Despite months of rumors and cutting payroll, the Miami Marlins apparently aren't interested in trading away former Cy Young winner Sandy Alcántara this season.

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins take on the Atlanta Braves after Xavier Edwards had four hits against the Mets on Wednesday. Atlanta had an 89-73 record overall and a 46-35 record in home games last season. The Braves averaged 8.2 hits per game last season while batting a collective .243 and slugging .415.

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Marlins' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

The Atlanta Braves send Spencer Schwellenbach to the mound for their home opener on Friday against the Miami Marlins in hopes of ending their season-opening seven-game losing streak.

Sandy Alcantara, the Marlins’ ace and the 2022 National League Cy Young Award winner, will take the mound on Thursday for the first time in a game that counts since Sept. 3, 2023, after missing all of last season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

Mets vs. Marlins will air locally on SNY and nationally on MLB.TV, and can be streamed on DirecTV Stream (free trial). Time: 4:40 p.m. ET

Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia is not in the starting lineup for Friday's series opener against the division-rival Miami Marlins at Truist Park. Nick Allen will instead make the start at the 6 and bat eighth against Marlins right-hander Max Meyer.

Don’t tell the Marlins they will be considered underdogs all season. Despite dropping their homestand finale, 6-5, in 11 innings to the Mets on Wednesday at loanDepot park, Miami showed it won’t be a pushover in 2025.