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Edward Cabrera, P

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Scouting report

The Marlins have been pretty cagey about what sort of "infection" ultimately ended Cabrera's work at the 2020 alternate site. Before he was shut down, though, his alt site pitch data indicated his changeup might have become an elite weapon. There are already folks in baseball who prefer Cabrera to fellow Marlin Sixto Sánchez because his breaking ball has more two-plane sweep than Sixto's lateral slider. Like Sánchez, Cabrera's fastball spin axis resides in a bat-missing Bermuda Triangle and it doesn't generate swings and misses even though it's very hard. While there's almost no strike-throwing relief risk here, there is some related to injury. In addition to his weird 2020 infection, Cabrera has dealt with a biceps nerve issue early in 2021, and only began playing catch again shortly before this list published. If healthy, he's likely to contribute to the big club in 2021 either as yet another young rotation piece or as a three-pitch relief weapon with huge stuff, which Miami sorely lacks at the back of their bullpen. (Alternate site)