The Marlins will be without outfielder Kyle Stowers for several weeks after he suffered a Grade 1 strain in his left side, manager Clayton McCullough informed reporters (link via Christina De Nicola of MLB.com). He’ll go on the 10-day injured list before tomorrow’s series finale in Boston. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase first reported that Miami will recall Joey Wiemer from Triple-A Jacksonville in the corresponding move.
Stowers felt the discomfort on a swing early in Friday’s game. He stayed in for the rest of the contest but lingering soreness sent him for imaging today. A Grade 1 strain is of the lowest severity, but even relatively minor side/oblique strains can cost hitters upwards of a month. Stowers seems likely to miss most of the remaining schedule.
It’ll hopefully be no more than a blip for Miami’s breakout slugger. Stowers earned his first All-Star selection and has a .288/.368/.544 slash line across 457 plate appearances. He has hit 25 home runs and had a good shot at cracking the 30-homer mark had he stayed healthy. While he’d fallen into a bit of a slump in August, he was the National League Player of the Month in July thanks to a monster .364/.451/.818 showing with 10 longballs in 24 games. That not coincidentally overlapped with Miami’s 15-10 showing last month, offering a hint of Stowers’ ability to carry a lineup when he’s going well.
Dane Myers has spent a good chunk of this season as the starting center fielder. He has ceded playing time since Jakob Marsee was promoted to take the center field job. Myers will probably get more playing time in left field. Wiemer, who was claimed off waivers from the Royals a couple weeks ago, is now in line for his team debut in a rotational corner outfield role.
Future is bright, let him rest and comeback next season, that team is closer than many realize.
Per baseball reference Trevor Rogers is worth 3.7 WAR this year to Stowers’ 3.6. I thought Fish had fleeced the O’s getting Stowers and Norby, guess 2021 was not a fluke for Rogers after all.
The crazy part is the deal was for Norby, Stowers was a throw in. I thought the Os were fleeced but Rogers has been pitching like us Os fans rarely get to see. Only get 1 more season of Rogers so still could be a big win for the Marlins but its a lot more even right now then most realize
As a Marlins fan, I’m glad we have Stowers, and we get to see what Norby is after he’s healthy again and hopefully continues to develop.
As for the WAR mention, I think it’s very safe to say that WAR has never shown how much better a team is based on that formulated stat. Anyone that thinks that Rogers has impacted the O’s season anywhere close to what Stowers has impacted the Marlins season, simply is not watching the game.
never rly fit in with the o’s
he’s having a remarkable turnaround season with miami
I still have a feeling that Miami trades Stowers within the next year or year and a half. It’s just what they seem to do once players start establishing themselves and they start losing years of control. They have some promising young outfield talent, especially with the power Aldermen has and Marse already up now. They have some great pitching coming as well. It’s unfortunate, because they could be a very good team with all the young talent, especially the pitching. With Phillys roster aging and the Mets heading down that road too, some questions in Atlanta, Miami could have a brief opening to do some really exciting things in the foreseeable future if the roster and team are managed properly.
Keep harping on that old ESPN narrative. It’s getting antiquated day by day.
Everyone else heard the one that ESPN and FOX Sports refuses to cover due to it takes away from their northeast coverage, in that the Marlins are aiming to run their team with Rays success, but with a little more budget than them…and that the next CBA could affect things further with what they spend.
It’s not a narrative. I lived in Miami and although not my hometown team, I followed the Marlins as they shipped out player after player after player and then had hope that the new ownership would change, only to see similar results. I moved back to my hometown in 2018 but continued to watch players like Lopez get traded to MN and then Luzzardo to Philly. Alcantara is likely going this offseason. So until the narrative changes, it’s very much current. Hoping they prove everyone wrong finally, but until then it seems to be business as usual.
Oh and if they ran their team like the Rays but with more financial might, they wouldn’t have been as miserable as they were. Trust me, my team was just as miserable from 2018-2023 and at several intervals before then too, so I get it.
what a strange trade, Stowers is an all-star OF with the Marlins and Trevor Rogers found his A game after three terrible seasons with Miami.
So the trade worked out for both teams? Not so much “strange” as “fortunate”
Strange as in how both emerged as All-Star caliber players when at the time of the trade neither was considered to be in that echelon.
The trade could have worked out for both teams if Stowers and Rogers both played at replacement level but both emerged as significant talents.
With the O’s, as much as they need Rogers, he is a FA in ’27.
Four years on control on Stowers, five on Norby, Marlins made out on that trade but Orioles could recoup with a team friendly extension on Rogers or a package of prospects at the ’26 deadline should the O’s fail to compete next season.
The Orioles will not fail to compete next season. They will be a wild card team at the least. They need to extend him in the offseason. Unless they plan on playing out the contract, going as far as they can next season and then doing the qualifying offer and draft pick compensation when he goes elsewhere. It depends on how they think they can extract the most value but extending him is likely the preferred route.
Hopefully the guy comes back and does the exact same things that he has been doing. As an O’s guy, I kinda see Kjerstad following that same path, don’t think he’ll benefit with sticking with Baltimore but I can see him taking advantage of an opportunity elsewhere.
Watching Stowers rip a pair of doubles last night you’d never know he was in pain. Looks like a solid hitter, hopefully for the Fish he’s not out for long
At this point, it’s fine if Stowers takes the bulk of the rest of the season. The Marlins recent play has completely taken them out of the small playoff chance they had. Now, their goal is really to see if they can bounce back to finish .500. It’s best to let Stowers heal, let the younger players gain more experience, and see what else we have that’s MLB-ready for next year’s team.
I’m enjoying this team, and looking forward to next season.
Kinda confuzzled – Side Strain – is this different than oblique strain – what gives
LMGTFY
He was putting up one of the greatest seasons in Marlins history, but of course…
They do have a couple of people to call up, though there are also injuries in the minor leagues to at least 1 of those
Yeah. For me, I’m fine if he heals the rest of the season and we check out what additonal players we have for next year.
Interesting with the OF, it looks like the Marlins are checking on Myers and Hill as much as those two have been playing, despite their struggles. Seems one or maybe both could be non-tendered this offseason to keep an OF of Stowers, Marsee, Conine, and Hernandez…with our new, younger version of Jon Berti…Javier Sanoja.
Hoping to see them give a look at De Los Santos in September because, despite his sturggles this year, I’m more interested in seeing him instead of seeing Wagaman.