Miami Marlins vs Houston Astros Starting Lineup — Monday, Jul 20, 2026
Final Lineups
Miami Marlins @ Houston Astros · Monday, Jul 20, 2026
Miami has very little established history against Ronel Blanco. Xavier Edwards is the lone Marlins hitter with recorded at-bats against him, and he is hitless in 3 at-bats across 3 plate appearances with a .000 OPS. Kyle Stowers, Heriberto Hernández, Liam Hicks, Griffin Conine, Jakob Marsee, Joe Mack, Graham Pauley, and Javier Sanoja have no MLB history versus Blanco.
Houston has a bit more familiarity with Janson Junk, led by Yordan Alvarez, who is batting .500 in 2 at-bats with a 2.500 OPS. Jose Altuve is hitless in 3 at-bats over 3 plate appearances against Junk with a .250 OPS, while Yainer Diaz is hitless in 2 at-bats over 2 plate appearances with a .000 OPS and Taylor Trammell is hitless in 1 at-bat over 1 plate appearance with a .500 OPS. Jeremy Peña, Isaac Paredes, LaMonte Wade Jr., Zach Dezenzo, and Lucas Spence have no MLB history versus Junk.
The Astros clearly bring more prior exposure to the opposing starter. Miami’s lineup is almost entirely seeing Blanco for the first time, with Edwards the only exception.
| # | Batter | AVG | OBP | OPS | HR | RBI | vAVG | vOPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Stowers | 0.247 | 0.333 | 0.804 | 18 | 59 | — | — |
| 2 | Heriberto Hernández | 0.232 | 0.316 | 0.788 | 23 | 61 | — | — |
| 3 | Xavier Edwards | 0.282 | 0.361 | 0.737 | 6 | 51 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 4 | Liam Hicks | 0.287 | 0.370 | 0.812 | 17 | 75 | — | — |
| 5 | Griffin Conine | 0.249 | 0.351 | 0.829 | 14 | 32 | — | — |
| 6 | Jakob Marsee | 0.210 | 0.330 | 0.660 | 9 | 32 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| 7 | Joe Mack | 0.234 | 0.286 | 0.692 | 12 | 40 | — | — |
| 8 | Graham Pauley | 0.198 | 0.230 | 0.575 | 2 | 18 | — | — |
| 9 | Javier Sanoja | 0.287 | 0.328 | 0.756 | 7 | 53 | — | — |
| # | Batter | AVG | OBP | OPS | HR | RBI | vAVG | vOPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Peña | 0.278 | 0.332 | 0.801 | 17 | 46 | — | — |
| 2 | Yordan Alvarez | 0.316 | 0.433 | 1.035 | 37 | 94 | 0.500 | 2.500 |
| 3 | Isaac Paredes | 0.257 | 0.357 | 0.779 | 18 | 75 | — | — |
| 4 | Jose Altuve | 0.244 | 0.309 | 0.706 | 15 | 43 | 0.000 | 0.250 |
| 5 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | 0.208 | 0.323 | 0.663 | 3 | 17 | — | — |
| 6 | Yainer Diaz | 0.257 | 0.287 | 0.701 | 10 | 33 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 7 | Taylor Trammell | 0.209 | 0.295 | 0.660 | 7 | 20 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
| 8 | Zach Dezenzo | 0.213 | 0.280 | 0.587 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 9 | Lucas Spence | 0.162 | 0.244 | 0.433 | 0 | 3 | — | — |