Former Missions outfielder Jakob Marsee made his major league debut in style this weekend. He led the Miami Marlins to a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees. = File photo by Joe Alexander
By Jerry Briggs
For The JB Replay
Last week, former San Antonio Missions outfielder Jakob Marsee was a Triple-A baseball player, a member of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
By Friday, he had received a promotion and was in the lineup for the Miami Marlins, who were preparing to play a home series against the New York Yankees.
Marsee made the most of the opportunity, stunning the Yankees with four extra-base hits on the weekend as the Marlins swept to three straight victories. In all, Marsee reached base eight times, going four for eight at the plate while drawing four walks.
On Sunday, he doubled and tripled in a two-for-four performance as the Marlins won 7-3 and improved to 30-14 since June 13. In his last at bat, he ripped an RBI triple to center to account for the last run of the game.
It was a big weekend all the way around for Marsee, who played in San Antonio for parts of the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
His family and friends made the trip to Miami to see him make his debut in the show. By Friday night, they were all high-fiving in the stands after Marsee doubled and drew three walks. Better yet, the Marlins overcame three deficits in the game to win 13-12 in 11 innings.
“I think that was way more than I could have ever expected,” Marsee told Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. “Obviously, I knew it was going to be fun and exciting, but to have a packed house with the Yankees here, everything, it was super cool.”
After sweeping the Yankees for the first time in team history, the Marlins improved to 55-55. Once buried in the National League standings, they’re now in the hunt for the playoffs, with at least three former Missions players in the mix.
One is Marsee, and the others are third baseman Graham Pauley and relief pitcher Lake Bachar. All three played in the San Diego Padres’ organization as part of the Missions’ 2023 Texas League playoff squad.
Bachar was the first of the three players to join the Miami franchise. After electing free agency, he signed with the Marlins in September 2023 as a free agent. Marsee switched teams in June of 2024 as part of a Marlins-Padres trade. A month later, in a separate deal, Pauley came over.