Aquarium exploded, tropical fish flopping all over the place: 2013 Miami Marlins thread

rebuilding year

ed lucas

now above '62 Mets' .250 win%

i do appreciate the marlins bringing up ed lucas after 10 years in the minors

i might even like them if they signed john lindsey

lindsey got a cup of coffee with the dodgers in torre's last year, I think

tru

ozunas got a nice arm

he's kind of awesome

8 wins vs the Mets, 10 against everybody else

@baseball_ref
The Marlins (19-46) have faced the easiest schedule in the majors. 23 gms vs. >= .500 tms & 42 vs sub-.500 tms http://t.co/VK3T4a5XUc

Stanton the 10th-youngest guy to hit 100 HR. (From the top: Ott, Conigliaro, Matthews, A-Rod, Andruw, Bench, Pujols, Aaron, Griffey.)

yessss i've been watching that

here's hoping his career lasts longer than conigliaro's

“Just three. My teammates say five. Today I eat three. Tomorrow I eat four, and the next day five, and (then) we leave for Miami.”
—Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna, on the number of In-and-Out cheeseburgers he plans to eat during the team’s three-day stay in Los Angeles. (Clark Spencer, Miami Herald)

have won 10 of 13! and none of those were vs the Mets.

They didn't look like any bunch of chumps in the Braves series, that's for sure.

short-lived revival

don't tell paul maholm

jacob turner just tripled

Yelich and Marisnick called up

13 k for fernandez today

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/28/3527423/miami-marlins-hitting-coach-ready.html

Marlins hitting coach Tino Martinez was poised to resign after a player notified the team Martinez erupted in anger unjustly and grabbed him by his neck and neck chain, according to multiple sources.

But sources said team owner Jeffrey Loria, who made the decision to hire Martinez, nixed the idea, at least for now.

One Marlins player, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, said Martinez has been verbally abusive to players on a number of occasions since the start of spring training in February. A few players have complained to Redmond about Martinez's behavior.

“It’s all shocked everybody,” the player said. “He uses intimidation. It’s been a problem since day one.”

According to sources who have witnessed Martinez's profanity-laced eruptions, other players who have been attacked verbally by Martinez include outfielder Justin Ruggiano, infielder Chris Valaika and minor-league infielder Matt Downs. Another source said the list of players is much larger than that.

‏@clarkspencer 5m
#marlins hitting coach tino Martinez has resigned

@TheRealTINO 11m
Loria didn't push me out, these guys just sucked that bad

"Do you realize I'm out of baseball basically because a couple of players didn't pick up balls in the cage when I asked them to?"

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/tino-martinez-resign-hitting-coach-miami-marlins-picking-up-balls-batting-cage-072913

http://i.imgur.com/ATo393G.gif

http://mobilwi.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a6dde087970b016306589261970d-pi

haha beat me to it

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQtcNhoCEAAlj84.png:large

justin ruggiano is 0-for his last 35

Matthew Kory, BP:

"Jose Fernandez threw 134 innings last season in High-A. Last night he threw five bringing his season total to 136 1/3. Lucky the Marlins aren't anywhere near a pennant race, huh?"

ruggiano got a(n infield) hit!

now 1-for-43 in the last month+

anonymous scout quoted in BP, on Stanton:

“I don't know if he's still hurt or if he is upset he's still in Miami or if he just doesn't care, but he was a non-factor all weekend against the Braves—unless you count the ball he misplayed from a pop up into a two-run double on Sunday. He's still very young and has loud tools and a huge upside, but the Marlins probably aren't going to get exactly what they want for him when—not if—they trade him.”

"loud tools"

huh are scouts now using rap weed descriptors

scout jargon is the worst

otoh "loud tools" is my favorite music genre

I think there's a lefty in the Cards' system named Scout Jargon. 70-grade sinker.

Jose Fernandez vs. other 20-year-old pitchers:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1739953-jose-fernandezs-age-20-pitching-season-ranked-among-best-ever

In MLB history, qualified pitchers with season K/9, WHIP, & ERA numbers as good/better than José Fernandez this year: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=N9BaS

Mike Scott's scuffball went a long way.

also there hasn't been a qualified rookie with a better era+ since 1911

I guess the Puig Lacks Grit backlash means Jose won't get robbed of the ROY?

those pedro years were insane

have they announced how many more starts Fernandez gets?

OK, tom'w night is his finale.

Mike "Naked BP" Redmond:

"The way I've talked to these guys all year is to go up there and play hard," Redmond said. "We don't show teams up. We hit the ball and we run, that's it. We go out there and play hard. We respect the game. We respect the other team. We're 30-something games under .500. Those guys are going to the playoffs."

"This is a tough game," Gonzalez said. "You like to play loose and you like to have fun. But it's serious. Our guys take this serious. I know there are a lot of guys on that team over there that take it serious too. It will be taken care of."

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/assets/3209189/fernandez.jpg

fernandez handled it exactly how you'd want a kid to in the presser. should blow over

that was a p good Reggie impression

gratuitous 9/11 mention in apology was major offense in my book

haha yeah that was a little forced, the kid's cuban though he's probably just trying to stay under the radar

Koehler is now 3rd in NL in pitching WAR

Wow, how strong is Stanton? It looks like he got caught flat footed and hit the ball out to center using just his arms.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_05_08_miamlb_sdnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=32723137&tcid=vpp_copy_32723137

FIGGINS

.176/.417/.176

As a Mariner, he slugged .283 in 1209 plate appearances.

.283!

randy wolf has exercised his out clause from triple-a reno, is expected to join the marlins

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000058183015-71wsv2-original.jpg?30a2558

Entering the Furcal Era

Only 3 out in the WC race!

"Five months doesn't change five years."

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/8/26/6070471/giancarlo-stanton-marlins-contract