MLB Announces Prospects Selected for "Spring Breakout" Matchup Against Cardinals

The Marlins are sending up some of their best pitching prospects against the Cardinals farm system
MLB Announces Prospects Selected for "Spring Breakout" Matchup Against Cardinals
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The Miami Marlins, while not as deep as they've been in the past, have some very good pitching prospects in the farm system. 

And we're going to get to see two of the best in action. 

MLB announced the prospects selected for the "Spring Breakout" game versus the St. Louis Cardinals, and both RHP Noble Meyer and LHP Thomas White made the list for Miami. 

Both pitchers, taken in the 1st round out of high school in last year's MLB Draft, will be making their 2024 debuts in the game, as they've been working on backfields so far this spring in lieu of being in major league camp. 

Here's the full list of Marlins selected for the game, along with their MLB Pipeline prospect rankings: 

PITCHERS (12)
Noble Meyer, RHP, No. 1 (MLB No. 57)
Thomas White, LHP, No. 2
Karson Milbrandt, RHP, No. 6
Jacob Miller, RHP, No. 13
Anthony Maldonado, RHP, No. 19
Patrick Monteverde, LHP, No. 20
Juan De La Cruz, RHP, No. 21
Ike Buxton, RHP, No. 26
Nigel Belgrave, RHP, No. 28
Evan Fitterer, RHP, NR
Matt Pushard, RHP, NR
Luarbert Arias, RHP, NR

CATCHERS (2)
Will Banfield, C, No. 23
Joe Mack, C, No. 24

INFIELDERS (6)
Jacob Berry, 3B/1B, No. 5
Yiddi Cappe, 2B/SS, No. 7
Jacob Amaya, SS/2B, No. 9
Fabian Lopez, SS, No. 12
Brock Vradenburg, 1B, No. 17
Troy Johnston, 1B, No. 18

OUTFIELDERS (6)
Victor Mesa Jr., OF, No. 4
Kemp Alderman, OF, No. 8
Andres Valor, OF, No. 15
Javier Sanoja, OF/SS/2B, No. 18
Griffin Conine, OF, NR
Jose Gerardo, OF, NR

Miami's 'Spring Breakout' game against the Cardinals is scheduled for next Friday as part of a doubleheader; the scheduled Marlins-Cardinals spring training game will get underway after this seven-inning prospects contest. 

First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 PM ET and it is being broadcast on both MLB Network as well as MLB.com. 


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Lindsay Crosby
LINDSAY CROSBY

Managing Editor for Blackerby Media, covering the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins Also: Senior Baseball Writer for Auburn Daily, member of both the National College Baseball Writers Association and Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (where he won the 2023 Prospects, Minors, & College Writer of the Year award)