Son Los Marlins

  Enjoy it Marlins Fans ⚾⚾⚾! Cuz it's been a long time coming!! The Marlins play their first Playoff Game since October 25th 💍💍 2003, and they do it this afternoon in Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.  Just as we said here at Son Los Marlins last week, before an absolute thrilling night took place in Yankee Stadium this past Friday, it won't be easy. Chicago has the experience. They've been in these Playoff dances 5 of the last 6 years, with a shiny World Series Ring in 2016 to prove it. A World Series which was captured by the Cubs for the 1st time since 1908 (with the Marlins having a little something to do with that lengthy time frame, more on '03 later 😉).  The Cubbies of today are loaded. They have a fearsome lineup with names like Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, and Kyle Shwarber. They have a legitimate back of the Bullpen with Jeremey Jeffress & Craig Kimbrel, and speaking of "legitimate", Chicago will also throw a 1-2 Punch out in...

 Una semana más. 1 more week, and the 2020 MLB Regular Season comes to an end. My Marlins control their own destiny. They sit in 2 nd Place (which guarantees you a spot in the Playoff Dance), but only hold a 1 Game lead on the Phillies for that position. Philadelphia themselves hold just a ½ Game lead for 1 of 2 Wild Card seeds, as that’s exactly what this final week is shaping up to be, Wild! All this while the Marlins have a chance at taking the entire National League East Division. That would mean the Fish would host the Wild Card Round (which consists of a 3 Game Series to start the Postseason) right here in Florida ☀ ️. The Marlins sit 3 Games behind the Atlanta Braves, who they happen to start a 4 Game Series with TONIGHT!   Miguel Rojas, whose 3 Run Homer in Philly was 1 of the biggest hits of the Season for the Marlins. Easy? Who said it would be easy?? Following the 4 Gamer in Atlanta, the Fish head to New York to play the Yankees coming off a 10 Game Winning Streak....

  Here at Son Los Marlins we talked about 2003 when the Philadelphia Phillies came to Miami to play a September Series that had HUGE Playoff Implications for both Clubs, and similar to ’03, the Fish took it to the Phil’s in what was a Massive 7 Game Series that ended on Monday, one which saw Florida take 5 of those Ballgames. The Fish who came into the Series 1.5 Games behind Philadelphia, now lead the Phillies by 1.5, and are only 2.5 Games behind the Atlanta Braves for the entire Division lead. The Playoffs. You can almost “taste” those Playoffs, and there’s perhaps more reinforcements coming for the Marlins. The injury-bug has hurt key pieces like Francisco Cervelli, Eliesar Hernandez, and Harold Ramirez who were all transferred to the 60 Day I.L, pretty much ending their ‘Regular’ Season at least. However, guys like Jon Berti, Magnueris Sierra, and Stephen Tarpley have remained on the 10 Day I.L, as there seems to still be hope for their returns in the coming days. Berti & ...

  Twenty One. 21 Games to go in the 2020 Season and the Marlins are right smack dab in the middle of this Postseason Race! I got news for the rest of Baseball, this Team ain’t goin’ nowhere anytime soon either. Just take this last week as an example.  At .500 where the Fish when leaving Miami to start a tough 6 Game Roadtrip on Friday. All they had to do to kick off the Trip was play a 3 Game Series against the best Team in the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays, winners of 20 of their last 24 Games. Followed by another 3 Game Set against the dreaded Atlanta Braves, the defending Division Champs, in 1 st Place Again, in a Stadium (Truist Park that opened in 2017) where the Marlins had NEVER won a Series.  Yet those Marlins kicked off their final Homestand of the Season last night still at that .500 mark, after holding their own aginst the Rays, before FINALLY taking a Series from those damn Braves 🙂 ((who avoided a Sweep by trying to pile on to the scoreboard (going 1s...