Miami Marlins 2025 International Class Scouting Report

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With the MLB international signing period opening today, teams can officially begin to sign players in their 2025 class.

For Baseball America subscribers, we have scouting reports and player notes on the classes for all 30 teams, providing information on the big names to know in each class, as well as deeper cut players to watch.

The Marlins hired Peter Bendix as president of baseball operations after the 2023 season. The next year, they changed up their international operations and elevated David Hernandez Beayne to be their international scouting director after he had previously served as an assistant director the previous few years. The Marlins have one big centerpiece signing in their 2025 class, but they also are more willing than most clubs to spend on pitching and came away with an exciting blend of both hitters and arms. 

The biggest name in the class is Andrew Salas, who is getting $3.7 million. That will be the biggest bonus in the 2025 class for an international free agent signed out of Venezuela, though Salas was born in Florida and grew up there before moving to sign as an international prospect. His older brothers, Twins infielder Jose Salas Jr. and Padres catcher Ethan Salas, followed the same path. It should come as no surprise that Salas is a polished, instinctual, high game awareness player who plays with maturity beyond his years. He’s 6-foot-2, 188 pounds and a switch-hitter who tracks pitches well and makes good swing decisions with the patience to take walks. Scouts were split on how highly they regarded his pure hitting ability, but those highest on him liked his balance and swing that’s more advanced from the left side with the ability to backspin the ball to the opposite-field gap. While a lot of young shortstops play out of control, Salas has a knack for slowing the game down with a good internal clock. He’s not the quick-twitch, explosive athlete some teams prefer at the position, but he’s a fundamentally sound player with good instincts, body control and the arm for shortstop. 

The Marlins are adding two of the best pitchers in the 2025 class. One is Dominican righthander Kevin De Frank ($560,000), who has a prototype projectable frame at 6-foot-4 with wide shoulders. His stuff and pitchability are starterish. It’s already high-end velocity for his age up to 95 mph with the physical projection and arm speed for more to come. He repeats his delivery, throws strikes and has feel to manipulate multiple secondaries between a lively changeup and a slider he shows feel to spin.

Another top pitcher the Marlins are signing is Adrian Peña for $400,000. Peña is a 6-foot-7 righthander with extra long limbs, more space to fill out and add to a fastball that’s already up to 94 mph. He generates that velocity without much effort and he generates tight rotation of a sharp, power curveball that has a chance to be an out pitch. Like most ultra-long teenage pitchers, there are times he’s still learning to sync everything up in his delivery, but overall he does a good job of controlling his body and mechanics for a young pitcher with his size, giving him the look of a high-upside starter if everything clicks.

Dominican outfielder Anthony Abreu is a lefthanded-hitting infielder with a strong build and loose actions at the plate. He has performed well in games with a good sense of the strike zone and a knack for putting the ball in play with a hit-over-power profile. He’s a shortstop for now who has the hands, footwork and arm strength to stick in the dirt, though depending on how big he gets he could outgrow the position and shift to third base. 

Dominican shortstop Steven Herrera has explosive bat speed and raw power from his 6-foot frame. His swing can get big and it’s a power-over-hit profile, but there’s upside to be a power-hitting infielder if he can make enough contact. 

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