Typically, when a team is struggling, you can pinpoint one aspect of the game to determine what caused the slump. However, that has not been the case with the Miami Marlins thus far in June. Coming off of a disastrous June in 2011, the Marlins knew that if they wanted to stay in contention, they [...]
As we got into the season, i have pulled back on sabermetrics tutorials, but I figured with the occasional slow news day, I would introduce a few more primers and tutorials on sabermetrics and the sorts of numbers and analysis that we use on this site. Every once in a while, when a concept seems [...]
Last night, the Miami Marlins were on the tail end of a frustrating 10-2 defeat at the hands of the Boston Red Sox. Late in the game, Ozzie Guillen put closer Heath Bell in for the ninth inning to get him some work amid a 1-8 home stand that did not include many save opportunities. [...]
Since Emilio Bonifacio left in a game last month against the Cleveland Indians, the center field position has been in turmoil for the Miami Marlins. The Fish have run three different players out to center field since Bonifacio hurt his thumb against the Indians on May 18, and none of their options have been all [...]
As of late, the struggles of the bottom half of the Miami Marlins’ lineup have really worn out the team’s fans. With the team’s last three regular non-pitcher hitters each batting below .200, it is difficult not to blame fans for being frustrated with the bottom of the lineup. But while Chris Coghlan has received [...]
The Marlins finished drafting players last week and now they have until July 13th to get their draftees signed. One factor that goes into where players are drafted is how long it will take them to reach the majors. This definitely factored into the Marlins decision to draft Andrew Heaney before Courtney Hawkins, and it [...]
A few days ago, I discussed Chris Coghlan and how he was continuing to ride the coattails of his 2009 Rookie of the Year season. But it seems after hitting just .140/.212/.183 to start the season, even that was not going to be enough to keep him in the majors for now. As originally reported [...]
Source: FanGraphs Attendance: 33,119 Hero Of The Game: Giancarlo Stanton (.101 WPA) Goat Of The Game: Ricky Nolasco (-.151 WPA) Play Of The Game: Giancarlo Stanton doubled in the seventh inning. Hanley Ramirez moved to third base (0.136 WPA) Mike Lowell, attending the Miami home game as a former member of both the Marlins and [...]
Current Series 3 game series vs Red Sox @ Marlins Park Mon 06/11 WP: Josh Johnson (4 – 4) SV: Heath Bell LP: Josh Beckett (4 – 7) 4 – 1 win Tue 06/12 WP: Clay Buchholz (7 – 2) SV: Alfredo Aceves LP: Mark Buehrle (5 – 7) 1 – 2 loss Boston Red [...]
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was told something about Hanley Ramirez’s batting average at home versus on the road. Apparently, after last night’s game, Ramirez is hitting .315/.397/.504 (.387 wOBA) at home and just .195/.258/.416 (.299 wOBA) on the road. Of course, after Guillen casually told us that he doesn’t care about numbers but rather [...]
