Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins

Firefighters ferried in personnel, equipment and pallets of supplies by boat amid gusty winds and rough seas as they raced to save sensitive wildlife, including the continent's rarest species of pine tree. Preservationists were worried the flames could burn through pristine terrain unique to the region.

Maxi Moralez is more than half a foot shorter - and about 40 pounds lighter - than the average pro midfielder. He has the sort of body that usually gets filtered out of elite soccer long before adulthood. But Moralez would have none of that. He built his game around the advantages of being small: balance, quick turns, low center of gravity. His nickname is Frasquito - little flask. Small, but full.

Before the sun rises over the Louisiana Gulf Coast, Victor Daniel Silva is already awake. The routine is quiet and steady. Coffee. Gear check. Then the water. "It's the same rhythm I grew up with," he says. "You learn early that the ocean doesn't wait for you."

He had a power barrage in the middle of April, slugging six homers through April 16. It remained an all-or-nothing approach, however, and Mervis slumped to a .175/.254/.383 batting line by the time the Marlins waived him at the end of May. Subsequent minor league contracts with the Diamondbacks and Nationals haven't gotten him back to the highest level.

In November, he pleaded guilty to participating in a human smuggling operation in Arizona and then self-deported to his native Mexico, putting his budding Major League Baseball career on hold. His case is the latest to highlight the complex operations of human smuggling networks, operated by so-called coyotes, which in recent years have been shown to recruit all kinds of people—youngsters, mothers, military personnel, and even the son of a popular singer—to circumvent increasingly stringent border security controls.

“But again, I'm not going to judge anyone for not wanting to play on the PGA Tour. “Does that mean that they go play DP World Tour maybe? If that's a pathway, that would make the DP World Tour stronger, and I would be delighted with that, because that's my home tour at the end of the day.”

It's the first time in nearly a year that Pauley has been sent to the minors. He's taken the majority of Miami's reps at third base this season but has struggled immensely, batting just .173/.225/.293 in 81 turns at the plate. Pauley didn't offer much with the bat last year, either, but his .224/.311/.366 slash (184 plate appearances) was miles better than what he's posted so far in 2026.