The Miami Marlins will bring outfielder Lewis Brinson up from Triple-A New Orleans when the team expands its roster over the weekend. Miami may be out of the playoff picture, but Brinson, who had 10 home runs and 30 RBI despite batting .186 before being injured, is looked at by MLB.com as a player to watch in the final month of the season.
“Perhaps the odds-on preseason favorite to win NL Rookie of the Year Award, Brinson stumbled out to a .186/.232/.338 slash line over the season’s first three months, then landed on the DL with a bone bruise in his right hip on July 4.