There are 6 teams that are rumored to be in the mix for Cuban center fielder Yoenis Cespedes. In reality, there is probably only 1.
Cespedes is trying to acquire his residency in the Dominican Republic. That is expected to happen in the next few days. Once that process is complete, the bidding and the courting will begin.
The Marlins are possibly the team that will win these sweepstakes if for no other reason than they intend to do almost anything in order to do so. The Marlins team president David Samson said the following this week, Read more...(341 words, 1 image, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)
There are teams that are perennially in the “lower tier” of baseball. Every year, the same teams are expected to under perform and bring up the rear as it were. In recent years, the Florida Marlins have been one of those teams. But no longer, or at least it would seem so at this point.
It remains to be seen how all the changes the Marlins are making in their players translates to the wins and losses column, but one thing is certain, the Marlins are serious about trying to get better. They are serious about trying to be a contender. They are serious about trying to build their franchise from the field to the seats and beyond. In the court of public opinion, the Marlins have become a daily topic of conversation of those who follow baseball. Read more...(329 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)
After the huge signing of shortstop Jose Reyes, the MiamiMarlins have become the center of the baseball universe.
However, Hanley Ramirez now has to be wondering if there is still room in that universe for him.
Reyes has agreed to a six-year, $106 million contract and is now the face of the franchise. Ramirez presumably is moving to third base and now finds himself on the brink of irrelevancy. Or at least that is how he must feel.
Ramirez, a three-time All Star, put up a mediocre line of .243/.333/.379 last season. Those numbers pale in comparison to Reyes’ line of .337/.384/.493. It also doesn’t help that Ramirez finished off the 2011 season with a shoulder injury that has plagued him for years. Read more...(325 words, 2 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
He may not be the biggest name on their list of free agents to wine and dine, but by signing closer Heath Bell, the MiamiMarlins have proven that they are committed to turning around their franchise.
And that actually almost makes Bell sound like he’s just another pitcher the Marlins picked up to close out baseball games, but he is arguably the most dominant closer in the game right now.
Bell, who signed a three-year deal worth $27 million, which includes a vesting option for a fourth year at $9 million, is coming off a 43-save season with the San Diego Padres that made him the only closer in baseball who has saved 40-plus games in each of the past three seasons. And although his strikeout rate declined in 2011, from 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings in 2010 to 7.3 this year, his numbers from last season (2.44 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 43 saves) were still quite impressive. Read more...(268 words, 2 images, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)
With their new stadium set to open with the beginning of the 2012 season, the Florida Marlins—check that, the MiamiMarlins are changing everything about their franchise.
In an attempt to re-brand and change the culture of an organization that has been a bit of a laughing stock over the last decade, the Marlins will be unveiling their new name and logo Friday night.
The new, more colorful “M” will be revealed in a ceremony at 9:00 p.m. EST Friday night.
Now if only the Marlins can actually win some baseball games.
Just days after he left the Chicago White Sox after eight seasons as their skipper, it appears as though Ozzie Guillen will be the new man in charge for the Florida Marlins.
Guillen’s blog leaked the news late Monday that he had agreed to become the Marlins‘ manager, and he tweeted Tuesday that he was in Miami and “ready to go.” Read more...(357 words, 2 images, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
And although there are some doubters who feel that a major league manager who is just 20 years shy of 100 can’t possibly keep with with rigors of a regular season schedule, McKeon believes otherwise.
“I look at it this way: Why should experience get penalized? Eighty doesn’t mean a thing. I’m not 80. My birth certificate says that, but I’m not 80.”
Nearly six years after McKeon retired as the Florida Marlins‘ manager, he returned to his former job on an interim basis and will lead the team for the rest of the season.
“I’ve managed since I was 14 years old,” he jokingly said. “I’ll probably manage until I’m 95.” Read more...(331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)
When you stop to look at the standings, it’s hard to believe that the 32-40 Florida Marlins began the month of June at nine games above .500. But since then the club has gone into free-fall mode, going 1-18 in June, leaving them 13 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East.
Apparently manager Edwin Rodriguez got tired of losing. The current nine-game losing streak that the Marlins are fighting through was all Rodriguez could take, as he unexpectedly resigned on Saturday.
“I can’t say enough about the effort that this staff and these players have put into this season,” Rodriguez said in a statement released by the team. “I could tell that they continued to give 100 percent effort each and every day on the field. I wish this organization and players nothing but success in their futures.” Read more...(285 words, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)
”You have to slide into other bases, why shouldn’t you have to slide into home plate?”
That was the unfortunate question asked by San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean when he spoke to reporters in Milwaukee on Friday. Sabean called on baseball officials to review rules regarding home-plate collisions after his star catcher Buster Posey was injured on a collision with the Florida Marlins Scott Cousins.
I can understand why Sabean is frustrated and why he feels as though Cousins should have went wide and slid around Posey. After all, Posey is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, the face of the franchise and arguably the best young catcher in all of baseball. But his question has spawned a series of questions, leading journalists and baseball fans alike to ponder the notion of the ethics behind the home-plate collision. Read more...(398 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)
All reports indicate that if you were in the San Francisco Giants locker room following their 7-6 loss to the Florida Marlins, you would have thought the team just came back from a funeral.
The televisions were turned off, no one was playing card games and the loud music that is usually blaring out of closer Brian Wilson’s locker was nowhere to be heard.
But the somber mood in the room wasn’t because the Giants lost the game—a wild one in which they scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose it in 12—no, it was because they lost a player. Read more...(298 words, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)
There are 6 teams that are rumored to be in the mix for Cuban center fielder Yoenis Cespedes. In reality, there is probably only 1.
There are teams that are perennially in the “lower tier” of baseball. Every year, the same teams are expected to under perform and bring up the rear as it were. In recent years, the 
