Graham

Pauley

Pauley loses his spot on Miami’s active roster with Liam Hicks returning from the injured list for Tuesday’s game against the Rockies. The 25-year-old corner infielder has hit .176 (16-fo-91) with one homer, 11 RBI and one steal in 36 games for the Marlins this season.

He’ll take the place of the recently demoted Connor Norby on the Marlins’ active roster. The 25-year-old has struggled during his time with the big league club this season, slashing .165/.211/.271 with just one homer and nine RBI in 91 plate appearances. He can continue to be ignored for fantasy purposes.

With Leo Jiménez (head) returning from the injured list on Friday, Pauley will return to an everyday role at the Triple-A level until his services are needed once more. The 25-year-old has hit just .165/.211/.271 with one homer and nine RBI in 91 plate appearances with the Marlins this season.

Pauley gets the call to replace Leo Jiménez (head) after Jiménez was placed on the 7-day IL. Pauley has struggled in his previous action with a .173/.225/.293 slash in 81 plate appearances, but he’ll get another shot to help the Miami bench with Jiménez unavailable.

The Marlins showed a surprising amount of faith in Pauley going into the season, but he hit just .173/.225/.293 in 81 plate appearances, and his exit velocity numbers are so poor that Statcast actually thinks he’s fortunate to have that line. He might get another look later, but there’s little reason to think he’s going to turn into a quality major leaguer. The Marlins will likely go with Connor Norby and Javier Sanoja at third base for now, opening up more time for Christopher Morel at first.

Pauley was responsible for the only three runs of the game, with his three-run blast giving the Marlins a 3-0 lead. The 25-year-old picks up his first homer of the season, and he’s slashing just .217/.254/.367 in his 52 at-bats. He has swung the stick better as of late, but fantasy managers can keep him off the radar for now.

It didn’t seem to be injury related; the Marlins just didn’t want Pauley facing a left-handed reliever. It worked out, too, as Javier Sanoja delivered a two-run single in his place. Pauley is hitting just .170/.204/.298 in 50 plate appearances.

Pauley appears to be fine since he was spotted taking ground balls during pregame warmups following an early exit from Friday’s game against the Brewers with left oblique discomfort. It’ll be Javier Sanoja taking over at third base in his absence.

It’s a routine day off for the catcher with a day game after a night game. Ramírez has gotten off to a slow start this season, going 3-for-16 with four walks and four strikeouts. Liam Hicks will start at catcher with Graham Pauley sliding to first base and Javier Sanoja at third base.

Norby has struggled to begin the season with just two hits in his first 12 at-bats (.167), and he’ll get a day off with Graham Pauley hitting ninth and playing third base in Norby’s absence.