esteury Ruiz replaced him against the Dodgers. Caissie walked and scored a run in his lone plate appearance before leaving.
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Agustín Ramírez, Esteury Ruiz, and Jared Serna are all in the lineup against the Mets on Tuesday.

The Marlins are using a pretty strict platoon lineup these days. Ramírez will DH and hit third, while Ruiz will play right field and bat fifth, and Serna will play second base and hit eighth. Kyle Stowers will shift to the bench for this one, as will Owen Caissie and Graham Pauley, who all play primarily versus righties.
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Owen Caissie (neck) is in the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Cubs.

Caissie missed time earlier this week with neck spasms, but has been available off the bench. The 24-year-old is in right field and hitting sixth against his former team in Miami on Saturday afternoon.
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Owen Caissie hit a solo homer off Braxton Ashcraft in Miami’s loss to the Pirates on Thursday.

It was the only run they’d score and one of just three hits they found against Ashcraft, it was a 402-foot shot to right-center. Caissie is hitting .175/.244/.400 in his last 15 games with 17 strikeouts in 40 at-bats, but he’s getting more runway of late with Liam Hicks traded and Kyle Stowers on the injured list.
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Fish on First’s Kevin Barral reports that the Marlins are recalling Agustín Ramírez from Triple-A Jacksonville.

There was some expectation that this would happen after Liam Hicks was traded to Tampa Bay, but it’s still a bit of a surprise. Hicks was being used primarily as a designated hitter with Joe Mack entrenched as the catcher, so Ramírez will either be a short-side platoon at catcher or the designated hitter, or a little bit of both. The consequence of that would be that one of Griffin Conine, Heriberto Hernandez, or Owen Caissie will no longer be penciled in as the full-time designated hitter in the wake of Hicks’ trade.
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Owen Caissie (calf) went 1-for-1 with two walks and a solo home run for Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday.

It’s great to see the power from Caissie, but we know he possesses that in spades. Seeing him come back from his injury and command the strike zone the way he did is really nice to see. He was used as the DH in this game, so we’ll likely need to see him play the outfield at least once before he could be an option to be activated from the injured list.
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Owen Caissie (calf) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Tuesday.

Caissie is expected to play three games at Triple-A and then be evaluated from there, so he might return to the Marlins this weekend. In his last 20 games before getting hurt, Caissie was hitting .320/.368/.720 with six home runs, 11 runs scored, 15 RBI and one steal. He did still have a 21/4 K/BB ratio, and strikeouts might always be an issue for him, but he was making the most of his contact and could continue to provide power for the Marlins and fantasy teams down the stretch.
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Owen Caissie (calf) took on-field batting practice before Monday’s game.

Caissie had been swinging in the cage without an issue but has now progressed to on-field batting practice. The next step would presumably be facing live pitching before potentially beginning a rehab assignment. Those rehab games could start as soon as next week, and he could be back in Miami by the middle of August if all goes well.
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Fish On First’s Kevin Barral reports Owen Caissie (calf) has been able to hit with no issues and is running at “80 percent.”

Caissie should be cleared to start a rehab assignment sometime in the next week assuming no setbacks. He was expected to miss 2-4 weeks when he was placed on injured reserve on July 9, so he should be back in late July or early August.

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The Blue Jays have shown early interest in free agent Brandon Lowe.

It’d be a surprise if the Jays don’t walk away with one of the winter’s top position player free agents, and it works out especially well for them that most of the best players in the class are corner outfielders and second basemen, which rate as the Jays’ biggest needs at the moment. The Jays are plenty familiar with Lowe from all of his time with the Rays, and he’s hit .280/.363/.550 at Rogers Center in his career.
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Jameson Taillon said he’s feeling good five weeks removed from internal brace surgery with a flexor tendon repair.

Taillon is aiming to return late in the 2027 season, though he definitely won’t have much margin for error there. It’s his third UCL surgery, as he previously had Tommy John in 2014 and a revision surgery in 2019.
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Blue Jays re-signed RHP Josh Stephan to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

The Jays picked Stephan up along with Josh Smith when they sent Adam Macko to the Rangers at the trade deadline, and Stephan went on to post a 6.64 ERA in seven Triple-A starts. The 25-year-old has a 5.59 ERA and a 137/46 K/BB in 148 career innings in Triple-A.
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Blue Jays re-signed OF Victor Arias to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

The 23-year-old Arias, who began his pro career with the Blue Jays in 2021, hit .226/.277/.379 in 87 games in Double-A last season. He’s currently off to a nice start in Venezuela, having hit .329/.404/.494 with three homers and six steals in 23 games.
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Ben Brown underwent cervical spine surgery Monday and could resume throwing in early 2027, says ESPN’s Jesse Rogers.

Brown had both his 2024 and ’26 seasons cut short by neck issues, and the hope is that the procedure will take care of things. He won’t be a candidate for the Opening Day rotation following surgery, but he could be back by June or July. Brown was outstanding last season before landing on the IL in June. He opened up with a 2.10 ERA in 25 2/3 innings out of the pen and then had a 1.70 ERA and a 41/11 K/BB over 42 1/3 innings in his eight starts.
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Justin Martinez tossed a perfect inning for the Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican Winter League on Monday.

Martinez has been dominant in the D.R. thus far, striking out eight and walking none in six scoreless innings. He topped out at 104.2 mph last night. Martinez would seem to be very much in position to enter next year as Arizona’s closer, assuming that the team doesn’t decide to spend money to fill that slot.
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Leo Bernal hit a grand slam to power Estrellas past the Gigantes in the Dominican Winter League on Monday.

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Gregory Polanco smacked a 106-mph double Monday in his first Dominican Winter League game in six years.

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