The Miami Marlins have some players who have taken a massive step forward this season. Kyle Stowers, Edward Cabraera, Eury Perez, and Xavier Edards are just a few examples of players who helped the Marlins return to being a competitive team in the National League East this season.

But there's one team – the Milwaukee Brewers – that's played as well as the Marlins since June 13, when they began a roll that's now at 30 wins in 44 games and resulted in them being very much alive rather than a carcass to be picked over at the July 31 trade deadline.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jakob Marsee is making quite the impression in his first major league action with the Miami Marlins. Marsee homered twice and drove in seven runs in Miami’s 13-4 victory at Cleveland on Wednesday night. He hit a three-run drive in the first inning, a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth.

Miami Marlins rookie Jakob Marsee joins a real exclusive club of MLB players after an incredible Wednesday night performance.

Marsee became the first player in MLB history to record six or more bases and 10 or more extra base hits through their first 13 career games, per Elias Sports and Marlins Communications.

Forty games remain in the 2025 season and the Marlins’ Day 1 objective remains the same: Develop their young roster and see how guys fit in moving forward. “We came into this season understanding that

With Miami winning 7-3, they made franchise history with their sweep over the Yankees, per MLB insider Bob Nightengale. They also became the first MLB club to go from 16 or more games under .500 to a .500 record since 2014 Rays, per team reporter Christina De Nicola.

The contest featured the debut of Jen Pawol, the first woman to umpire an MLB game. Pawol, 48, and handled duties at first base without incident.

The Marlins spend only $69 million on its roster in 2025, the lowest in MLB. Yet since June, they are outplaying big spenders like the Yankees and Mets.