"That's the kind of close contest you get when you pit a Marlins World Series winning pitcher from South Florida against one of the organization's grittiest everyday players. However, WAR is the primary tiebreaker for this Marlin Maniac Best To Wear The Miami Marlins Jersey Number Series, and the gap really wasn't close at all between one and two here. Plus, there is that whole Flags Fly Forever thing."
"For Fernandez though, while being a Miami Beach native like yours truly would usually be enough to curry favor here, he gets this spot entirely on merit. After being drafted out of Miami Dade by the Chicago White Sox, Fernandez had a dominant start to his career for the South Siders before coming over to the Marlins as part of their free agent spending splurge heading into the 1997 season."
Alex Fernandez is identified as the top Miami Marlins No. 32 based on a 7.3 WAR, outperforming Derek Dietrich's 4.0 WAR in the jersey. WAR functions as the primary tiebreaker in the evaluation. Tim Raines would lead in overall MLB career value but contributed little in his final Miami season. Ronny Henriquez currently wears No. 32 after a breakout 2025 season that made him Miami's best reliever and a likely future source of saves given the team's offseason spending patterns. Fernandez was drafted from Miami Dade by the White Sox and joined the Marlins before 1997.
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