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Three Bold Predictions For 2021 Miami Marlins Season

By Sean Millerick

MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 01: Sandy Alcantara #22 of the Miami Marlins delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on Opening Day at loanDepot park on April 01, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 01: Sandy Alcantara #22 of the Miami Marlins delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on Opening Day at loanDepot park on April 01, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /
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Two Miami Marlins Will Finish Top 5 In NL ROY Voting

This Miami Marlins roster just features too many young and old veterans to give the 2006 team a run for their money when it comes to rookie praise. That club had three Marlins finish in the top five for the NL Rookie of the Year, with Hanley Ramirez bringing home the award. Six Marlins earned a point in final voting.

However, this 2021 team will have no problem seeing two Marlins battle for top rookie honors.

Jazz Chisholm entered the year hyped as having 20/20 upside. While the power hasn’t appeared yet, he’s running away with the personality award and has shown that a 30-steal season could easily be in reach. Between that dynamic mix of speed and charisma, 10 HRs and a decent batting average should be more than enough to keep him in the mix as long as Miami remains competitive.

On the pitching front, Sixto Sanchez and Trevor Rogers would seem the most likely candidates to produce a hardware worthy season. However, some early injuries are already opening the door to the next tier of Miami pitching prospects- more on that shortly. Suffice it to say fans shouldn’t be at all surprised if a Marlins rookie pitcher turns some heads this year- they only need one of about four options to hit. That’s definitely doable.

And as discussed on the previous slide, it’s far from inconceivable that one of Miami’s young outfield prospects ends up getting significant run in 2021. A hot start and a June promotion for Bleday or Burdick should do the trick.

Certainly, it helps that all the prospect star power in 2021 seems to be coming from the American League. Also, this prediction is about vote getters, not necessarily award winners. That being said, the Rookie of the Year award is often about accumulation over outright accomplishment. It’s definitely well within the realm of possibility the Marlins give one of their rookies enough run to beat out Pittsburgh’s Ke’Bryan Hayes and Atlanta’s Ian Anderson for the award.

Smart money would be on Chisholm to win, but any of the players above would be fine bets to place or show. Speaking of bets, time for our boldest prediction…

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