The Miami Marlins announced the club’s 2020 Opening Day roster. It will be the 9th Opening Day roster for C Francisco Cervelli, the most on the Club. For 10 of the 30 players on the Marlins roster, Friday will mark their first Opening Day in the Majors.
Miami’s complete Opening Day roster is:
PITCHERS (17): RHP Sandy Alcantara (2nd Opening Day); RHP Brad Boxberger (5th); RHP Jeff Brigham (1st); LHP Adam Conley (4th); RHP Robert Dugger (1st); RHP Yimi Garcia (6th); RHP Elieser Hernandez (2nd); RHP Jordan Holloway (1st); RHP Brandon Kintzler (7th); RHP Pablo López (2nd); RHP Nick Neidert (1st); RHP Sterling Sharp (1st); LHP Caleb Smith (3rd); RHP Ryne Stanek (2nd); LHP Stephen Tarpley (2nd); RHP José Ureña (4th); LHP Alex Vesia (1st)
CATCHERS (3): Jorge Alfaro (3rd); Francisco Cervelli (9th); Chad Wallach (3rd)
INFIELD (6): Jesús Aguilar (4th); Brian Anderson (3rd); Jon Berti (1st); Isan Díaz (1st); Garrett Cooper (3rd); Miguel Rojas (5th)
OUTFIELD (4): Corey Dickerson (7th); Harold Ramirez (1st); Magneuris Sierra (1st); Jonathan Villar (7th)
INJURED LIST (3): OF Lewis Brinson (IL); OF Matt Joyce (IL); RHP Drew Steckenrider (60-day IL)
The following transactions were made to set the Opening Day roster:
- Selected the contracts of RHP Brad Boxberger and LHP Alex Vesia
- Recalled RHP Nick Neidert from Triple-A Wichita and RHP Jordan Holloway from Single-A Jupiter
- Placed RHP Drew Steckenrider on 60-day Injured List (right triceps tendonitis)
- Reassigned INF Eddy Alvarez, INF Jazz Chisholm, INF José Devers, INF Lewin Díaz, RHP Jorge Guzman, OF Monte Harrison, C Ryan Lavarnway, RHP Aaron Northcraft, INF Sean Rodríguez and OF Jesús Sánchez to Alternate Training Site
