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It was tough blogging the Marlins this year, so I kind of didn’t.  I know you should stick with your team through the good and the bad but the way the Marlins played, especially in the second half, kind of made me sick.  Since the All Star break, no team has more losses then the […]

Things got off to a rocky start but the Marlins finished with a series win over their division rivals the Nationals.  I was worried that the NL East would turn into a division of haves and have nots with the Marlins being the better of the have nots.  The problem’s been, none of the top […]

It’s been a weird season in the National League East.  It started out with the Mets and Braves pushing out and basically turning the thing into an early two team race.  Now both the Braves and Mets are ice cold and the Phillies and Marlins have made moves.  So even though the Marlins sit three […]

The Marlins swept the Devil Rays this weekend and they pushed themselves to with two games of .500.  More importantly, they’re just a single game back of the third place Phillies and they’re hardly out of the hunt, sitting just 7 1/2 games back of the always tough Mets.  Bottom line, we’re almost two months into […]

First off, I apoligize for the lack of content.  The network I write for had some system wide net problems and that prohibited me from posting hence the near three week hiatus.  While I was gone, the Marlins have had their struggles and they sit six games below .500 in fourth place in a tough NL […]

Well, the Marlins pulled it off, and they did it against a team that started the week in first place.  The Braves rolled into town and the Marlins won the two close ones and sandwiched between the two wins was a blowout loss.
On Monday, Dontrelle Willis didn’t have his best stuff but it was just […]

The Marlins got a ton of offense in their series win over the Nationals this weekend.  In total, they scored 26 runs in the three game series and the only disappointing thing was, the Marlins didn’t walk away with the sweep.
Friday’s game was tough.  The Marlins came back from a 5-0 deficit to tie it […]

The present day Mets rolling into town is never a good thing and the end result was a two game beatdown sweep that extended the Marlins losing streak to five games.  Dontrelle Willis lost the opener and he did it in grand fashion, giving up eight runs on ten hits and two walks with four […]

The pitching was there for the Marlins in their two game series against the Astros.  Unfortunately, the hitting wasn’t as the Marlins dropped both games and scored only four runs total.  On Monday, Anibal Sanchez had a very nice start wasted.  He gave up just one run on four hits and six walks with three […]

A three game series became a two game series when the Braves and Marlins had a game rained out on Saturday.  It’s too bad because the Marlins had a nice game on Friday to build from.  Dontrelle Willis got it done on the mound and the hitters rang up eleven runs in an 11-6 win.  […]

Things got off to a good start on Monday when the Marlins took their series opener with the Brewers 5-3.  Miguel Cabrera hit a three run homerun and Anibal Sanchez had a nice start in the win.  Sanchez gave up just three runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings of work.  Unfortunately, […]

The Marlins got some solid hitting this weekend as they took two of three over the Phillies.  Things didn’t get off to a good start though.  Sergio Mitre gave up five runs (just one earned) on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings of work.  Ricky Nolasco then gave up three […]

This game was kind of ugly.  The Marlins scored six quick runs and took a nice lead but they didn’t put the Nationals down.  Of course it came back to haunt them and three ninth inning runs off of Jorge Julio cost the Marlins a three game sweep.
Anibal Sanchez wasn’t all that great either.  He […]

It’s too bad the Marlins couldn’t play the Nationals all the time.  For the second straight game, the Marlins racked up nine runs and leading the way was Miguel Cabrera.  The third baseman had two hits, an RBI and three runs.  Josh Willingham had three hits, two RBIs and a run while Mike Jacobs had […]

Miguel Cabrera had a huge opening day today in the Marlins 9-2 win over the Washington Nationals. He walked in the first inning, doubled in two in the second, hit a two run shot in the fourth and then walked again in the sixth.  He later singled in the seventh and he didn’t make his […]

Rob Neyer talks about new Marlins centerfielder Alejandro De Aza today on his blog.  The youngster will skip Triple A and go right into the fire this season.  Hopefully he pans out like the Marlins rookies did last year.

Marc Hulet at Baseball Analysts takes a look at what we should expect from last years’ rookie crop of hitters for the Marlins.  He provides what he thinks their lines will be in 2007 as well as who their best comporable player is.

Craig Strain previewed the Marlins at the Hardball Times today in their standard five questions format.  He talks about whether all of the rookies the Marlins used will go into a sophomore slump and there’s also a discussion on the situation in the bullpen.  He closes the discussion with some details on the current state […]

Just like that, the Marlins closer situation is under control, sort of.  The Marlins dealt out of favor prospect Yusmeiro Petit to the Diamondbacks for relief pitcher and former closer Jorge Julio.   The right hander has both closed and acted as a set up man for the Mets, Diamondbacks and mostly the Orioles.  He was […]

I touched on this last month after I read a Hardball Times column about the potential Marlins closers and the job is still up for grabs.  Now MLB.com has a story about all of the potential options the Marlins have heading into the season as to who can close.  They also talk about how a […]

MiLB.com previewed the Marlins’ minor league system today in a great column.  There’s profiles of players at each stop in the Marlins minor league system as well as a 2006 draft recap.  They project Brett Hayes and Todd Doolittle as being under the radar and the predict big things for Gaby Sanchez and Chris Volstad.  […]

Aaron Boone had three hits and three RBIs and Hanley Ramirez had three hits and two runs as the Marlins edged the Mets 6-5.  The win improved their spring record to 10-14 although they’re still in the bottom half of the Grapefruit League.
On the mound, Scott Olsen was roughed up for four runs on six […]

MiLB.com recently reviewed the Marlins minor league activity this spring.  They present their big question as to how Gaby Hernandez will progress through the system and there’s a Q&A with Brett Sinkbeil.  They talk about the surprise of the spring being Rick Vanden Hurk as well as the progress of a few other minor leaguers.

John Sickels’ latest crystal ball is on Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla.  He has him going through a definite sophomore slump but then he bounces back with a really nice season in 2008.  After that, he never plays a full season and he flames out pretty quickly.  Interesting take considering he never repeats what he […]

Scott Olsen had his best start of the spring today and he threw five innings of two hit shutout ball.  He struck out three and walked one.   The Marlins also got the bats going and they racked up five runs on ten hits in the 5-1 win.  Matt Treanor doubled home two runs while Alex […]

At least they figured out what was wrong with Josh Johnson and I guess it could have been a lot worse.  The right handed starter will miss at least two months with “ulnar nerve irritation” but he won’t need surgery.  Johnson broke out in 2006 and had he threw enough innings, he would have been […]

The Cardinals took it to the Marlins today although they didn’t help out their own cause with five errors.  Scott Olsen got things off to a rough start and gave up two runs in 2 1/3 innings.  Nate Field gave up six runs but only one of those was earned.
The Marlins were held to three […]

Despite a series of tests, doctors still can’t figure out what’s wrong with Josh Johnson’s throwing arm.  It’s believed to be nerve damage and he’s going to undergo some specific tests for that.  Weird stuff because with all the technology these days, you’d think they’d have more answers with all of the problems he’s been […]

Scott Olsen was unimpressive in his start today and Mike Koplove was shelled by the Cardinals in today’s loss.  The lone pitching star was Ricky Nolasco, who threw two shutout innings in which he struck out one.
Stokes drove in a run with a double and he later scored when the Marlins scored two runs in […]

In just one hour, the first official spring training game of the season starts and Scott Olsen will throw the first pitch for the Marlins against the Cardinals.  Unfortunately, the game is only on MLB.TV and I only have the audio package.  Regardless, baseball is here and that’s definitely a good thing.
Yesterday, the Marlins played […]