Marlins Jakob Marsee Heating up in May After Slow Start

April showers are bringing May flowers for Miami Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee.

Marsee was slashing .182/.319/.253 at the end of April, but he has been on a hot streak lately with nine hits in his last four games. Through the first 19 days of May, Marsee is slashing .291/.418/.473 through 55 at-bats. 

Marsee has more hits in his last four games than he did in the previous 12 games combined. His eight hits during the Citrus Series against the Tampa Bay Rays was the most hits he’s had in a three game span in his career. He went 8-for-11 with one double, one triple, a home run, while scoring three runs.

Marsee said after Saturday’s win that the secret to his success was switching to using the bat of Liam Hicks, who leads all of Major League Baseball in RBI. 

“I switched bats and used Hicky’s bat,” Marsee said. “I spoke to my dad and my hitting coach back home and cleaned up a few things mechanically."

It was a complete turnaround compared to his 1-for-11 performance against the Minnesota Twins or previously 1-for-12 against the Baltimore Orioles prior to last weekend. 

"He was not deserving of some of the results he was getting early on in the year, and that was going to turn,” Marlins manager Clayton McCullough said on Monday. “He was too good to perform in that way for the entire season." 

He played a big role in the Marlins 12-0 barrage against the Atlanta Braves on Monday. While he only had one hit, he did score three runs. In his last 30 games Marsee is now batting .255, but in his last seven games he’s brought that average up to .417. 

Marsee is third in the MLB with 3 triples, and fifth in MLB with 13 stolen bases. During the month of April he had a 13 game on-base streak that continues to be the longest on-base streak for any Marlins player this year. 

Marsee has started to hit the ball harder. His average exit velocity jumped from 87.0 mph to 91.6 mph during his turnaround stretch. 

“When you're talented things will turn your way," McCullough said.

The 24 year old Marsee made his MLB debut in 2025, shortly after being acquired from the San Diego Padres a year ago. A native of Dearborn Michigan, Marsee was a three-sport star excelling in football, baseball and basketball. After having to sit out his senior year of high school because of injury, he attended Central Michigan University where he helped the Chippewas go 96-43 with two NCAA Tournament appearances. The Padres selected him in the sixth round of the 2022 MLB Draft. 

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