FishFan95

Small sample size, but the Stowers injury is already paying dividends (cope).....

Have a feeling that Ruiz would not have been in the lineup if Stowers didn't get hurt.

Magic number was 7. Sandy needed 7 outs to break Ricky Nolasco's record. Sandy went 7 innings. Marlins won 7-0

Marsee is hot. Just look at his last 7 games.

Congrats, Sandy!

10 walks and 7 hits coming into the game and we are swinging agressively...

The Marlins are swinging too agressively. This is a pitcher who has walked 5 in both of his starts and has not yet gotten out of the 3rd inning. And yet of the 8 balls difinitively out of the zone, the Marlins have swing at 3. 2 of those before the 2nd stike in the count.

They said before the game that the opposing starter had reverse splits and is actually better vs right handed batters. So of course dumbass Clayton decides that this lineup needed the maxiumum number of righties...

Braves in the 2nd inning played like they thought that it was likely that the game could be ended early due to rain. They really wanted to take the lead.

Let's go Fish!

I will say one more thing about Hicks. The Marlins had a log jam of lefty hitters. As long as everyone stayed healthy, you had Conine, Caissie, Stowers, and Hicks vying for 3 spots in the lineup. The people upset at the trade are upset because Hicks has the highest floor out of the 4. The people fine with the trade are fine because Hicks has the lowest ceiling of the 4.

I would say that with Hicks gone it means more at bats for Conine, Caissie, and Heriberto vs RHP than if he stayed. At bats vs LHP will go from Hicks to a combination of Gus, DDLS, and Long. So I would say that they would likely be better vs LHP while being no worse vs RHP. Less pitching depth and a new project with Vodnik in the bullpen which could pay dividends, but we will have to wait to see. Team is banking on pitchers health down the stretch. If guys get healthy, we make the playoffs. If not, the team did not mortgage the future. So overall, the team has less depth to overcome injuries, but is more balanced than it was yesterday.

Welcome back to the Marlins, Brian Sanches!

He will probably be better in Miami than Denver, but uninspiring pickup tbh. Plus they just traded Bachar. Feels like a very lateral move.

Jonathon Long is at AAA