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Former Spartan gets promoted within Miami Marlins organization

Brock Vradenburg is making his way up in the Miami Marlins organization:

Brock Vradenburg was a standout for Michigan State for three seasons before getting drafted in the third round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins.

Now, within the Marlins organization, the former Spartan slugger is someone that has been swinging the stick well in the minor leagues, so well he has been promoted to Beloit, Wisconsin’s High-A team of the Marlins.

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Former Rutgers pitcher Dale Stanavich promoted to the Miami Marlins’ Double-A organization

Former Rutgers pitcher Dale Stanvwich was promoted to the Miami Marlins’ Double-A Organization, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

On Thursday, former Rutgers baseball pitcher Dale Stanawich was promoted to the Miami Marlins’ Double-A organization, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

After being drafted by the Marlins with the No. 232 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Stanavich has been outstanding with the Marlins’ High-A Organization, the Beloit Sky Carp throughout the 2024 season.

While playing with the Beloit Sky Carp, the former All-Big Ten First Team honoree appeared in 14 games, recording a 4.15 ERA. Stanavich logged 17.1 innings pitched, allowing 18 hits and eight earned runs. He produced 24 strikeouts and six walks.

In his first appearance with the Blue Wahoos, Stanavich recorded 1.1 innings pitched, logging three strikeouts, two walks, and one hit.

In three seasons in the minor league, the former ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team honoree has a 5-11 record as a relief pitcher, producing 83 strikeouts, 32 walks, and three saves.

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He has logged a 5.13 ERA and has appeared in 49 games. Stanavich has allowed 58 hits, three home runs, and 34 earned runs throughout his 59.2 innings pitched.

 

 

How is former Rutgers baseball Dale Stanavich shaping up in the MiLB?

Former Rutgers baseball pitcher Dale Stanavich continues to develop in the Miami Marlins system.

After being drafted by Miami Marlins with the No. 232 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, former Rutgers pitcher Dale Stanavich has been outstanding with the Marlins’ High-A Organization, the Beloit Sky Carp.

In 12 innings pitched this season, Stanavich has a 2-2 record with a 3.00 ERA. The former Scarlet Knight has produced 18 strikeouts and one save throughout ten games, allowing nine hits, nine runs, and four earned runs.

On May 3, the product from New York earned his first save of the season, as the left-handed reliever tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, holding down a 2-1 win.

In his last outing on Saturday, Stanavich registered two scoreless innings against the Peoria Chiefs, recording three strikeouts and one walk in a losing effort.

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In three seasons in the minor league, the former All-Big Ten First Team honoree has a 5-10 record as a relief pitcher, producing 74 strikeouts and three saves. He has logged a 5.09 ERA and has appeared in 44 games. Stanavich has allowed 48 hits, two home runs, and 30 earned runs throughout his 53 innings pitched.

 

Marlins manager Skip Schumaker got ejected by mistake but convinced the umpires to let him stay in the game

It was ALMOST Aaron Boone all over again.

Just a few weeks ago, Yankees manager Aaron Boone got ejected after home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt mistook heckling from a fan for something from the dugout. And despite Boone pleading his case to the umpire, Wendelstedt defiantly stood by the incorrect ejection.

On Tuesday, we got to see what should have happened in that Boone fiasco. This time, it was with Marlins manager Skip Schumaker.

During Miami’s game against the Tigers, home plate umpire Ben May warned Schumaker to stop chirping from the dugout. The Tiger broadcast was actually focused on Schumaker as he acknowledged the warning and stood silently in the dugout. But seconds later, May ejected the Marlins manager.

It looked to be the Boone situation all over again, but this time, the umpires actually tried to make the correct decision.

Schumaker emerged from the dugout to adamantly argue the case that he didn’t say anything. And he wasn’t lying — he really didn’t do anything that warranted an ejection. Crew chief Dan Iassogna came in from third base to hear Schumaker out and discuss the ejection with May. They determined that Schumaker wasn’t the one talking. Instead, it was bench coach Luis Urueta.

They rescinded Schumaker’s ejection and sent Urueta to the clubhouse.

And while we might see managers plead the Boone defense on future ejections, Schumaker genuinely didn’t say anything there. So, good on the umpiring crew for working towards the correct decision. Wendelstedt could learn something from that example.

Cameras caught Luis Arráez processing his trade from the Marlins to the Padres in real time

This is just not something you see every day.

Professional sports can be a tough business, and new San Diego Padres second baseman Luis Arráez, who just got traded to his new team from the Miami Marlins on Friday.

The worst part was Arráez’s trade must’ve gone down during the Marlins’ Friday night game against the Oakland A’s, as the Bally Sports broadcast showed Arráez giving farewells to his Miam teammates in the dugout.

While in-game transactions happen in professional sports, you rarely see a player processing such a moment in real time like Arráez is in Oakland.

Arráez will join a much better team in San Diego, but it can’t be easy to make such a major transition in any stage of your career.

To make this all even more fascinating, Padres prospect Nathan Martorella learned he was being traded to Miami while he was on second base.

This is just such a startling series of events for the players involved, as seeing these two players contemplate that they’ll be playing for new teams in real-time is just very uncommon in the MLB, much less any sports.

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Mics picked up Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s NSFW message to the umpire before getting ejected for arguing a correct call

Ump handled the situation perfectly.

It’s easy to understand the frustration throughout the Miami Marlins clubhouse. They have the worst record in the National League and the second-worst in all of baseball. They’ve lost eight of their past 10 games. And for Jazz Chisholm Jr. — once considered a potential star for the Marlins — he’s off to the worst offensive start since his rookie season.

So, on Tuesday night, it looked like home plate umpire Jansen Visconti was the unfair recipient of Chisholm’s frustration.

Batting in the seventh inning of Miami’s eventual 7-6 win, Chisholm was called out on strikes on a slider the caught the inside corner. Chisholm was convinced that the pitch was in and let Visconti hear about it. The broadcast also picked up everything Chisholm said after the strike call. (Warning: Strong language)

As easy as it is to pile on umpires, Visconti actually handled the situation about as well as any umpire should. He recognized that Chisholm was frustrated over how the game was going and let him vent about the call. But once Chisholm continued to complain from the dugout, that was it for him. Visconti ejected Chisholm at that point, and there are plenty of umpires who would have tossed the Marlins outfielder before he even made it back to the dugout.

Plus, the strike call was correct. In fact, Visconti correctly called both borderline pitches in the at-bat.

Chisholm was in the wrong there, and he probably realized that once he made his way back into the clubhouse.

Jordan Beck records two hits in MLB debut with Rockies

Former Vol Jordan Beck records two hits in MLB debut with Colorado.

Former Vol Jordan Beck made his Major League Baseball debut on Tuesday with Colorado.

Beck went 2-for-4 and started in left field for the Rockies. Miami defeated Colorado, 7-6, in 10 innings. The Marlins will host Colorado on Thursday at 6:40 p.m. EDT.

Beck was selected by Colorado (No. 38 overall) in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

He played for the Vols from 2020-22.

Beck recorded 18 home runs, 61 RBIs, 70 runs, 75 hits, 15 doubles, three triples, 37 walks and six stolen bases in 66 games during the 2022 season at Tennessee.

Before arriving at Tennessee, Beck was selected in the 14th round of the 2019 MLB draft by Boston.

The former Vol was assigned to the Hartford Yard Goats on July 14, 2023.

Former UNC pitcher Kent Emanuel called up to majors for first time since 2021

In hopes of bolstering their pitching staff and bullpen, the Miami Marlins called up former UNC baseball star pitcher Kent Emanuel on Monday, April 1.

Getting called up to the majors is every young baseball player’s dream.

Young boys start playing ball at a very young age, either in their backyard, at a park or imaginarily in their homes, but may not think at the time how difficult making a major league roster is.

Getting called up for a second time – after spending consecutive season in the minors – is just as difficult.

It just happened to former UNC pitcher Kent Emanuel.

On Monday, April 1 (not an April Fool’s joke), the Miami Marlins called Emanuel up from their Triple-A affiliate, the Jackonsville (FL) Jumbo Shrimp.

Cool name for a team, right?

With the call-up, this means Emanuel will likely play his first 2024 game in the majors. Triple-A began its season on Good Friday (last week), but Emanuel’s official MILB stat page doesn’t show any appearances for this year.

Emanuel last played in 2021 with the Houston Astros, appearing in 10 games and compiling an impressive, 2.55 earned run average with one win. His minor league career is pretty successful, too: 44-33 record, 102 starts in 170 appearances, six saves and 552 strikeouts over 675 1/3 innings pitched.

Emanuel was even more of a standout pitcher in Chapel Hill (2011-2013), recording a 19-9 record, 2.52 ERA, and striking out 287 batters.

Here’s to hoping Emanuel enjoys a long, successful season in the majors.

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Why the Marlins may travel back to New York to play just 1 inning after a rain delay saga

Seriously. This could happen!

It’s been the rainiest of weeks in New York, and that might be wreaking havoc on the National League Wild Card race.

The Miami Marlins are in the thick of it, currently hanging on to the final spot by just a half-game, with the Chicago Cubs right behind and the Cincinnati Reds 1.5 games out. But Tuesday’s game against the Mets was postponed due to rain (there was a doubleheader on Wednesday), and on Thursday, the Marlins were up 2-1 in the ninth inning when rain suspended the contest.

That could mean some chaos: If the result of that suspended game is necessary to decide the Wild Card, there’s a possibility Miami would have to come back to New York after visiting the Pirates and play just ONE inning of baseball on Monday:

Wild. Just wild. And there have been some grumbling from the Marlins about how the Mets’ grounds crew has handled things: