Marlins' roster moves and injury updates
This page will be updated throughout the offseason, with all the latest Marlins signings, news and transactions.
LATEST NEWS
Dec. 11: Marlins select C Liam Hicks from the Tigers in the Rule 5 Draft
Hicks, who finished his 2024 season at the Double-A level, will compete for playing time on Miami's big league roster in '25. More >
Dec. 11: Marlins trade INF Jake Burger to Rangers for INF Echedry Vargas, INF Max Acosta and LHP Brayan Mendoza
Burger led the Marlins in home runs and RBIs in 2024. Vargas (No. 16 prospect), Acosta (No. 17) and Mendoza (No. 29) slot into Miami's Top 30 prospects list. More >
INJURY UPDATES
LHP Jesús Luzardo (lumbar stress reaction)
Expected return: Spring Training
Speaking at the Marlins' Holiday Wishes community event on Dec. 17, Luzardo provided an update on his health: "[I've] been able to go through my normal offseason progression: throwing, running, starting to get off the mound. Feeling really good. Elbow, back, whole body, and just really gearing up for Spring Training and eyeing down that Opening Day to be 100% full-go, which for now, everything feels really good, and we are full-go."
Luzardo was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and added back to the 40-man roster on Nov. 4. He had progressed to rotational activities and running in September, and was playing catch the last week of the season. Luzardo was placed on the 15-day IL on June 22 before being transferred to the 60-day IL on June 23. He was scratched from his June 22 start after dealing with a back issue for a couple of weeks. (Last updated: Dec. 17)
LHP Braxton Garrett (left forearm flexor strain)
Expected return: 2025
Ahead of the Winter Meetings, president of baseball operations Peter Bendix said, "We're still hopeful and optimistic about Braxton, but we don't have an update beyond that."
Garrett was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and added back to the 40-man roster on Nov. 4. At the beginning of the offseason, he received a second opinion on his arm and was diagnosed with a left elbow impingement. Garrett had been proceeding with a throwing progression at the Marlins' player development complex in Jupiter, Fla. The expectation was that Garrett would be ready for the start of Spring Training if all goes well with the program.
Before Garrett felt something in the back of his elbow after his bullpen session on Sept. 21, there was a possibility he would be reinstated on Sept. 22 to start the 2024 home finale, but that setback during his rehab assignment ended his chances to return.
Garrett was placed on the IL on June 23 after he was scratched from his scheduled start. He was transferred to the 60-day IL on July 30. (Last updated: Dec. 5)
RHP Sandy Alcantara (Tommy John surgery)
Expected return: 2025
The expectation is Alcantara will return to start on Opening Day on March 27. He was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and added back to the 40-man roster on Nov. 4. Alcantara had begun his offseason training with workouts only in late September after he threw 20 pitches of live batting practice on Sept. 17 in Miami. Alcantara threw his first bullpen session on July 24, getting in 20 pitches.
Alcantara initially felt discomfort in his arm on his 94th and final pitch on Sept. 3, 2023, against the Nationals. He was diagnosed with a right forearm flexor strain. An MRI exam later revealed a right UCL sprain. Alcantara underwent Tommy John surgery on Oct. 6, 2023. (Last updated: Dec. 5)
RHP Max Meyer (right shoulder bursitis)
Expected return: 2025
President of baseball operations Peter Bendix still believes in Meyer as a "long-term starter." He began his throwing program in September after feeling the discomfort in his last couple of outings, but especially in his most recent start on Sept. 3, when it affected his mechanics. (Last updated: Dec. 11)
RHP Declan Cronin (left knee patellar tendinitis)
Expected return: 2025
Cronin had been dealing with the issue since August. The hope is he will have a normal offseason. (Last updated: Sept. 27)
RHP Calvin Faucher (right shoulder impingement)
Expected return: 2025
Faucher, who was placed on the IL on Sept. 7 retroactive to Sept. 5, had been playing catch. (Last updated: Sept. 24)
RHP Eury Pérez (right UCL tear)
Expected return: 2025
Pérez was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and added back to the 40-man roster on Nov. 4. He reached a recovery milestone by making nine throws while playing catch from 45 feet on Sept. 17. Pérez opened the season on the injured list (retroactive to March 25) and had Tommy John surgery on April 8 after experiencing soreness in his bullpen session on April 2. He was transferred to the 60-day IL on April 4. (Last updated: Nov. 4)
LHP Andrew Nardi (left elbow muscle injury)
Expected return: 2025
Nardi was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and added back to the 40-man roster on Nov. 4. According to him, he was transferred to the 60-day IL on Sept. 7 mainly because he wouldn't have had enough time to build back that late in the season. It also opened up a roster spot. Nardi first landed on the IL on Aug. 24 (retroactive to Aug. 22). (Last updated: Nov. 4)