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Injuries (plural) at the Third Base position are something the Marlins have been overcoming during the 1st Half of 2022. With both Brian Anderson & Joey Wendle sidelined since May 30th (Andy since May 27th), the 5'10/190 pound Jon Berti has stepped up in a big way at the hot-corner for the Marlins. Berti has Started every Game in June for the Fish at 3rd Base. His .308 Batting Average this month has contributed to his .379 OBP, a perfect 10 for 10 in Stolen Base Attempts, 3 Doubles, and 9 Runs Scored. Garrett Cooper had a bit of a Covid scare over the Weekend in Houston. While Avisail Garcia had Inflammation in his Left Hand that wiped him out of the entire Series in H-Town. Moments such as these should assure the Marlins they made the right decision to keep Bryan De La Cruz on the Big League Roster this Season. De La Cruz was slashing .333/.413/.487 with a .900 OPS in his first 24 Games (11 Starts) through May 16th. The very limited Game-action may have begun to catch up ...

  Well, yesterday was interesting to say the least in Marlins circles. A 90 minute closed door Meeting was called by Manager (for now) Don Mattingly. A Meeting that in his own words was "for any issues (the Players) had, I wanted to get it out to where it was spoken out loud, not whispered behind anybody's back". The Marlins Skipper even gave a bit of a self Managerial evaluation to the Miami Herald when speaking about the Meeting. Said Mattingly "I know people see me a lot. I don't react on the bench. I don't want to be emotional on the bench at all. I'm not a yell and scream guy in the clubhouse or on the bench. But when something is bothering me, it usually is in my stomach, and I know what needs to come out". Marlins Ace Sandy Alcantara had that ⬆️ to say to Craig Mish yesterday following the Meeting. While Andy Slater talked about this ⬇️ today. "The off-day (Following Sunday's Series Finale against the Giants) was not a very good off-d...