Hitting for cycle a highlight of big week for Miami Marlins prospect Cody Morissette
Miami Marlins infielder prospect Cody Morissette started last week by hitting for the cycle with the Double A Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
It wouldn’t be his last big outing of the week.
Morissette, Miami’s No. 20 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, went a combined 8 for 24 last week for the Blue Wahoos, hitting two home runs, one double and one triple with six RBI and five runs scored over his six games played.
It’s the continuation of an impressive June for the 23-year-old, who underwent right ankle reconstruction surgery at the end of last season and missed all of spring training this year.
Morissette is hitting .333 with a 1.007 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, three home runs, three doubles, one triple, 14 RBI and eight runs scored through 13 games played in June. He has at least one hit in 10 of those 13 games, including three multi-hit outings.
He is the third player in the Marlins organization to hit for a cycle this season. Second baseman Luis Arraez became the first player to do it with the Marlins on April 11. Victor Mesa Jr. then accomplished the feat a week later with Pensacola.
Morissette was Miami’s second-round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft out of Boston College. He has primarily played second and third base in the minor leagues since being drafted.
“After standing out with his bat-to-ball skills in college, Morissette has made changes to his left-handed swing to help him drive the ball more consistently as a pro. Instead of focusing on making line-drive contact and using the entire field, he has concentrated on launching balls to his pull side since joining the Marlins,” reads his scouting report from MLB Pipeline.
This and that
▪ Dane Myers has made a nice first impression in Triple A Jacksonville since being promoted on June 8. In nine games with the Jumbo Shrimp, Myers is hitting .500 (15 for 30) with four home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs scored.
▪ Griffin Conine hit two more home runs and logged another seven RBI last week to bring his season totals to 11 home runs and 40 RBI with Double A Pensacola.
▪ The latest update to left-handed pitcher Patrick Monteverde’s season totals: 2.18 ERA with 75 strikeouts against 21 walks through 62 innings in 11 starts for the Blue Wahoos.
▪ Among the Marlins’ early standouts in the Dominican Summer League, which is in its second week: 17-year-old switch-hitting shortstop Fabian Lopez (.327 average, 1.072 OPS, three home runs, 11 RBI, nine runs scored) and 17-year-old third baseman Breyias Dean (.300 average, .915 OPS, seven runs).
▪ And at the Florida Complex League, the state-side rookie-level league, Marco Vargas is the early Marlins standout. The shortstop is hitting .306 with a 1.018 OPS, five doubles, nine RBI, 12 runs scored and 13 walks against six strikeouts.
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