Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp category covers this Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. Florida Sports Blog follows game results, prospects, roster moves, promotions, transactions and player-development stories, with emphasis on players moving through the organization toward the major leagues. Jacksonville's current professional baseball lineage dates to 1962 and has operated under several names, including the Suns and Expos. The club adopted the Jumbo Shrimp identity in 2017, has been a Marlins affiliate since 2009 and moved to the Triple-A level in MLB's 2021 minor-league reorganization. The franchise combines one of Florida's longest-running minor-league traditions with a modern player-development role for Miami.