The Marlins head to Philadelphia for a weekend series with
playoff implications. Are you ready for it? I'm
Christina DiNicola here with the latest Miami Marlins beat report
. The Marlins and Phillies will face each other for
the final three times this season having split the 1st
10 match ups. Philadelphia which took 3 to 4
during Miami's extended second half skid currently holds the top
National league wild card spot. The Marlins are a
half game back of the D backs for the third
and final wild card spot with 22 games to go
. This series also holds importance on the tiebreaker.
Front, Miami has the first tiebreaker based on head
to head match ups over Arizona. The Marlins are
in line to hold a second tiebreaker which takes into
account in inter divisional record over the Reds but not
the Giants. The Jorge soler sidelined, expect to
see Luis Aia at first base more times than not
. In the words of manager Skip Schumacher, the
first time skipper praised the two time all star because
of his selflessness calling Aas the type of guy you
ask where he wants to hit or play in the
field and responds with whatever you think is going to
help us win, who has five defensive runs saved
in his first season as an everyday second baseman spent
most of his time at first in 2022 with the
twins. So Lair's absence opens up the designated hitter
spot for Josh Bell who has served in that role
five times over the past week. A jupiter will
appear in the postseason for the first time since 2012
after clinching the second half East division title. Earlier
in the week, the hammerheads will take on the
Palm Beach Cardinals in a best of three series beginning
on Tuesday to put the achievement into perspective. Consider
this, that 2012 squad featured the late Jose Fernandez
, Christian, Jelic Marce, Ozuna and Jt Rao
after some promotions to Jae Beloit. The 2023 hammerheads
include recent draftees like Noble Meyer Xavier and Jake Delio
at the time of the clinch. Jupiter led the
circuit with a 4.16 team.