The Miami Marlins returned home riding a four game winning streak and a 5-2 road trip but immediately ran into the buzzsaw that is Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer. Scherzer notched his 89th career 10+ strikeout game on Tuesday, leading the Nationals’ 6-1 win over the Marlins. It was also his third consecutive 10-strikeout game […]
1,217 baseball players, both high school and college, heard their names selected in the 2019 MLB Draft. The glory of playing in the NCAA Tournament and College World Series will instantly be cashed in for a journey to the big leagues. But that journey starts in the minor leagues, from the back fields in spring […]
The New York-Penn League season began on Friday. Much of the rosters are filled with players that were recently drafted and signed. Among the players that occupy a spot on the Batavia Muckdogs roster, only one had the distinction of being drafted by the Miami Marlins twice. Andrew Turner was drafted by the Marlins both […]
For a time longer than any other team in baseball, the Marlins had the luxury of throwing out their Opening Day starting rotation without any interference. During the time they posted a 3.88 ERA, which puts them fifth in the National league behind only the Reds (3.68), Nationals (3.68), Cubs (3.67) and Dodgers (2.73), and […]
After a season and a half, the Christian Yelich trade looked like a one-sided landslide in favor of the Milwaukee Brewers. He won the National League MVP last season and in his first career playoff appearance, the Brewers were a game away from the World Series. The Marlins received Lewis Brinson, Jordan Yamamoto, Monte Harrison […]
Eliser Hernandez toed the rubber as the Miami Marlins’ sixth starting pitcher used this season. He threw 5.2 innings with three earned runs on five hits with seven strikeouts but a bad bullpen and cold bats spoiled the effort in a 7-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. “I felt really good,” Hernandez […]
Throughout the Miami Marlins’ ups and downs during the season, the starting rotation has the been the rock of this team. Through 64 games, it’s been Jose Urena to Trevor Richards to Pablo Lopez to Sandy Alcantara to Caleb Smith. Those five have put the Marlins in the top ten of all of baseball in […]
The Miami Marlins claimed a series win on the road against the San Diego Padres over the weekend with back-to-back 9-3 wins. The Marlins have gone 10-5 in their last five series, winning four of them. The Padres is the most impressive victory because unlike the Mets and Tigers and Giants, San Diego is above […]
The ensuing weekend is like cramming for the final exam that is the MLB Draft. But from listening to the top people in charge with turning the Miami Marlins around, a lot of preparation was put into what is about to transpire on Monday. “A lot of discussion, a lot of opinions,” Marlins CEO Derek […]
Sandy Alcantara is apparently solar powered. He has a 1.36 ERA in the five day games that he has pitched this season. Coming off the most efficient complete game in Marlins history — in which he threw an 89-pitch shutout against the New York Mets — Alcantara tossed six shutout innings, allowing two hits with […]
