Marlins Park hosts instructional league game between Marlins and Nationals top prospects

@FlaSmitty/TwitterMarlins Park isn’t hosting any more MLB games in 2018, but the club is getting plenty of use out of the venue this week. It’s open on Saturday to prospective season ticket-holders, and on Wednesday afternoon, Marlins and Nationals prospects brought their instructional league matchup down to Miami.

Both rosters are stacked with future big leaguers, many of whom saw action during the 1:10 p.m. game.

Representing Fish Stripes, Ian Smith was in the building through it all (the event was not open to the public).

Why did the Marlins set this up in the first place? Let Gary Denbo, VP of player development and scouting, explain:

“It’s important for us from a player development…