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On paper the Marlins are one of the most rounded teams in baseball, we are solid in just about every area like pitchin, hitting, bullpen etc. So why has this team underacheived for most of the season, and even last season. Recently we have been playin better, and are right now on the battle for the wildcard. But for early in the season the team was inconsistant, i believe at one point the team hadnt won 3 games in a row. So what was the main cuase for the inconsitancy? Was it hitting, starting pitchin, bullpen, coachin etc? It seems to me like our offense is very inconsistant, one day they put up alot of runs and the next day it doesnt show up. Why is that? Starting pitchin has been solid, bullpen iffy.

Well the Rockies by nature are slump busters and when u add their ball park it can mean good things for Mike. He is gonna snap put of it pretty soon.

I am pretty sure that Lowell is gonna catch fire pretty soon.? He is due big time, when that happens, should Lowelll move up the lineup to the fifth spot again? 749340[/snapback] When that happens, we go to the opening day lineup of Cabrera/Delgado/Lowell so the other team burns the bullpen in late-inning/close situations. 749894[/snapback] Well if Lowell does get hot and moves up to fifth again, then i think we should keep Delgado in the 3rd spot and Cabrera in the 4th since that seems to be working really well lately.

I am pretty sure that Lowell is gonna catch fire pretty soon. He is due big time, when that happens, should Lowelll move up the lineup to the fifth spot again?

Everyone was bashing him before the season and look at him now. Playing with a lot of confidence. He is doing great but can he keep it up? My guess is no, but i think he will have a very good year for his standards.

I would have said Valdez before when he is truly ready, but with that performance by Moehler yesterday, iam sticking with him now. He pitched great, he was locating his pitches very well, made the Nationals look bad. And congrats for Moehler, his first win in a really long time cuz of the injuries.

The pitchin has been great all season, the offense has been slow but now it looks like its starting to catch up with the pitching. I get the feeling the Marlins are gonna get on a good winning streak pretty soon and grab first place.

Lowell should be the captain. But Conine, Leiter and maybe even Lo Duca deserve consideration.

I think that Sanchez would be a very good bench player on the Marlins, word is that he will sign somewhere by the weekend.

Thats a lenghty injury to come back from, it would be nice if he could get healthy enough and ready enough to join the team by the end of the summer.

Using the hyphen symbol is an American thing. Us Hispanics dont use the hyphen symbol, just father's last name followed by a space and followed by the mothers last name. Its funny how people that are not latin get so confused when they see that, they just end up putting a hyphen. We ussually just go by our fathers last name only unless its like an important document or something.

Lowell has a change if he stays longer and keeps putting numbers up. Sheffield wasent here long enough. Cabrera, he has the ability but will he be here for 10+ years? Its hard to say with so many players changing teams often with free agency and all the trades. Its not like it used to be when players tended to stay with the same team for a long time. Conine was here at the begining and has been part of 2 championship teams, he hasent put up "huge numbers" but he is a fan favorite, Conine is boderline.

Yes Conine is a super star lol. And Leiter use to be a star.

Conine is a star? Its all about money, who offers more money.

what is that great about Jay Gibbons? 671886[/snapback] He is more talented that Encar, and cheaper right now.

Wow this is hilarious, i am laughin out loud. He probably didnt smell too good when they found him.

I dont think thats the long route.

I dont get it, why would anyone be mad about this? Throwong a pie at someones face when they had a good game, whats wrong with that? I think they should do it more often.

He should stay as a starter. I dont think he has the velocity to become a long time closer.

I wouldn't mind trading Encarnacion to the Orioles (along with Stokes any/or prospects) for Jay Gibbons if they acquire Sosa. Another lefty bat wouldn't hurt this franchise and he's about $2 million cheaper. Just a thought. 671600[/snapback] If the Marlins were able to pull out this trade i would be really happy. But the Orioles would'nt pull the trigger I think. If Gibbons could stay healthy, which he could'nt last year, he could put up some numbers.

It can be in this forum as well. Anyone thinks that Beinfest offered anything or if he even talked to the Cubs about it? I heard rumors last year that Beinfest went after Walker and Finley, 2 veteran hiters, jsut like Sosa, so i thought that maybe Beinfest would have atleast thought about it or maybe look into it a lil bit.

Just saw on the ESPN bottom line that Sosa ill be traded to the Cubs for Jerry Hairston and 2 minor leaguers, with the Cubs paying a large amount of Sosa's contract, but its unclear how much. Depending on how much the Cubs were willing to help pay, it would have been nice to see the Marlins go after him, people in Miami would love it. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1978241

Not only was he injured, mentally he is not all there.? If Kim had a tougher mentality instead of being a lil girl he would be a pretty good pitcher cuz he has ability, just not mentality.? Because of his mentality i dont think we should get him. 670772[/snapback] Are you in Kims head? 671003[/snapback] HA HA lol, no. But u can tell by his body language when he pitches, you can tell he has no mental toughness. He looks so scared when he goes to the mound.

Wont be any Glanville, he just signed with the Yankees according to ESPN. Its a minor league deal, i would have like for him to join the Marlins bench.

WE HAVE 3 POTENTIAL CLOSERS....MOTA. PULPO, AND SPOONEY - THEY ALL THROW GAS. 670854[/snapback] I dont think that Alfonseca is a potential closer anymore. His first stint with the Marlins he was great, but when he went to Chicago he was really bad. Although last year in Atlanta he had a good year. Atlanta does a great job of taking players that have struggled and getting something good out of them but when they leave they regress again. I just dont trust Pulpo right now, he has to prove to me after the season starts that he has fixed his problems and can be consistant.