Fish Stripes · Mar 15, 2023
Offishial news, 3/15/23: Marlins impacting World Baseball Classic; 2023 MiLB rules
World Baseball Classic Coverage
Marlins Podcast Episodes
In Tuesday’s Grapefruit League victory over the Astros, Marlins pitchers held the reigning World Series champions scoreless and compiled 13 strikeouts. We got our first glimpse of flame-throwing right-hander Franklin Sánchez, who needs to switch to a smaller hat size (watch the video and you’ll see what I mean).
In the World Baseball Classic, Jean Segura had a game-winning, walk-off double in the Dominican Republic’s 10-0 win over Israel. You read that correctly: the game ended abruptly following his seventh-inning hit because of the tournament’s “mercy rule” criteria.