Miami, FL
Marlins put their trust in Jesus Sanchez to be their center fielder. It’s paying off early
The smile on his face says all of it.
Jesus Sanchez had simply despatched a Kyle Gibson sinker to the warning observe in left-center discipline at loanDepot park on Thursday and hustled his manner across the basepaths. His helmet fell off as he sprinted to 3rd base, sliding head first. As he received to his knees, he rapidly lifted his head and pointed to his dugout, a smile bearing his face from ear to ear.
That is the Jesus Sanchez the Miami Marlins have been desirous to see.
Relaxed, poised and assured on the plate.
Stepping up defensively as he mans middle discipline, a place he has barely performed since beginning in skilled baseball.
And having success as he takes benefit of his first true alternative to be an on a regular basis participant on the MLB stage.
“I’m having enjoyable,” Sanchez mentioned Friday, that smile nonetheless current. “Quite a lot of enjoyable.”
‘Failure bothers him’
Enjoyable typically eluded Sanchez early in his MLB profession.
His inner expectations received the higher of him when he received the information of a lifetime in August 2020 that he was making his MLB debut, slightly over a yr after the Marlins acquired him in a commerce with the Tampa Bay Rays. Sanchez went simply 1 for 25 with 4 walks and 11 strikeouts in his 10 video games with the Marlins that yr.
He confirmed progress when getting referred to as up in mid-June final season, hitting .251 with 14 house runs and 36 RBI over 64 video games.
Thus far this season, his first on an MLB roster from the onset? Sanchez has a team-high 5 runs scored, is tied for the group lead with two house runs, and is second on the group amongst hitters with no less than 20 plate appearances in batting common (.310), slugging (.690) and on-base-plus-slugging proportion (1.023).
“Failure bothers him,” Marlins bench coach James Rowson mentioned. “You possibly can inform it bothers him as a result of he expects himself to be participant. He is aware of what sort of participant he’s, and he’s going to continue to grow. However after I watch him, a man that may use the entire discipline and drive it to all fields with energy are particular gamers on this recreation. The extra he performs, the higher off he’s going to proceed to be.”
Most of his early hits have are available in key conditions, with Sanchez both driving in or scoring the Marlins’ game-winning run in every of their first three wins.
His first hit of the season was a go-ahead RBI single within the seventh inning of Miami’s 2-1 win in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on April 9.
“I’ve been battling each at-bat,” Sanchez mentioned after that win. “It exhibits what I deliver daily to the sector. I’m at all times going to be combating on the plate. On the finish of the day, that’s successful and the outcomes include it.”
His triple in opposition to the Phillies on Thursday was his spotlight play individually, but it surely was his fourth-inning single that dropped in entrance of Kyle Schwarber that proved to be the distinction maker of their 4-3 win.
“I may most likely have three, 4, 5 at-bats throughout a recreation — even six — and I don’t know which one goes to be the decisive one,” Sanchez mentioned. “I’ve to take each at-bat with the identical accountability and energy.”
After which on Friday, Sanchez drove in Miami’s first run with a first-inning double, scored their second on a Jesus Aguilar single and added a fifth-inning RBI triple in a 7-1 rout of the Phillies.
“Simply make the swing,” Sanchez mentioned. “Simply execute in opposition to the pitch and make the swing.”
In between, he additionally swatted a pair of no-doubt house runs within the Marlins’ loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday.
Sanchez mentioned having safety behind him within the lineup — with first baseman Jesus Aguilar and proper fielder Avisail Garcia usually following him within the coronary heart of Miami’s order — has helped him really feel extra snug on the plate.
“Largely Aguilar. Having him behind me is anyone that offers me the belief that if I get on base, I do know he’s going to deliver me in,” Sanchez mentioned. “In order that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve been swinging, getting on base and trusting that wherever I’m, he’s going to deliver me in.”
Aguilar mentioned he understands how the specter of an improved lineup can profit sure hitters — on this case Sanchez — however the first baseman can be adamant that Sanchez’s success stems from extra than simply having different good hitters round him.
“He’s assured proper now,” Aguilar mentioned. “He believes in himself.”
Adjusting to middle discipline
That perception extends past simply Sanchez’s manufacturing on the plate.
It extends to his function within the discipline.
The Marlins in spring coaching tabbed Sanchez as their main middle fielder after signing a pair of nook outfielders in Avisail Garcia and Jorge Soler to spice up their offense.
Whereas Sanchez by no means performed middle discipline within the large leagues earlier than this season and had simply eight begins there within the higher minors, the Marlins have been assured that Sanchez may make the transition based mostly on a few of his analytical metrics.
“He will get actually good jumps on balls and he has good routes,” mentioned Marlins first base coach Keith Johnson, who additionally works with the group’s outfielders. “We’ve been actually specializing in ending performs and smoothing out the again finish of performs with him as a result of he will get to a whole lot of balls but it surely’s about how he finishes them. Generally, folks take a look at that and assume he’s not pretty much as good on the market as he actually is.”
One other level of emphasis: Johnson, and the Marlins as a complete, aren’t essentially searching for Sanchez to be a Kevin Kiermaier or a Harrison Bader on protection. The precedence for Sanchez and the outfielders as a complete is “doing the issues that we have to do to stop runs and get as many outs as doable.”
“In the event you make a mistake,” Johnson mentioned, “simply reduce the magnitude of the error and we’ll determine all that stuff out.”
Sanchez is getting increasingly acclimated to the place with every inning he’s on the market.
“I’m feeling very snug,” Sanchez mentioned. “It’s like I’m taking part in proper discipline once more. It’s all about repetition.”
Miami, FL
Toxicology report to help solve mystery in Miami and Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two police departments and the medical examiner’s office were working together to figure out how a man died.
While a toxicology report was pending on Saturday, Local 10 News sources believe a body found in a wooded preserve area in western Miami-Dade was connected to a missing person’s case further east in Miami.
Miami-Dade and Miami police officers worked together on Wednesday north of Eighth Street and west of Southwest 137 Avenue when a Dade police dog found the body shortly after 1 p.m., in an early stage of decomposition.
According to detectives familiar with the search near the Tamiami Bike Trail area, the white man was 30 to 40 years old, he was only wearing sweatpants, he was “lying supine on the ground” — and his body did not show any signs of trauma.
Detectives involved in the city and county cases were waiting. On Thursday, the medical examiner, Dr. Nicholas Barna, decided he needed toxicology to determine the man’s cause of death.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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Miami, FL
Is Tua Tagovailoa Playing Hardball – The Splash Zone 5/18/24
The Miami Dolphins and Tua Tagovailoa have been a big talking point this offseason as the team tries to get their quarterback an extension. Tua is currently playing on the fifth-year option but would love to be rewarded with a new contract. Last month, Tua stated he would show up to OTA’s and let his agent deal with contract details. The Dolphins began their offseason program last month and while Tua showed up, he has decided to sit out most of it. It is voluntary though but perhaps the quarterback is protesting his contract status. We’ll have a better understanding of how Tua feels when he decides whether or not to show up for Dolphins OTA’s next week.
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Miami, FL
Police chief: ‘Gang nexus’ prompts shooting in Miami Gardens
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Chief Delma K. Noel-Pratt said on Friday a “gang nexus” caused the shooting that woke up residents on Wednesday in Miami Gardens.
Surveillance video shows the flashes of light from the propellant gases that exited the firearms near Northwest 196 Street and 42 Avenue.
“There were flashes all over the place,” Luis Rivera said. “I could see it through the curtains.”
The area is home to Miami Gardens Elementary School and the Tender Loving Care Preschool. Bullets damaged cars and houses. Rivera lives with a 6-year-old girl who is undergoing cancer treatment.
After the shooting, the driver of a Nissan crashed into a fence and intruders ran. Rivera said he feared they were going to break into his home.
It’s unclear if other recent shootings in Miami Gardens have been gang-related too.
In April, a shooting injured two teens and three adults near Northwest 197 Street and 14 Avenue after a fight at Miami Norland Senior High School, at 1193 NW 193 St.
In March, the city had two shootings injuring four in one morning. Three were wounded near Northwest 198 Street and Sixth Place, and a man was shot near Northwest 210 Street and 38 Avenue.
Two men were shot dead on Jan. 13: Reynaldo Romanez was shot near Northwest 207 Street and 27 Avenue, and Javares Williams near Northwest 209 Terrace and 34 Court.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners reported “various street gangs” operated in and around Miami Gardens when a grand jury indicted 22 allegedly associated with the Zone 3 gang in 2019.
The Miami Gardens Police Department’s street intelligence unit has also been working with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s Gang Strike Force.
Detectives asked anyone with information to call police at 305-474-6473 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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