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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.
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 was left on his Contract) in 2020 to not pitch for the Team anymore. Yeah, it was that bad.
Andrew Miller
1 of 2 centerpieces coming back in a Trade for the greatest player in Franchise History. Labelled as a next Randy Johnson. All to go 10-20 with a 5.89 ERA over parts of 3 Seasons in Florida. Andrew Miller certainly cracks our Staff. Miller's Big League Starting days were done soon after, however it was in the 'Pen where the lanky Lefty carved up a super solid Career. Only not with the Marlins, who also Traded the other centerpiece in the Miguel Cabrera Trade (Cameron Maybin) during the same Off-Season of '10/'11 as well.
Continuing on this Left Hander theme, Brad Hand had a very good MLB Debut, tossing 6 Innings of one run ball at the Braves, and losing 1-0 back in 2011. The loss would count as part of his 8-24 Record as a Starter, to go along with the 131 to 95 K/BB Ratio. Again, Hand would turn into an All-Star Reliever in his MLB Career, and again, coming not with the Marlins.
Darren Oliver had himself a 20 year Career in the Big Leagues, with a stop in Florida right in the middle back in 2004. Making the Defending Champions Opening Day Rotation out of Spring, the Texas native actually Won his first Start as a Fish, only to go 1-2 with an alarming 9.09 ERA over his next 7 and last Starts as a Marlin.
Jeff Locke signed himself a 1 year $3.025 Million Dollar Deal with the Marlins back in 2017, following a few solid Seasons in Pittsburgh. Remember how we mentioned gifts while naming a couple of our Position Players Friday? Locke's Career as a Marlins Starter: 0-5 with an 8.16 ERA, 7 Starts.
I'd be the first to tell you, I have never heard of Pitcher Andy Larkin. I did know however that the 108 Losses picked up by the 1998 Marlins are a Franchise Record. Though a lot of Players churned out very impressive Big League Careers who were on that Team, even future Marlins World Champs (Castillo, Derrek Lee, Alex Gonzalez, Mike Redmond), Larkin accumulated the lowest WAR in '98 at -3.2. Finishing the Season and Florida tenure 3-8, with a 9.64 ERA.
Andrew Cashner was picked up at the Trade Deadline in 2016, going into a weekend Series in which the Fish went in/came out 9 Games Over .500. Cashner & Colin Rea (also acquired in the Deal with San Diego for Josh Naylor amongst others) both pitched well in their first Starts. Rea however, got hurt in his Game, forcing MLB to make San Diego bring/take back some of the Trade. While Cashner went 1-4 the rest of the way with a 6.56 ERA for the Marlins, who finished 79-82 (Being fair, Seasons like Giancarlo Stanton's/Adam Conley breaking his thumb/Marcell Ozuna's 2nd Half didn't help either).
Heath Bell
Heath Bell takes the cake (probably both figuratively and literally) as Closer of this Squad. Firing more excuses than effective heaters, after signing for 3 years/$27 Million Dollars, a Marlins Relief Pitcher Record. Bell truly embodied that 2012 Club, which opened up the new Ballpark. Not good.
Jorge Julio
Before there was Bell, there was Jorge Julio in disastrous Fish Closer lore. Julio, acquired late in the Spring to be the Marlins lockdown Closer of 2007, went 0-2, with exactly ZERO Saves. A 12.54 ERA! 18 Hits allowed in his 9.1 Innings, 13 Base on Balls.
Junichi Tazawa
We'll leave you with a 10th Pitcher, who was selected to not necessarily 'close' this list. That's because Junichi Tazawa was not acquired to Pitch the 9th Inning for the Marlins. Heck, I don't think he was even originally brought in to pitch the 8th, yet the Fish Front Office gave him (emphasis on the 'gave') $12 Million over 2 Years. Tazawa pitched to a combined 6.57 ERA in his 77 Games during his Marlins Career, which didn't last a year and a half.
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