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Marlins recall Agustín Ramírez from Triple-A

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Agustín Ramírez

MIA Catcher #50

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Marlins recalled C/DH Agustín Ramírez from Triple-A Jacksonville.

It’s become a lot less challenging to forecast Ramírez from a playing time standpoint after Miami jettisoned Liam Hicks at the trade deadline. The 24-year-old has zero shot at reclaiming the starting catcher role given his defensive shortcomings, especially now that defensive wizard Joe Mack is firmly entrenched in the role. However, he figures to see enough time between first base and DH to matter for fantasy purposes. There have never really been a ton of questions regarding his offensive ability and having less competition for at-bats should help Ramírez tremendously.

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Agustín Ramírez went 1-for-4 and swatted a solo home run as the Marlins fell to the Royals on Thursday evening in Kansas City.

The 24-year-old backstop got the start as the Marlins’ designated hitter in this one and didn’t disappoint, clubbing a 426-foot (108.3-mph EV) solo shot on a first-pitch cutter from Michael Wacha in the fourth inning. He’s now hitting .230/.325/.339 with three homers, 18 RBI and four stolen bases in 200 plate appearances with the Marlins on the season.
Kyle Stowers

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Kyle Stowers came out of Thursday’s game versus the Royals due to hamstring tightness.

Stowers was hit on the foot by a Craig Kimbrel pitch, but unfortunately, it was another hamstring issue that did him in tonight. He was just on the IL from Aug. 11-24 with a left hamstring strain. He also missed the start of the season with a right hamstring strain. If Stowers goes back on the IL, it would potentially lead to more at-bats for Agustín Ramírez and Deyvison De Los Santos.
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Kyle Stowers is slated to come off the injured list prior to Monday’s game against the Red Sox.

This is a surprise, as there hadn’t really been any news on Stowers since he went on the IL with a hamstring strain on Aug. 11. Deyvison De Los Santos will return to Triple-A to make room for Stowers. Agustín Ramírez will likely lose some playing time.
Joe Mack

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Joe Mack (shoulder) is back in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale against the Phillies.

Mack is back handling the catching duties and hitting eighth following a three-game absence due to right shoulder soreness. The 23-year-old defensive wizard will likely have to manage the issue over the final five-plus weeks of the season, but he doesn’t appear to be headed to the injured list any time soon.
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MIA Catcher #80

Joe Mack (shoulder) remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Phillies.

Mack takes a seat for the third consecutive contest due to lingering right shoulder soreness. His prolonged absence doesn’t come as a surprised based on comments from Marlins skipper Clayton McCullough earlier this week that he would need a couple days off to address the issue. It’ll be Brian Navarreto continuing to handle the catching duties with Agustin Ramírez at DH.
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Joe Mack is out of the lineup for Monday’s game against the Phillies with right shoulder soreness.

Marlins manager Clayton McCullough indicated that Mack is probably going to need a couple days off to rest and recover. It doesn’t sound like there’s a high level of concern that he’ll require a trip to the injured list. It’ll be Brian Navaretto handling the catching duties for the second straight game with Agustin Ramírez at DH. The 23-year-old defensive specialist has hit .240 with 12 homers in 243 plate appearances since arriving in the big leagues back in early May.
Agustín Ramírez

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Agustín Ramírez is batting fifth in Miami’s starting lineup against the Pirates on Thursday.

It’s his third start in four games, and the second behind the plate. It stands to reason that he could benefit majorly from Kyle Stowers’ hamstring injury. Ramírez is by no means a must-roster at this point, but he’s a streamable catcher who looks to be coming into more playing time down the stretch. Perhaps he can rebound from a rocky start to the season.
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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.
Liam Hicks

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Rays acquired C Liam Hicks from the Marlins for 3B Brayden Taylor, SS Adrian Santana and RHP Jacob Kisting.

The 27-year-old Hicks, who won’t be a free agent until after 2030, is probably overachieving some at .282/.363/.432 as a sophomore this year, but he’ll still provide a nice lift over the Rays’ catching duo of Hunter Feduccia and Nick Fortes. Since Hicks and Feduccia are lefty hitters and Fortes is a righty, it’s Feduccia who would seem to be in line for a demotion. No official word yet on whether the Marlins will promote Agustín Ramírez. They already had Brian Navarette up as a third catcher with Hicks often DHing, so they could pick someone else if they don’t see Ramírez getting enough playing time as a DH and backup to Joe Mack.
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The Rays are acquiring Liam Hicks from the Marlins, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan and The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.

Brayden Taylor is one of three prospects Miami is getting back, says Will Sammon. The New York Post’s Joel Sherman says Adrian Santana and Jacob Kisting are the other two. The Marlins didn’t have a dire need for Hicks as a catcher following Joe Mack’s emergence, so this makes a ton of sense. The Rays will probably send down fellow left-handed-hitting catcher Hunter Feduccia and keep Nick Fortes as Hicks’ backup. The Marlins could recall Agustín Ramírez to DH and play behind Mack.

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Trey Yesavage

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Trey Yesavage got up to 92 mph while throwing a 23-pitch side session Friday.

Yesavage, returning from knee surgery, will throw again Monday and then likely face hitters next Thursday. If the Jays remain in contention, he’ll probably get a chance to come off the IL for the final week of the season.
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Luis Urías suffered a setback with his quad while preparing to begin a rehab assignment Thursday and has been shut down.

It looked like Urías might be back next week, but that’s not happening now. Charles McAdoo will continue to have a role against lefties with Urías out.
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George Lombard Jr.

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George Lombard Jr. is back at shortstop for Friday’s game against the Padres.

Lombard missed four starts with knee soreness. He’s batting seventh in his return, which is the lowest he’s hit since Aug. 15. With Lombard starting and Ryan McMahon back, José Caballero is sitting for the first time since Aug. 19.
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Brayan Rocchio

CLE Shortstop #4
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Brayan Rocchio hit a grand slam in the fourth and a walkoff homer in the ninth as the Guardians beat the Tigers 7-6 in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader.

Rocchio hadn’t homered in three weeks before ruining Keider Montero’s afternoon today. Five innings later, he ended the game with a 405-foot blast off Drew Sommers. By three feet, it was longest flyball of his career. It’s also his first time ever hitting two homers or driving in five runs in a game. He has 12 homers in 520 plate appearances this year, nearly matching his total of 13 in 911 career plate appearances coming into 2026.
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Logan Allen

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Logan Allen made it just 2 1/3 innings and gave up five runs to the Tigers in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader.

Smith allowed six hits, walked two and struck out one. There’s a good chance he’ll be swapped out for a fresh arm after this, as he hasn’t done much good while amassing a 5.94 ERA in 16 2/3 innings this season.
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Cade Smith notched a win with a scoreless ninth in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader versus the Tigers.

Smith struck out two in a 6-6 game before Brayan Rocchio won it in the bottom of the ninth. It’ll be interesting to see if he’s available in the nightcap after throwing 18 pitches in game one. He’s never pitched in both games of a doubleheader before, but he’d pitched just once in nine days coming into this one.
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Keider Montero was tagged for six runs in four innings by the Guardians in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader.

Montero had a 4-0 lead after the top half of the first and a 6-1 lead through three, but he gave up a grand slam as part of a five-run fourth inning and didn’t come back out for the fifth. It’s the first time this season that he’s been charged with six earned runs. He’s due to make his next start Wednesday against the Twins, but given that he’s had some issues bouncing back lately, he might need some extra time.
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Max Clark turned in a second straight three-hit game and knocked in two in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader versus the Guardians.

Clark also was credited with a big sliding catch in left field in the seventh. It actually looked like he trapped the ball, but it was declared an out on the field and the call stood on replay. Clark is up to .275/.342/.450 with 16 RBI through 31 big-league games. Except for a drop in his walk rate, that’s hardly much different than his .276/.368/.434 line from Triple-A.
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Willi Castro is on the bench for the Rockies for a third straight game Friday.

Castro had started all but three games since the All-Star break until Tuesday. Now he’s absent for three in a row. It’s not a bad idea for the Rockies to go to their younger players, but it is surprising to see Castro completely erased from the mix like this. He’s hitting .259/.331/.496 with eight homers in the second half.
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Joshua Báez is starting in left field against a right-hander Friday versus the Rockies.

Thank goodness we don’t get to miss out on Báez at Coors. He had sat in favor of Bryan Torres the last two times the Cardinals faced righties. Torres is still in the lineup tonight, but he’s playing second base over José Fermin.
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