(13-10-3) (RHP Nick Neidert; 0-0, 4.50) at HOUSTON ASTROS (17-7-3) (RHP Charlie Morton; 1-0, 0.93) FITTEAM BALLPARK OF THE PALM BEACHES, WEST PALM BEACH, FL Thursday, March 22, 2018 – 1:05 p.m. Broadcasts: WINZ 940 FM/94.9 HD2 (English)

TODAY’S GAME: The Marlins and Astros play the fifth of their six Grapefruit League contests today in West Palm Beach at 1:05 p.m. Miami leads the 2018 series, 2-1-1. TODAY’S PITCHING LINEUP RHP Nick Neidert TODAY’S STARTING : Right-hander Nick Neidert will come over from Minor League camp to make his first start RHP Javy Guerra (second appearance) for the Marlins this Spring. His only other outing was on March 7 here in West Palm Beach against the RHP Junichi Tazawa Astros (2.0 ip, 2 h, r, er, so). Neidert is replacing Jacob Turner, who was scratched this morning due to the flu. RHP Tayron Guerrero BAKER'S DOZEN: The Marlins fell behind 8-0 through the top of the second and suffered a 13-6 loss to the Cardinals yesterday in Jupiter. Cameron Maybin posted an RBI double and Cristhian Adames had a double MARLINS NOTES and two RBI to lead the offense. Both Justin Bour and Starlin Castro also went 1x3 with an RBI. The Marlins' Grapefruit League attendance JUST GETTIN' STARTED: The Marlins today announced that multi-platinum hip-hop artist DJ Khaled will perform surpassed 50,000 in yesterday's contest a pregame concert on Opening Day at Marlins Park, which will include the debut of the Miami Marlins' new against the Cardinals at Roger Dean anthem, "Just Gettin' Started." The new single was created in collaboration with the Marlins and The Jingle Chevrolet Stadium, their 13th home date Punks, a premier music solutions company. In addition to DJ Khaled, the single features Miami's Nicky Jam of the Spring. Last season, Miami did not and Kent Jones, and Poo Bear. The concert will begin at 11:30 a.m. on March 29, prior to the 12:40 first pitch surpass the 50,000 plateau until their 16th between the Marlins and Cubs, which kicks off Major League 's 2018 Championship Season. home date of the Spring slate. Through 13 home dates, the Marlins' Spring GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE LEADERS: The Marlins are 13-10, the third-best record in the Grapefruit League behind attendance in 2018 is up 19.0% percent Houston (17-7) and Boston (17-8)... ranks third among qualified GL hitters in batting average from 2017. (.333)...Brian Anderson ranks tied for second in runs scored (11)... Anderson is also fifth in slugging percentage (.622), while Brinson is 10th (.583)... Odrisamer Despaigne ranks tied for third in innings pitched (20.0). JUST GETTIN' STARTED WE'RE LISTENING: The Marlins have announced the launch of a new listening campaign, Dímelo, which allows fans to have their voices heard on myriad topics, ranging from food and in-game The Marlins announced today that multi-platinum experience to team branding. Dímelo - Spanish for "Talk to me" - will give fans the ability to provide hip-hop artist DJ Khaled will perform a pre-game feedback online at Marlins.com/Dimelo, in-person at Marlins Park, and at select Marlins community concert at Marlins Park on Opening Day. During events. Two Dímelo booths will be installed at Marlins Park, and a portable Dímelo booth will travel to the concert, which begins at 11:30 a.m., DJ Khaled off-site locations. Participants may enter the booth and record a video message that will be used to will debut "Just Gettin' Started," a new single that help improve the overall fan experience. Also, fans will be able to answer weekly Dímelo questions on was created as an anthem for the Marlins. For social media using the hashtag #DimeloMiami, and can complete a survey at Marlins.com/Dimelo. more details on the concert and the collaborative Booth and web-based participants will be eligible for monthly prize drawings from April-September. effort to create "Just Gettin' Started," see the note Prizes range from exclusive experiences and signed memorabilia to premium ticket packages. at left. HIP, HIP JOSÉ!: Marlins' manager has named right-handed pitcher José Ureña as Miami's Opening Day starter. Ureña will throw the very first pitch of 's 2018 DÍMELO Championship Season, on Thursday, March 29 against the Cubs at Marlins Park (12:40 p.m.). It will The Marlins are launching a new listening be his first career Opening Day start. Ureña entered Miami's rotation on May 7 last season and went campaign, Dímelo ("Talk to me"), which allows on to go 14-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 28 starts the rest of the way. From that date on, he led the National fans to have their voices heard on a number of League in starts and tied for the second-most wins. team-related topics. Dímelo listening booths at Marlins Park and off-site locations will record CURRENT ROSTER: Miami has 42 players currently in Major League camp, including 29 members of the video messages used to help improve the fan 40-man roster and 13 non-roster invitees. There are 19 in camp: 15 from the 40-man roster experience. Fans can also participate through a and four NRIs. There are 15 right-handed pitchers (11 40-man and four NRIs) and four left-handed corresponding social media campaign. See the pitchers, all on the 40-man. The Club is also carrying five catchers (two NRIs), 11 infielders (four NRIs), note at left for more details on Dímelo. and seven outfielders (three NRIs). GIVE IT AWAY NOW: The Marlins have announced their giveaways and theme nights for the 2018 season. This season will feature more than 10 giveaways and 20 theme nights. The giveaways are highlighted by a Justin Bour Superhero Bobblehead presented by Pepsi and a Billy The Marlin Pool Float sponsored by AutoNation. Star Wars Night returns on May 12 to highlight the theme nights lineup. Other notable theme nights include Superhero Day (July 1), Bark at the Park 954 (July 14) and Bark at the Park 305 (August 26), and the 25th Anniversary of The Sandlot (July 15). For more details and a full list of giveaways and theme nights, visit Marlins.com/ThemeNights. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: The Marlins are celebrating their 25th Anniversary throughout the 2018 Championship Season. The main feature of the slate of events will be the 25th Anniversary Weekend Celebration from June 8-10, when Miami plays San Diego at Marlins Park. The team will wear commemorative throwback teal pinstripe uniforms for all three games. A NEW DAY: The Marlins enter 2018 under new ownership, led by Chairman & Principal Owner Bruce Sherman and Chief Executive Officer & Owner Derek Jeter. The ownership group, the fourth in Club history, took control of the organization on October 2 after receiving unanimous approval from Major League Owners to acquire the team. The group’s first major Baseball Operations hire was Gary Denbo, who was named Vice President of Scouting & Player Development. Denbo has worked to greatly expand the Marlins’ scouting and analytics departments, making several new hires. On the business side, Chip Bowers was named President of Business Operations on February 12. Bowers comes to Miami from the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, where in his five years as Chief Marketing Officer the organization was named Sports Team of the Year by SportsBusiness Journal twice (2014 and 2016). YOUR RADIO HOME FOR MARLINS’ BASEBALL: Once again in 2018 the Marlins home on the radio dial will be WINZ 940 AM and 94.9 HD2, which will broadcast all 162 games in the regular season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne and Glenn Geffner will return to the broadcast booth for their 11th season together. For all Spanish listeners, Yiky Quintana will call all 162 regular season games on WAQI 710 AM with José Luis Nápoles joining him for home contests. FOX SPORTS FLORIDA BROADCAST INFORMATION: All 162 Marlins' games will be shown on TV in 2018, including 158 on FOX Sports Florida, all of which will be available in HD. The season kicks off at Marlins TOMORROW'S MEDIA SCHEDULE Park against the Cubs on March 29th at 12:40 p.m., when the Marlins will throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball's 2018 Championship Season. It will mark the debut of new FOX Sports Florida CLUBHOUSE OPEN 2:30-3:20 MANAGER AVAILABILITY 4:15 play-by-play announcer Paul Severino, who moves into the Marlins' booth after seven seasons as a NATIONALS AT MARLINS 7:05 play-by-play announcer and studio host for MLB Network. CLUBHOUSE WILL RE-OPEN AS STARTERS EXIT

UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Friday, March 23 7:05 p.m. vs. Washington LHP Caleb Smith (0-1, 5.14) - FSFL/MLB.com audio Saturday, March 24 1:05 p.m. at Washington RHP Trevor Richards (1-0, 1.50) - WINZ/WAQI TODAY’S AVAILABLE PITCHERS - 2017 STATISTICS/2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY

RHP NICK NEIDERT (2017) RHP JAVY GUERRA (2017) CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK Modesto 10-3 2.76 19 19 0 104.1 95 33 32 7 17 109 5 0 New Orleans 2-4 4.70 35 0 2 51.2 46 29 27 7 21 44 3 0 Arkansas 1-3 6.56 6 6 0 23.1 33 21 17 4 5 13 2 1 MIAMI 1-1 3.00 16 0 0 21.0 23 8 7 2 7 12 0 0

2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/7 at HOU - 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 2/23 STL S(1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 2/27 at WSH - 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 RHP JUNICHI TAZAWA (2017) 3/7 at HOU S(2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 3/20 at HOU - 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 Jupiter 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Jacksonville 0-1 18.00 3 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 RHP TAYRON GUERRERO (2017) New Orleans 0-0 0.00 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK MIAMI 3-5 5.69 55 0 0 55.1 55 35 35 8 22 38 2 0 Jupiter 0-1 3.60 4 0 0 5.0 3 2 2 1 3 7 0 0 Jacksonville 0-1 3.38 17 0 0 16.0 14 7 6 3 14 22 0 0 2017 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY New Orleans 3-2 5.87 13 0 0 15.1 12 13 10 2 12 11 4 2 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/8 at STL L(0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY 3/13 STL - 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER BB SO 3/16 at STL - 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 2/24 WSH W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/19 WSH - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2/27 at WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3/2 at DET - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/7 at HOU - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/10 at STL - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/13 STL - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/15 at NYM - 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 3/17 HOU - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/19 WSH - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

2017 OFFSEASON/2018 SPRING TRANSACTIONS

MARCH DECEMBER 20 Optioned RHP Sandy Alcantara, RHP Nick Wittgren, and OF Braxton Lee to Triple-A 20 Outrighted LHP Hunter Cervenka to Triple-A New Orleans. New Orleans. 15 Signed RHP Alex Wimmers, INF Cristhian Adames, and OF Rafael Ortega to Minor 16 Optioned LHP Adam Conley and LHP Dillon Peters to Triple-A New Orleans; optioned League contracts. LHP Jarlin García to Double-A Jacksonville; reassigned RHP Chris Mazza, RHP Drew 14 Designated LHP Hunter Cervenka for assignment; acquired RHP Sandy Alcantara, Rucinski, RHP Alex Wimmers, and INF Isan Diaz to Minor League camp. OF , RHP Zac Gallen, and LHP from St. Louis in 9 Optioned RHP James Needy and C Austin Nola to Triple-A New Orleans, optioned exchange for OF Marcell Ozuna; selected RHP Elieser Hernandez from Houston in RHP Merandy Gonzalez, RHP Pablo López, and LHP Miguel Del Pozo to Double-A first round MLB phase of ; selected RHP Brett Graves from Oakland in Jacksonville, and reassigned RHP Tyler Cloyd, RHP Zac Gallen, RHP Trevor Richards, second round of MLB phase of Rule 5 Draft; acquired C B.J. Lopez from Arizona in RHP Nick Neidert, RHP Ben Meyer, C Rodrigo Vigil, INF Johnny Giavotella, INF first round of Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft; acquired C Sharif Othman from New Jonathan Rodriguez, and OF to Minor League camp. York-AL in second round of Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft; acquired INF Will Allen III 3 Reassigned RHP Jordan Yamamoto to Minor League camp. from Detroit in third round of Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft; acquired RHP Brandon Barker in fourth round of Triple-A phase of Rule 5 Draft. FEBRUARY 13 Released RHP Edinson Volquez. 23 Reassigned LHP Mike Kickham and C Sharif Othman to Minor League camp. 11 Acquired INF Starlin Castro, RHP Jorge Guzman, and INF José Devers from New 21 Signed OF Cameron Maybin to one-year contract. York-AL in exchange for OF and cash considerations. 17 Signed INF Eric Campbell to Minor League contract. 7 Acquired RHP Nick Neidert, INF Christopher Torres, and RHP from 15 Outrighted RHP Severino Gonzalez to Triple-A New Orleans. Seattle in exchange for OF Dee Gordon.

JANUARY NOVEMBER 25 Acquired OF Lewis Brinson, OF Monte Harrison, INF Isan Diaz, and RHP Jordan 20 Acquired LHP Caleb Smith and INF from New York-AL in exchange Yamamoto from Milwaukee in exchange for OF Christian Yelich. for RHP Michael King and international bonus pool money; selected the contracts 17 Signed INF Jonathan Rodriguez to Minor League contract. of OF Braxton Lee and RHP James Needy from Double-A Jacksonville; selected the 12 Signed RHP Jumbo Díaz and OF Scott Van Slyke to Minor League contracts. contracts of RHP Pablo López and Merandy Gonzalez from Single-A Jupiter. 9 Signed RHP Tyler Cloyd to Minor League contract. 3 OF Ichiro Suzuki elected free agency; C claimed off waivers from 4 Signed LHP Mike Kickham to Minor League contract. Cincinnati. 2018 SPRING DAY-BY-DAY DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME RECORD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTND. (SPRING) Friday Feb. 23 ST. LOUIS W,6-4 1-0 Wimmers (1-0) Schafer Guerra (1) 3,613 Saturday Feb. 24 WASHINGTON W,3-2 2-0 Guerrero (1-0) Harper M. Gonzalez (1) 2,559 (6,172) Sunday Feb. 25 at New York Mets L,3-10 2-1 Gsellman Cloyd (0-1) - 4,151 Monday Feb. 26 HOUSTON W,11-0 3-1 Ureña (1-0) Martes - 2,183 (8,355) Tuesday Feb. 27 at Washington T, 2-2 3-1-1 - - - 2,499 Wednesday Feb. 28 WASHINGTON W,3-1 4-1-1 Despaigne (1-0) Roark Del Pozo (1) 1,987 (10,342) Thursday March 1 at New York Mets W,3-2 5-1-1 Graves (1-0) Lugo - 3,285 Friday March 2 at Detroit L,3-8 5-2-1 Boyd Gallen (0-1) - 4,768 Saturday March 3 NEW YORK METS W,1-0 6-2-1 Ureña (2-0) Syndergaard Steckenrider (1) 4,371 (14,713) Sunday March 4 at Atlanta L,2-5 6-3-1 Blair Conley (0-1) Jackson 5,414 Monday March 5 at Houston L,3-5 6-4-1 Harris Despaigne (1-1) Valdez 2,807 Tuesday March 6 ST. LOUIS T,4-4 6-4-2 - - - 3,206 (17,919) Wednesday March 7 at Houston W,7-6 7-4-2 Mazza (1-0) Ferrell Guerra (2) 2,647 Thursday March 8 at St. Louis L,4-5 7-5-2 Lyons Tazawa (0-1) Leone 5,100 Friday March 9 BOSTON RED SOX W,5-4 8-5-2 Conley (1-1) Gonzalez Steckenrider (2) 5,017 (22,936) Saturday March 10 at St. Louis W,7-3 9-5-2 Hernandez (1-0) Wacha Despaigne (1) 6,483 Sunday March 11 NEW YORK YANKEES W,7-5 10-5-2 Turner (1-0) Montgomery Alcantara (1) 7,648 (30,584) Monday March 12 OFF DAY Tuesday March 13 ST. LOUIS L,4-11 10-6-2 Martinez Ureña (2-1) - 4,950 (35,534) Wednesday March 14 NEW YORK METS W,5-1 11-6-2 Straily (1-0) Matz - 3,737 (39,271) Thursday March 15 at New York Mets W,7-6 12-6-2 Peters (1-0) Harvey - 5,744 Friday March 16 at St. Louis L,2-4 12-7-2 Wacha Alcantara (0-1) Norris 5,134 Saturday March 17 HOUSTON T,6-6 12-7-3 - - - 3,673 (42,944) Sunday March 18 at New York Yankees L,5-8 12-8-3 Severino Smith (0-1) - 9,819 Monday March 19 WASHINGTON W,9-1 13-8-3 Richards (1-0) Scherzer - 4,686 (47,630) Tuesday March 20 at Washington L,3-8 13-9-3 Grace Despaigne (1-2) - 3,427 Wednesday March 21 ST. LOUIS L,6-13 13-10-3 Bowman Gallen (0-2) - 4,066 (51,696) Thursday March 22 at Houston 1:05 p.m. WINZ 940 AM (English) Friday March 23 WASHINGTON 7:05 p.m. MLB.com audio, FOX Sports Florida Saturday March 24 at Washington 1:05 p.m. WINZ 940 AM (English), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish) Sunday March 25 HOUSTON (ss) 1:05 p.m. WINZ 940 AM (English), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish), FOX Sports Florida at New York Mets (ss) 12:10 p.m. - Tuesday March 27 University of Miami 3:10 p.m. MLB.com audio All times are ET and subject to change HOME GAMES IN BOLD (ss) - split squad PRONUNCIATION GUIDE # Player/Coach Pos. # Player/Coach Pos. 26 Cristhian Adames (ă-DĂH-mes) INF 89 Chris Mazza (Măh-ză) RHP 22 Sandy Alcantara (ăl-KĂHN-tă-ră) RHP 4 Frank Menechino (MEN-ĕh-KĒ-no) CCH 46 Kyle Barraclough (Bear-claw) RHP 86 Ben Meyer (My-er) RHP 41 Justin Bour (Boar) INF 87 Nick Neidert (Nī-dirt) RHP 13 Starlin (STAR-lynn) Castro INF 6 Mike Pagliarulo (Pag-lee-ah-rue-loh) CCH 54 Wei-Yin (WAY-in) Chen LHP 14 Martín (Mar-teen) Prado INF 32 Derek Dietrich (DĒĒ-trick) OF 60 J.T. Realmuto (Reel-mue-toe) C 43 Odrisamer (Oh-drees-ah-mer) Despaigne (Des-pahn-yay) RHP 2 Yadiel (YAH-dēē-ĕl) Rivera INF 91 Isan (Ē-sahn) Diaz INF 55 Drew Rucinski (Rŏŏ-chin-skēē) RHP 66 Jarlin (Har-lin) García LHP 34 Magneuris (Mag-NEW-rees) Sierra OF 12 Johnny Giavotella (Gēē-Ă-vō-TELL-ă) INF 25 Junichi (Jue-Nee-chi) Tazawa RHP 40 Javy (Hah-vee) Guerra (Gher-ra) RHP 18 Tomás (Toe-măs) Telis (tell-ēēz) C 72 Tayron (TIE-rahn) Guerrero RHP 62 José Ureña (ŏŏ-REH-nya) RHP 93 Monte (Mŏn-TĀY) Harrison OF 81 Rodrígo Vigil (Vih-HEEL) C 57 Elieser (Eh-lēe-ĕh-ser) Hernandez RHP 29 Brad Ziegler (Zig-ler) RHP