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"I think they're very good building blocks," Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver said Tuesday. "I know their best football is in front of them. ... Both those guys, I think, are foundational pieces for what we're trying to build here on defense."

Miami needed to carry Henriquez on the active roster, as he's out of minor league options. It didn't take long for him to emerge as one of Clayton McCullough's most trusted arms. Henriquez reeled off 73 innings of 2.22 ERA ball over 69 appearances. He picked up seven saves and 26 holds while only blowing four leads. He punched out 32.4% of batters faced behind a massive 16.7% swinging strike percentage.

MIAMI -- Heat forward Nikola Jovic walked off the court with a splint-like device over his right arm after he took a hard foul while driving to the basket late in the first quarter of a game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Heat later said it was an elbow injury. Jovic entered the game 12 seconds before the injury when he took a pass and was hit high by Toronto's Collin Murray-Boyles.

Plenty of Miami teams had a great weekend, but not the Miami Marlins. Inter Miami won their first MLS championship. The Miami Dolphins thoroughly dominated the New York Jets. The Florida Panthers had a big comeback. The Miami Heat? Well, no one else has traded for Giannis Antetokounmpo yet, and most South Florida fans probaly didn't even notice what they did what with all the other storylines going on.

The Miami Heat's hopes of trading Terry Rozier will ultimately be decided by the NBA, and they're not tipping their hand at all. According to a recent report, the NBA will only make a ruling on whether Rozier is trade-eligible or not until after the Heat submits a trade proposal. With the way things sound, there's a scenario in which the Heat agrees to a trade in principle with another team that includes Rozier, only to have the NBA strike it down afterward.

The Marlins are going to send right-hander Zach Brzykcy outright to Triple-A Jacksonville, reports Christina De Nicola of MLB.com.

In a vacuum, AD is the type of superstar that would appeal to the Heat. He's also one who would be a particularly intriguing fit next to Bam Adebayo in the frontcourt. There's no guarantee he'd be a player on the team's radar, but you'd have to assume there have, at the very least, been conversations inside the front office about the possibility.

During his time at Triple-A, Roa relied on a sinker-slider combination, with the former accounting for 39.7% of his pitches and averaging 95.6 mph. He used the slider 31.2% of the time, while his 96.0 mph four-seamer was his third-most used pitch at 21.1%. Across 60 1/3 innings over 50 appearances, Roa posted a 2.83 ERA with a solid 26.1% strikeout rate.

"Well, it's not slow and passive. I can tell you that," Smith said. "It's just like all players are looking for in the moment. They want clarity. Clear, concise, consistent communication. You're seeing what they're experiencing in real time, you live with it. "I always felt my job as a position coach, I played the game with them. So every ounce of my energy was, I know the play, I'm in there with them, I'm experiencing with them, I'm able to help them with them,

Only heightening the perceived danger for McDaniel is the long layoff between games following a Thursday nighter. Friday marked the first of nine days between Dolphins games, with Miami next hosting the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 9. It would give the team extended time to adjust to an interim coach scenario before it takes the field again. But McDaniel held a day-after web conference with reporters Friday morning as was already scheduled, an indication he seems safe again.