One of the highest pitching skills within the Miami Marlins’ group is about for the large leagues after the group promoted its No. 2 prospect, Max Meyer, on Thursday night time.
Meyer made it to Miami on Friday and is predicted to make his main league debut on Saturday in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies, in a 4:10 p.m. sport at loanDepot Park.
“Honestly I’m not thinking too much about it,” Meyer mentioned of his begin throughout an availability Friday. “I’m pretty tired from the travel of the day, but I hope I get some juice tomorrow to go.”
The Marlins’ Twitter account posted a video Thursday exhibiting Meyer being instructed the information by his coaches with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, Miami’s Triple-A affiliate. “I’m pumped. Let’s go,” he mentioned after being instructed of his promotion.
Meyer, 23, was Miami’s first-round choose within the 2020 MLB draft with the No. 3 choice out of the University of Minnesota. Since then, he rapidly rose by way of the Marlins’ farm system, impressing at each degree.
Marlins supervisor Don Mattingly is hoping to get an excellent sense of what his prime prospect is able to however isn’t attempting to set his expectations too excessive.
“Hopefully he’s gonna be able to go out and keep us in some games,” Mattingly mentioned. “We can’t expect him to come out here and think he’s to be anything like Sandy [Alcántara]. If he is unbelievably great that’d be great, but Sandy wasn’t Sandy when he first got here, either. So, you expect some bumps in the road, but he’s got the stuff.”
In his first 12 months with the group, Meyer earned the Double-A South Most Outstanding Pitcher and pitched within the All-Star Futures Game. That 12 months, he had a 2.41 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 20 begins.
He was promoted to Jacksonville towards the top of the 2021 season and appeared dominant as soon as once more. Although he has a 3.72 ERA and 3-4 document in 12 begins this season, he returned to type after an elbow damage and has a 1.96 ERA in his final 4 begins.
“I feel like maybe early on, I was kind of ready to get [called] up after I started the year off hot and then that injury happened and that kind of changed my whole perspective,” Meyer mentioned. “I believe I’m mentally strong as I’ve ever been right now so, I’m happy it’s gone the way it’s gone.”
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