Marlins’ Cabrera to start Tuesday’s Home Opener on rehab assignment

Right-hander to pitch in club’s 7:05 p.m. contest against Worcester Red Sox from VyStar Ballpark

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

March 31, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Miami Marlins right-handed pitcher Edward Cabrera will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp when he starts Tuesday’s home opener at 7:05 p.m. vs. the Worchester Red Sox at VyStar Ballpark. Cabrera was placed on the 15-day injured list on March 27 with a

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Miami Marlins right-handed pitcher Edward Cabrera will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp when he starts Tuesday’s home opener at 7:05 p.m. vs. the Worchester Red Sox at VyStar Ballpark.

Cabrera was placed on the 15-day injured list on March 27 with a right middle finger blister. The righty made four starts in Spring Training for the Marlins in 2025 prior to being placed on the injured list, and only accumulated 4.2 innings of work on the mound.

In 2024, Cabrera made 20 starts for Miami, going 4-8 with a 4.95 ERA in 96.1 innings of work. He struck out 107 and walked 50 while allowing 82 hits. In his big league career, he has appeared in 63 games and has posted a 17-22 record with a 4.32 ERA in 294.0 innings.

The 2025 campaign will be the sixth straight minor league season Cabrera will spend time in Jacksonville. Last year, Cabrera made six starts and went 0-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 22.2 innings of work. He struck out 27 and walked 12 and allowed 18 hits. Cabrera has totaled 109 Triple-A innings in Jacksonville and has a career ERA of 3.06 with 144 strikeouts. The right-hander also went 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA in eight starts with the Jumbo Shrimp in 2019, when Jacksonville was still a member of the Double-A Southern League.

A native of Santiago, Dominican Republic, the Marlins signed Cabrera as an international free agent in 2015. He spent 2016 through parts of 2021 in the Marlins minor league system before making is major league debut August 25, 2021 against the Washington Nationals.

Cabrera is the first Marlin to rehab in Jacksonville in 2025. In 2024, the Jumbo Shrimp had 18 Marlins complete rehab assignments throughout the season.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.