Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp baseball players Cam Cannarella, Juan Matheus, Matthew Etzel and Brandon Compton received recognition in the Miami Marlins’ 2026 organizational awards. Cannarella earned the Marlins’ Minor League Player of the Year award, while Matheus was named Minor League Student of the Year. Etzel was selected as the Jacksonville Team MVP, and Compton earned the Team MVP honor for Double-A Pensacola.
Cannarella earns Marlins’ top player honor
Cannarella began the 2026 season with High-A Beloit, where he batted .394/.439/.577/1.039 in 19 games. The Miami Marlins’ supplemental first-round pick, 43rd overall, out of Clemson in 2025, later batted .344/.453/.607/1.060 in 34 games with Pensacola after his June 2 promotion.
Cannarella reached base in 41 of his 45 games with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He batted .282/.393/.420/.813 with 15 doubles, three home runs, 12 RBIs, 29 walks, 29 runs and 11 stolen bases.
He also recorded a 26-game on-base streak from July 22 through Aug. 27. The streak tied for the sixth-longest in recorded Jacksonville club history from 2005 to the present.
Matheus receives Student of the Year award
Matheus began the season with Beloit and batted .261/.352/.471/.823 in 42 games. He moved to Pensacola on May 26, where he hit .279/.338/.420/.758 in 78 games before joining Jacksonville on Sept. 2.
Matheus finished with a .204 average, three doubles, five RBIs, nine walks, eight runs and six stolen bases in 15 games with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The infielder is a native of Lara, Venezuela, and originally signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent on Jan. 27, 2022.
The New York Yankees traded Matheus to the Miami Marlins on Jan. 13, 2026, as part of the package for left-handed pitcher Ryan Weathers. His organizational award came after a season in which he played at three levels of the Marlins’ system.
Etzel leads Jacksonville in multiple categories
Etzel played the entire 2026 season with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and led the team in runs, doubles and walks. He scored 74 runs, hit 20 doubles and drew 67 walks.
Etzel ranked second on Jacksonville in hits with 104 and stolen bases with 25. He tied for second with 19 home runs and ranked third with 62 RBIs while batting .241/.344/.428/.772 in a team-high 120 games.
The League City, Texas, native was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 2023 draft out of the University of Southern Mississippi. The Orioles traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays on July 26, 2024, and the Rays sent him to the Miami Marlins on July 29, 2025, in exchange for catcher Nick Fortes.
Compton earns Pensacola MVP honor
Compton finished the 2026 season seventh in the minor leagues in home runs with 36 and OPS with .907. He also tied for seventh in extra-base hits with 65, tied for eighth in walks with 104, ranked ninth in slugging percentage with .576 and tied for 14th in RBIs with 103.
His 36 home runs tied former Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp player and current Miami Marlin Griffin Conine for the fifth-most by a Miami Marlins minor leaguer. Compton played 125 games between Beloit, Pensacola and Jacksonville after moving from High-A to Pensacola on June 30 and from Double-A to Jacksonville on Sept. 2.
Compton batted .246/.348/.456/.805 in 15 games with Jacksonville, adding three doubles, three home runs, nine RBIs, nine walks, 10 runs and five stolen bases. His four stolen bases on Sept. 3 at Norfolk tied the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp era single-game team record from 2017 to the present.
FSB Take
The four awards reflect contributions from players at different points in the Miami Marlins’ minor league system. Cannarella earned the organization’s top player honor after producing across Beloit, Pensacola and Jacksonville, while Etzel was recognized after leading Jacksonville in three offensive categories. Matheus and Compton added the Student of the Year and Pensacola Team MVP honors to a season in which both reached Jacksonville.
Source: Original report