Marlins recall Deyvison De Los Santos

Stowers left Thursday’s game with hamstring tightness, but he said today that it doesn’t feel anything like the hamstring injuries that have put him on the IL twice this year. Deyvison De Los Santos is playing first base in his place for the Marlins tonight.

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.

De Los Santos heads back to the minors with Kyle Storwers coming off the injured list for Monday’s game against the Red Sox. The power-hitting 23-year-old prospect was up for just a pair of contests over the weekend. He went 1-for-2 at the plate during his latest abbreviated stint at the highest level.

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.

De Los Santos sipped a couple cups of coffee with Miami earlier this season, but hasn’t been able to carve out a permanent role at the highest level. The 23-year-old slugging prospect’s fantasy stock has tumbled since arriving in Miami as part of the A.J. Puk trade a couple years ago. He’s still capable of launching the occasional long ball and has showed more stolen base upside than previously expected with 18 homers and 17 steals in 95 games at the Triple-A level this season. He’s an interesting talent, but hardly worth rostering outside of extremely deep mixed leagues at the moment.

De Los Santos has been up and down twice already this season, and it probably won’t be the last. The Marlins will activate Kyle Stowers off the injured list before Sunday’s game as the corresponding move.

We’ll see if De Los Santos can crack the Marlins lineup in his second stint with the club in the last couple weeks. He’s not in the lineup tonight as Javier Sanoja handles left field with a righty on the mound. Until then, he’s a speculative pickup at best and probably is someone fantasy managers should monitor rather than rush to the waiver wire for.

That augurs badly for Griffin Conine’s knee, in theory. De Los Santos was briefly called up in March before the Marlins claimed Leo Jimenez off waivers. It’s possible he’ll get real playing time for the Marlins, but fantasy managers should probably take a wait-and-see approach.

De Los Santos was called up this weekend when Christopher Morel (oblique) went on the IL, and it was thought that he might be in Miami to stay. That was not the case. The team claimed INF Leo Jimenez off waivers and will activate him while sending De Los Santos to the minors, where he can play every day. In the meantime, Connor Norby is expected to be the regular first baseman for the Marlins, with Javier Sanoja and Graham Pauley playing third base.

It’ll go down as a moderate oblique strain for Morel, who suffered the injury at some point prior to Friday’s season opener against the Rockies, and will likely be out until at least early May. The 26-year-old was expected to open the year as Miami’s starting first baseman after signing a one-year deal in the offseason. It’ll be a combination of Connor Norby and Deyvison De Los Santos splitting time at the cold corner during his absence.