The next piece has fallen. The Miami Marlins have agreed to trade SS/3B Hanley Ramirez and RP Randy Choate to the Los Angeles Dodgers for SP Nathan Eovaldi and RP Scott McGough. This trade was finalized in the early hours Wednesday morning and came to a surprise to me, and many others. The former face [...]
Marlins land prized prospect Jacob Turner in deal with Tigers
In a relatively fast chain of events, the Miami Marlins traded SP Anibal Sanchez, INF Omar Infante and a draft pick to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for SP Jacob Turner, C Rob Brantly, SP Brian Flynn and a draft pick. Rumors have been swirling for multiple days now of a possible trade between the [...]
Twitterview with Marlins prospect Ron Miller
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with the Miami Marlins 2012 10th round draft pick, Ron Miller. He originally attended Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, but as a sophomore, he transferred to Serra High School. While he didn’t play baseball at school his senior year, he had a very impressive junior year. This [...]
Manager Ozzie Guillen’s mistake shouldn’t go unpaid for, but shouldn’t be blown out of water
The Miami Marlins announced on Tuesday that they have suspended new manager Ozzie Guillen for five games, in wake of his comments about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. In an interview with TIME Magazine’s Sean Gregory, Guillen stated at one point “I love Fidel Castro;” the quote of which is the first line in the [...]
Marlins Park opening night starts with a bang, ends with a fizzle
Brazilian dancers escorting players during introductions? The flamboyant home run feature in action? Sea creature races? A living legend, Muhammad Ali, delivering the ceremonial first pitch? Why yes, a new generation of baseball has arrived in Miami. Welcome the Miami Marlins. The Miami Marlins opened the 2012 season with a bang. Marlins Park was all [...]
Reliever Jose Ceda has elbow sprain, will undergo Tommy John surgery
25-year old right-handed reliever Jose Ceda is out indefinitely due to an elbow sprain. Ceda, who was making a run to be a middle reliever in the Miami Marlins’ bullpen, will likely require Tommy John surgery. The surgery, as most people know, takes around a year to recover from. Ceda is a 6’4″, 280 LB [...]
Dobbs leads Marlins to first Spring victory vs. Cardinals
Miami Marlins (1-0) 4, St. Louis Cardinals (0-1) 3 Josh Johnson (1-0, 0.00 ERA), Kyle Lohse (0-1, 4.50 ERA) – MIA: 7 hits, 1 error (Stanton, 1, fielding), 3 LOB – STL: 6 hits, 0 errors, 9 LOB (MIA Away) @ Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, Florida; March 5, 2012; 1:05PM ET start FULL BOXSCORE The [...]
Hanley Ramirez begins transition to third base
The Miami Marlins made some large moves during the offseason, with signing shortstop Jose Reyes, closer Heath Bell, and starting pitcher Mark Buerhle, along with a few other notable acquisitions. The one move that obviously stuck out was the signing of New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, who signed a six-year, $106M contract in his [...]
No Cespedes, no problem
As we all know by now, Yoenis Cespedes has signed a 4 year $36 million dollar deal with the Oakland Athletics after nixing the Miami Marlins offer of 6 years $36 million. I found this signing by the Athletics rather surprising as this isn’t the way their front office usually functions. The Marlins have [...]
Emilio Bonifacio and Anibal Sanchez win arbitration cases against Marlins
Center fielder Emilio Bonifacio and starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez both won their hearings for arbitration against the Miami Marlins these past few weeks. Bonifacio, current starting center fielder and utility player, won his case against the Fish on Wednesday, February 8th. Miami offered him $1.95M, a little below his asking price. Bonifacio will instead [...]