The Marlins are promoting top pitching prospect Edward Cabrera to make his Major League debut Wednesday against the Nationals, per a club announcement (Twitter link, with video of Cabrera being informed he’s being called up to the Majors). Cabrera is already on the 40-man roster, so Miami will only need to make a corresponding 26-man roster move.
It’s been a monster season between Class-A Advanced, Double-A and Triple-A for the highly touted Cabrera, as evidenced by a combined 2.93 ERA and 36.9 percent strikeout rate in 61 1/3 innings. Cabrera was out earlier in the season due to an inflamed nerve in his right biceps — an injury that cost him the first two months of the season. He looks quite healthy now, having punched out 11 or more batters in three of his past four starts at the Triple-A level.
Cabrera, 23, is featured on virtually any ranking of the game’s top prospects one could find. He’s No. 30 on the midseason Top 100 over at MLB.com, No. 36 at The Athletic, No. 43 at FanGraphs and No. 74 at Baseball America. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel didn’t rank Cabrera in his Top 50 but listed him as one of “20 others who were considered.” Specific rankings aside, the broad-reaching consensus is that Cabrera is one of the most promising young arms in the sport.
Cabrera draws praise for a heater that sits in the 93-97 mph range but has scraped triple digits as well. He generates more grounders than whiffs with the fastball but complements it with a potentially plus slider and an improving changeup. Listed at 6’5″ and 217 pounds, he has the prototypical size and frame that many look for in ideal pitching prospects.
Based on the timing of his promotion, Cabrera will be controlled by the Marlins through at least the 2027 season. He’s being promoted late enough in the year that Super Two status is long since a consideration, although with any prospect promotion, it’s also key to note that future optional assignments could alter one or both of those trajectories. If Cabrera is in the Majors for the rest of the season, he’d accumulate 40 days of MLB service time, meaning he’d need just 132 days in the Majors in 2022 to reach a full year of service and remain on that post-2027 course for free agency.
Cabrera is the latest in a growing line of promising young Marlins starters to reach the Majors. While Miami is dealing with a handful of injuries at present, it’s hard for other clubs not to envy their collection of formidable arms. Cabrera joins Sandy Alcantara, Pablo Lopez, 2021 Rookie of the Year candidate Trevor Rogers, deadline acquisition Jesus Luzardo, Elieser Hernandez and currently injured top prospect Sixto Sanchez among the team’s current core of rotation options, and there are several others behind them. Most notably, last year’s No. 3 overall pick, right-hander Max Meyer, has been nothing short of dominant in Double-A this season.
The Marlins’ system is deeper in arms than in high-end bats, so it remains possible that GM Kim Ng and her staff will look to capitalize on that group of arms and turn some of it into controllable young bats via the offseason trade market. Catcher and center field, in particular, are areas where the Marlins find themselves with a long-term need.
Super pumped, Marlins future rotation is gonna be good
They have a lot of guys with decent upside.
Yeah, must suck to not like the white Sox. Please kindly take the L 🙂
Yeah! You should only cheer for teams that are doing well! Wait to see who is leading their division, then make them your team!
I don’t remember saying that he needs to like the White Sox, smart guy. I said it must suck not liking them. I have liked them since they were terrible, it’s not that complicated
what does liking the White Sox have to do with the Marlins? They aren’t rivals and don’t even play in the same league. Yet, you question other people’s intelligence. Interesting…
You would support shoeless Joe if you could.
If he is anything like he is in MLB the Show, the nats are screwed
Came here to say this lol
99-102 MPH sinker with 99-break. He’s a glitch.
so he is the new Bo Jackson of tecmo bowl fame.
this guy has made me stop playing ranked seasons
Guess I’m the “ old guy”, even though I’m not. I haven’t played, yet. But, after seeing all the posts about it, I’m gonna try it.
Finally!!! My home boooy
The Marlins, with all these young starters, could dominate NL East for years!!
Should, they are one of the only teams with a competent farm system
Show me an organization that had a “future rotation” that was gonna be good, and I’ll show you a bunch of prospects that either got hurt or never turned out. .
The Mets had a rotation of the future back in 2013-2015.
The Braves had a rotation of the future back in 2016-2018.
Remember the Cubs rotation of the future with Wood, Prior and Zambrano?
I’d much rather gear my farm system towards young promising hitting, because so much can go wrong with pitching – especially with how hard these guys are throwing these days.
downs: Good point. Organizations almost always seem to over-rely on and overpay for pitching, and it just rarely works out.
Agreed. I think we’ve learned over the years that if you’re going to pay for pitching, don’t pay for those middle-ground pitchers, but pony up the $ for the aces. Scherzer, Kershaw, Lester, Verlander, Sabathia, Greinke.. they all earned their $, whereas we’ve seen countless contracts given out to guys that have one good season, and regress to the mean the next.
As far as farm systems go, I think depth is more important than star pitching prospects. Just this year alone, the Marlins have seen Pablo Lopez, Sixto Sanchez, Eliser Hernandez, Rogers and even Edward Cabrera battle injuries. I like the talent, but I’d be happier if those arms were bats.
That’s incredibly dumb. Pitchers are way, way, way more important than hitters. Just take a look at the Giants and Angels.
downs: Perhaps that should be THE model: low-priced pitching depth. And if you miraculously happen to snag a franchise ace, lock him up.
Then, with all of that depth, forget five starters, hopes of 7 innings, traditional bullpens, etc. Use four starters. Hell, use ten! And openers. Have a first-inning closer-type, then everyone goes 1-4 innings, depending on that week’s and that game’s unique context.
Lots of depth, lots of rest, lot of fresh arms, no Tommy John’s!
I’m not sure how they are good examples here? Neither had promising farm systems to get where they are today. I mean, I guess a while back the Angels had a bunch of prospects that didn’t turn out great, but the Giants haven’t had a top farm system prior to 2021 for a while.
AD, yes – we’ve seen multiple teams do this, and typically the ones that are most successful are the ones that can have two aces – Scherzer signed, Strasburg drafted with Nats, Verlander and Cole both traded for with Astros.. Kershaw and Buehler/Kershaw with Dodgers both drafted.. it’s not going to happen every year that a team with two aces wins, but if you’re gonna win 80% of the games those two guys pitch in, the rest of your staff really only needs to go .500
And then when it comes playoff time, those two aces will be pitching 3 out 5 games or 4 out of 7
The Giants always win because they have great pitching, and the Angels always lose even with generational players like Mike Trout because they don’t have any pitching save for Ohtani.
The Giants always win? Correct me if I’m wrong, but they haven’t even had a winning record since 2016.
They had a run of good pitchers with Lincecum, Cain and Bumgarner, but look what happened to all 3 of those guys – they fell apart, likely because the Giants had deep runs in the playoffs for a handful of years.
But you can’t say “the Giants are always good because they have great pitching.” when they weren’t that good for the last 4 years, and prior to the 3 pitchers I mentioned, they weren’t good from 2004-2008, and when they were good in the early 2000s, it wasn’t due to developed pitching, they acquired guys like Jason Schmidt and Livan Hernandez..
Also, fun fact: since 2000, the Angels have a better record than the Giants.
So if the Giants are “always good” so are the Angels.
Or both teams have been bad for a handful of years and the Giants are gonna get destroyed in the playoffs this year. They are built OK for 162, but they are not built for the postseason.
How did Generation K work out? How many people even remember them?
This may be true, but what happens when the young pitchers get injured? You can’t replace them with young, promising hitters.
The issue with the Mets wasn’t that they ignored the need to develop hitters, it’s that they utterly failed to develop any kind of offensive depth in their farm system & badly overvalued the limited promising talent they managed to produce.
ERA is an extremely low-utility stat, and high K-rate is nice but utterly unnecessary for success. Ergo there is nothing in this article that can be used to conclude that he’s enjoyed a “monster season”.
A sub 3.00 era with a 37% k rate is mediocre in your opinion?
lemon: Read what I *actually* wrote, Dunce Cap.
P.S. Ever hear of the word “context”? Look it up. It’s practically everything.
Dude asked you a question and you call him a dunce cap? Could’ve just simply answered the question.
Squiggyum: Like your reply, his question was irrelevant. Its basis was in nothing that I had actually said. Secondarily, there are no answers to his questions, given—as I already explained—the complete lack of pertinent context in the information provided by the fake-journalist who wrote the article.
Marlins had to do this based on the way they’ve been playing the past week. Lewin Diaz and Griffin Conine need to be called up next to see what they can do at the MLB level. No reason Magneuris Sierra should be on the big league roster.
Conine can’t hit .200 at AA and strikes out nearly half his at bats.
We don’t seem to have anyone who can hit. Just a load of all or nothing sluggers
Yeah his high A numbers were way more tolerable as .247 avg wasn’t great but his OPS was awesome in the low 900s. People know of him now cause he went on a AA home run tear but don’t realize he’s batting like .177.
Most if the guys they should be calling up aren’t on the MLB 30 list. Misner has been great lately but he’s in high A.
Any relation to Assdrubal?
Maybe Miguel? Or Orlando? Or probably Melky?
Watch him throw a no hitter and we get a 97 topps now Cabrera
Was waiting for this one. Great stuff, I can only imagine what he’ll cook up in his first outing based on prospectus reports.
About time! Neidert should be coming up soon along with Lewin and Burdick.
I know it’s just his first year, but Jake Eder has put up eyebrow-raising numbers all year. Max Meyer, too. The Marlins have about a dozen really appealing young arms. Here’s to hoping they’re not a bunch of Chris Volstads and Sean Wests.
Agreed. Dax Fulton is another 6’8 Volstad looking SP’ers who’s pitching very well in the minors.
Marlins are stacked. They’ll def be in the market for a Jazz for Gallen type deal or Teo this off-season.
They almost picked up Marsh for Meyers.
Shocked it was the Angels who backed out reportedly on that. I like Meyer a lot and rather not give him up at all. Pretty much everyone agrees his floor is good closer. Not a lot of other pitchers we have can even say that.
I dont think Meyer or Eder get any taste of the bigs this season. Maybe Meyer for 3 games in September.
Marlins and Jays line up for a trade this off season nicely, maybe Kirk for some starting pitching
I’d much prefer Moreno or Groshans for one of our Starting pitching prospects.
Without a doubt that the Jays and Marlins are a great trade match. Jays have young bats and Marlins have young pitchers. They both lack what the other has…or have what the other lacks – can be said either way.
Horribly typed!
NO WHERE does it state if he’s a Reliever or Starter!
It says he will make his major league debut on Wednesday. They usually don’t say that when they call up relievers.