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The Marlins kicked off Spring Training last week with Pitchers & Catchers (more on the former in a second). The entire full Squad got things going "officially" Monday, though a substantial amount of Position Players were in Jupiter long before, chomping at the bit. Admittedly we began this post over the weekend prior to Owner Bruce Sherman & President Peter Bendix holding their recurrent specious media scrum to kick off the Spring. As has been the case with these sort of gatherings of Fish higher-ups of late, the terminology of being 'utterly oblivious' to the surroundings of the Ballclub, I think fits to a baseball tee.     It doesn't necessitate a  listen to all the 'analysts' on pods or read the many projections from so called 'insiders' to know the Marlins have or will be picked by almost everybody to finish dead last in their Division and probably the entire National League. That's something that's been brought upon themselves ...

  El primer entrenamiento oficial del Spring Training se llevó a cabo el día de hoy para los Marlins. Varios jugadores llevan casi lo de un mes en Jupiter, FL esperando comenzar oficialmente la Primavera de Béisbol. Es el tiempo del año donde todo es un nuevo comienzo, y no solamente porque los Marlins se encuentran con uno de los Equipos más jóvenes de todas las Grandes Ligas (si es que no el más joven de todos). Los Marlins adquirieron un nuevo Manager para el 2025, Clayton McCullough (un residente local de Jupiter). Estará por verse cuanto decir tendrá el nuevo Dirigente, ya que la mayoría (si no todo) el cuerpo técnico de McCullough fue seleccionado por las oficinas del Presidente Peter Bendix. Los Marlins se han sometido completamente a las estadísticas sabermétricas desde hace un año, cuando Bendix y su gente llegaron al sur de la Florida. Dejando a muchos "disgustados" de la nueva forma en que los Marlins conducen su business. 'Marlins Media Day 2025' Sandy Alc...

  Finally, some genuine good news to report regarding the Marlins. Over at the annual FanFest on Saturday, the Fish announced a Marlins Legends Hall of Fame. The inaugural first class will feature Mr. Marlin Jeff Conine, Luis 'Louey' Castillo, and Word Series Wining Managers Jeff Leyland & Jack McKeon. Sincerely well done and long long overdue. We had a little fun over the weekend going in the opposite direction with regards to Marlins Legends. Going with the worst of the worst in Fish History. We gave you our Position Players, now let's delve into whom stunk it up on the mound. An antithesis Legends Hall of Fame if you will. Wei-Yin Chen The hands down Ace of the opposite Marlins Rotation is without question Wei-Yin Chen. You see, Signing a 5 Year Contract for $80 Million Dollars (the richest handed out by the Fish to a Pitcher EVER), only to win all of 13 Games to the tune of a of 5.10 ERA, will do that to ya. The Organization decided to pay Chen $20 Million (what wa...

A good amount of years ago we came up with our Son Los Marlins 'All-Time' Team . A few things have certainty changed since 2020, the Fish were in the Playoffs a couple times, Sandy Alcantara may or may not have (I mean, it's hard to take out any of those 5) sneaked into our 'All-Time' Rotation (we'll just call it a 6-man staff) following a Cy Young Award in 2022, Tanner Scott for the ' Pen ! But for the most part, I'd say that list would stay almost intact. Marlins X's John Rodriguez had a really  cool graphic last week, depicting his Marlins Diamond & Gold Teams, even including a Manager for both. Seeing as it's FanFest over at the Depot this weekend, where supposedly there will be ex "Alumni Announcements", thought we could have a little fun. Let's pull an episode out of Seinfeld titled "Biazzaro Jerry" and do an opposite list. Obviously talent won't have anything to do with it, as it's just for shits n gi...

Bit of a busy last couple weeks on the transactional side for the Marlins. I mean sure, they're getting very close to finishing a complete Off-Season without signing a single full Major League Free Agent for the 2nd consecutive year heading into Spring. But that not incorporated, there's been some news surrounding the Fish.  On the 15th, the Marlins were finally permitted to put pen to paper with their International class, whom the Team had allocated money for long before. Remember, there's a hard cap with how much each Team can spend, while you can only Trade for more International Bonus Pool money. The Fish's ceiling was around $7.5 Million Dollars, with 16 year old Venezuelan Prospect Andrew Salas receiving about half of that. Tuesday the 14th, the Marlins announced a planned project on the west plaza of loanDepot Park. It comes without question that the area around the Ballpark has always been in need of ambiance/entertainment options since opening it's doors in...

As the calendar turns over to 2025, baseball season's about a month away. Soon enough you'll hear about pitchers & catchers reporting to Spring Training. For the Marlins, news broke this week about one of those hurlers who was to play a big piece in their Starting Rotation. Bad news that is, as Braxton Garrett will miss the entire Season after a second major surgery (people don't wanna call it Tommy John anymore) to the Southpaw's left elbow. What may have been more alarming was that the Fish knew about Garrett's elbow struggles yet decided to shed fellow Southpaw Jesus Luzardo last month in a Trade with Division rival Philadelphia anyway. You're now hearing reports that the Marlins could be in the market to acquire a Starting Pitcher. That's because what's left of the Marlins Rotation may need some help covering Innings in '25. Sandy Alcantara will be returning from his own Tommy John, and all indications point to will be gearing up this Spring ...