Son Los Marlins

  The Jupiter Hammerheads, the Marlins A-Ball Affiliate for the last 21 Minor League Seasons, Won their fist ever Single-A Championship Wednesday night in Clearwater Florida 🎉🏆🎉 . After Winning their Division's 2nd Half and qualifying for the MiLB Playoffs for the first time since 2012, the Hammerheads swiftly took down their neighbors, the Palm Beach Cardinals, before going the distance in a best of 3 Series against the Clearwater Threshers. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxksq64unIv/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ== I had the opportunity to catch my fair share of Hammerhead Games this year, both at the Dean and the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, where both the Hammerheads & Cards played the 2nd Half of their Seasons due to renovations in Jupiter. A shout-out to Javi Sanoja, Ian Lewis, and the Jupiter stafff for the souvenirs during this Championship Season 🏆. From seeing the overall Game of a very solid/often over looked Marlins Prospect in Javier Sanoja 🇻🇪 in the 1st Half, ...

  Receipts is our Son Los Marlins word of the day. That's because Sandy Alcantara's personal Catcher may have picked up quite a few of those, and not at Wal-Mart, but rather 'Offensive'ly during this 2nd Half of the 2023 Season.  Jacob Stallings, you may know him as part of the Kyle Nicolas Trade with Pittsburgh back in November of '21 😉, had himself let's jus say, *another rough First Half in 2023. Stallings' Batting Line sat at .191/.280/.260 for the Season on July 18th of this year. His Offensive slash on July 21st 2022 (almost a year to the date) was .180/.240/.228 in year 1 of the former Gold Glover's Marlins Career. Something about the 2nd Half for this North Carolina Tar Heel. From July 23rd (Coincidently the 1st Game back in Pittsburg for the former Pirate) to the finish line during a lost final stretch of 2022 for the Marlins, Stallings quietly Hit .289 with a .370 On Base Percentage over his last 42 Games in year 1 with the Fish. It gave the O...

  You just knew someway - somehow that if the Marlins were to make some major noise late in 2023, they'd first have to figure out a way to defeat the Atlanta Braves. Boy, did the Fish make a statement this weekend, sweeping the 2023 N.L East Champion Braves, as the fight for the National League Wild Cards continues with only 12 Marlins Games remaining in the Regular Season. The Marlins had dropped 9 of 10 meetings this year to Atlanta heading into this weekend Series in Florida. Not to mention how rough it had been overall for the Fish against the Braves dating back many years now. A mental block for the Marlins, if you will, against the Bravos. Mental blockage that was finally lifted and in a very big way, as the Regular Season is coming to it's finish. 36 to 13 did the Home Team outscore Atlanta in this Series and may have picked up something more along the way. Confidence, against a Team that's had their number and could meet up with again in the Playoffs. 🍔 It w...

  2 weeks ago we talked a little backend of the Marlins Bullpen ( En Español ), which has obviously had some moving parts to it since the beginning of the Season. A.J Puk began the year as the Marlins Closer, Dylan Floro was the Club's Set-Up man in Inning number 8, while the 7th went to JT Chargois more often than not to begin the year. Due to underperformances and injuries, the Bullpen shifted at the tail end. Puk landed on the I.L on May 13th, missing almost a month with elbow nerve irritation. Upon returning from the Injured List, the long Lefty had a few hiccups in the 9th and is now getting the ball no later than the 7th Inning, where Puk has had some ups and downs (has allowed a total of 9 Homers on the year no matter the Inning, but has K'd 64 in 47.2 IP's). On that plus side, the Velo & Stuff's still there for Puk, who looks to lock down a Set-Up role in that 7th Inning for the Marlins down the stretch.  Floro fell apart after 2 1/2 Seasons of very solid/de...