The Marlins made a series of roster moves that reshaped both their bullpen picture and their infield depth, claiming right-hander Cameron Weston from the Mets while losing infielder Graham Pauley to the White Sox and right-hander Josh White to the Orioles. They also reinstated five pitchers as they continue sorting through health and role questions heading into next season.
Henriquez is expected to be a high-leverage bullpen option, while Mazur and Snelling are being lined up as starting-pitching options as the season moves along. Kempner and Nardi, meanwhile, are projected to miss most if not all of the 2027 season after elbow surgeries in August.
Pauley’s departure closes the book on a frustrating stretch in Miami. Acquired in the Tanner Scott/Bryan Hoeing trade, he bounced between the majors and minors five times this season after arriving in Spring Training locked in a battle with Connor Norby for the third-base job.
He finished the year with a .211/.257/.373 line in 62 games, along with nine doubles, one triple, four homers and 25 RBIs. That was a step back from the .840 OPS he posted in 33 second-half games in 2025, when he also gave the Marlins above-average defense at the hot corner.
Pauley, 26, had no remaining minor-league options, and his left-handed bat also came at a time when the roster was already leaning that way. Among the Marlins’ remaining 40-man infield options at the positions Pauley has played in the majors are Kyle Stowers, Griffin Conine and Deyvison De Los Santos at first base; Xavier Edwards and Jared Serna at second; and Javier Sanoja and Maximo Acosta at third.
Weston gives Miami another arm to evaluate. The 26-year-old made his major-league debut with the Orioles on May 28, 2026, and that remains his only MLB appearance. In that scoreless ninth inning, he struck out one batter and walked another, using a sinker, sweeper, forkball and slider over 17 pitches.
The Mets claimed Weston from Baltimore on Sept. 3, and he later allowed one run across 6 1/3 innings in four Triple-A relief outings. Though he has mostly worked as a starter in the minors, he appears better suited for relief, and the Marlins may try to help him with pitch usage in that role.
White, who had been protected by Miami from last year’s Rule 5 Draft, was claimed by the Orioles after his brief big-league look. In his lone MLB outing, he gave up five runs on four walks and a homer while recording just two outs.
At Triple-A Jacksonville, White put together a 2.41 ERA and a 1.214 WHIP with two saves in 36 games. He also spent time on the MiLB seven-day injured list in September.
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