FishFan95

Joe Frisaro is such a scumbag. He never said anything bad about Loria and co. It is really obvious that most of his animosity towards Bendix and Sherman are due to the fact that the new ownership forced his ass out of the beat writer position. Guarantee that if he had stayed, he would have continued to peddle the company line like he did before. But now his latest grift is this conspiracy theory that the Marlins ownership was installed to break apart the MLBPA and force a salary cap...

MLB recovered from the Covid attendance dip by 2023. Since then, league wide attendance has risen 1.42%. The Marlins despite making the playoffs in 2023 and following with 100 losses in 2024 and below .500 the next 2 (despite some signs of talent growth), have seen a 5.82% growth in attendance. Overall, attendance has grown 91.56% since 2021 when it bottomed out due to the pandemic. League wide attendance grew 58.38% in that span. All of this is based on data from Baseball Reference. Obviously, a still the lowest in the Majors for teams playing in an MLB ballpark. Marlins do have the most room to grow, so it is not surprising to see that we have grown faster than most teams. Encouraging start, need to see more. They did see a big spike the last time the team made the playoffs, but some of that was just post pandemic bounce back.

Javi played well enough to start every day. So did Heriberto Hernandez. But Conine and Caissie were horrid vs Lefties. Seriously need to consider a platoon for both. Internally Gus played well vs LHP (.755 OPS). So I would pencil him in as the short side platoon to back up Caissie. In RF, I kind of like Andrew Pintar who is a terrific defender and had an .881 OPS vs lefties at Jacksonville. We need a backup catcher, even if Gus is on the roster. Either go with Navaretto, someone on the farm like Logan Driscoll, or go on the free agent market. For now, Pauley rounds out the bench due to his (and Sanoja's) defensive versitility. If you have to sub out someone in the outfield or middle infield, then Sanoja goes there and Pauley to 3B. Pauley can also play 1B for Stowers. Everything goes according to plan, Brayden Taylor takes Pauley's spot by mid season and you ship out Pauley (if he has value) or dfa him (if he does not). Trade Ruiz. DLS and Serna as depth in AAA. The biggest need for the team is pitching. Particuarly LHP in both the rotation and pen. I would be thrilled by a reunion with Trevor Rogers. Craig Mish says the Marlins will be active this offseason (at least after the cba is resolved) and that is the kind of move that I think is realistic for both sides. I have also seen some people advocating for the Marlins to trade Zach Neto and putting him at 3B. Sanoja would be the 2B and presumably X gets shipped. I don't hate it for the offensive perspective, but it does hurt the speed and defence of the club. Would need to see what kind of package it takes I suppose.

Finish under .500 and missed the playoffs, but the Marlins did improve on their record since last season.

Trevor Richards just closed the game out for the White Sox over the Rockies. Did not realize he was still going with Chicago.

Rich Waltz! What a terrific surprise for T Hut's last game!

Would not be closing day without another Calvin Faucher blow up inning. At least he did not surrender the lead.

Eury with just the 12th complete game shutout in MLB this year. What a performance from a guy who needed a good outing!

At least Gus has a .750 OPS vs lefties. Deyvision has been awful at the plate. Gus should be the leading candidate for short side platoon DH next year to pair with Caissie.

The homer would come right after 2 guys make outs on the bases. Hope that 3 is enough in the 9th. Will they let Eury go for the shutout?

This is officially the longest start in Eury's career.

I know it's the Braves, but I think we win this series to get to at least 80 wins. Braves literally have nothing to play for.

As long as the Marlins do not lose the final 4 games, they will at the very lease match last season's win total. Last year the peripherals will mediocre and they overperfromed them a lot. This year, they are much better and the team underperformed them. They really need to have a healthier season by the rotation and to hit with runners on like they did in 2025 and this team could be a serious contender next year.

The opposing fanbases that we have played in the last week are soft as hell. They seem to think that because they have a chance to clinch a postseason berth, that we should just lay over and hand it to them.

Back to back nights with a homer for Stowers!