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He’ll be replacing Pedro Guerrero. Lawson was hired by the Marlins back in July as a roving hitting coach. He spent 2022 and the first half of 2023 as a hitting coach for the Yankees and then worked for the Red Sox in 2024 and ’25 before being fired in the team’s purge this April.

Zuber was placed on the injured list during the final week of the season with a right elbow sprain. At the time, the team did not believe surgery would be needed, but that has obviously not borne out to be true. The 31-year-old will now miss the entire 2027 season as he recovers from surgery.

Marsee played in 155 games for the Marlins this season, so this is a bit of a surprise. Clearly, he was not playing healthy for a portion of those. The estimated recovery time for that injury is six months, which would be the middle of May. That means Marsee looks likely to miss at least the first month of the 2027 season, if not more.

The Marlins were ninth in the majors in OPS this year, but just 18th with 4.41 runs per game. Even so, that’s better than was expected going in, with Otto Lopez, the traded Liam Hicks, Javier Sanoja, Griffin Conine and Heriberto Hernández all greatly exceeding expectations. So, it’s a little surprising they’re moving on. Guerrero, 37, lasted just two seasons on the job. He was previously an assistant hitting coach with the Phillies and Giants.

Conine connected on his 19th homer of the season. The 29-year-old appeared in only 94 games, but he made the most of them with an .846 OPS and 43 RBI. It seems likely that Conine did enough to earn a larger role with Miami to open the 2027 season, and his power makes him someone to monitor in deeper formats.

In his final appearance of the season — and possibly, but far from assuredly, his final appearance with the Marlins — Alcantara locked down his third save of the season. Raise your hand if you predicted that figure. You liar. Alcantara went 13-11 in 2026 with a 153/59 K/BB over 214 innings. The right-hander showed he’s still a strong option, and be it for Miami or a new club, there will be fantasy-relevance, even if he doesn’t miss bats with the best of them.

Stowers remains out of Miami’s lineup for the second straight contest after experiencing abdominal pain during their previous series in Chicago. It’s challenging to gauge the severity of the issue and whether he’ll be able to come off the bench this weekend. There should be some additional clarity on his status before the season concludes.

It’s a bit perplexing the Marlins basically elected to play with a shortened bench during the final week of the regular season. Edwards is sitting out his sixth consecutive game due to an ongoing left thumb issue on Saturday afternoon. It’ll be rookie Jared Serna drawing another start at second base in his place.

Mack broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh inning when he took Braves pitcher Grant Holmes deep for a 440-foot solo homer. It was the 14th homer of the season for Mack, who has now homered twice in September while slashing .241/.262/.362.

Pérez was masterful in this one. He allowed his first base runner in the fourth inning on a one-out walk to Matt Olson, but took a no-hitter into the top of the sixth inning. Sean Murphy would end any hopes of a no-no with a leadoff single to start the sixth frame, but Pérez would force a ground-ball double play in the following at-bat before getting Ronald Acuña Jr. to hit into a ground ball of his own to end the inning. Pérez would need 15 pitches to make the final three outs, as the righty closes out the game and his 2026 season in style. Pérez ends the year with an 8-11 record and a 3.91 ERA.