April 4, 201313 yr As bad as it's been, remember the Nats have been tipped by many to win the WS this year so it's not exactly like we've been swept by a bunch of diddies.
April 4, 201313 yr This team is going to set baseball records for futility. Dude we could all be insane by the end of this season......it's going to drive us up a wall.
April 4, 201313 yr Author This team isn't gonna score 1 run every 27 innings, but my predictions before the year about the aspects of the team look kinda correct so far. Washington Nationals pitching staff aside (and they are great), this is the worst offense in baseball. As for our pitching, it will probably be okay overall, especially since half the games are in our park. Meaning scrubs like Leblanc and Slowey might look average. And the young guys have some upside. The offense though...is really bad. And Stanton is definitely not going to play 162. On days he doesn't play...worst lineup of all-time? Seriously, it's bad. You can't construct a lineup full of slap-hitting singles hitters and expect to score runs. In order to win, it's gonna have to be a low-scoring game, in which we play good, fundamental baseball. No room for error. If we can get it to the 9th with a lead, the game is ours! Cishek is awesome. f*** Heath Bell. The end.
April 4, 201313 yr This team isn't gonna score 1 run every 27 innings, but my predictions before the year about the aspects of the team look kinda correct so far. Washington Nationals pitching staff aside (and they are great), this is the worst offense in baseball. As for our pitching, it will probably be okay overall, especially since half the games are in our park. Meaning scrubs like Leblanc and Slowey might look average. And the young guys have some upside. The offense though...is really bad. And Stanton is definitely not going to play 162. On days he doesn't play...worst lineup of all-time? Seriously, it's bad. You can't construct a lineup full of slap-hitting singles hitters and expect to score runs. In order to win, it's gonna have to be a low-scoring game, in which we play good, fundamental baseball. No room for error. If we can get it to the 9th with a lead, the game is ours! Cishek is awesome. f*** Heath Bell. The end. its weird becuase guys like pierre, polanco, and ruggiano are solid major leaguers but its not the right mix. I dont know what the f*** the marlins were thinking when the two free agents they spent on were pierre and polanco. you can have them in the same lineup like the phillies did but when you have utley, howard, pence, and rollins its different. there is just no power and our top power prospects are all hurt. i mean in 2006 you could see the talent. here its just like this offense is simply horrible. i had to remind myself that hechavarria and solano actually got two hits each.
April 4, 201313 yr Author This team isn't gonna score 1 run every 27 innings, but my predictions before the year about the aspects of the team look kinda correct so far. Washington Nationals pitching staff aside (and they are great), this is the worst offense in baseball. As for our pitching, it will probably be okay overall, especially since half the games are in our park. Meaning scrubs like Leblanc and Slowey might look average. And the young guys have some upside. The offense though...is really bad. And Stanton is definitely not going to play 162. On days he doesn't play...worst lineup of all-time? Seriously, it's bad. You can't construct a lineup full of slap-hitting singles hitters and expect to score runs. In order to win, it's gonna have to be a low-scoring game, in which we play good, fundamental baseball. No room for error. If we can get it to the 9th with a lead, the game is ours! Cishek is awesome. f*** Heath Bell. The end. its weird becuase guys like pierre, polanco, and ruggiano are solid major leaguers but its not the right mix. I dont know what the f*** the marlins were thinking when the two free agents they spent on were pierre and polanco. you can have them in the same lineup like the phillies did but when you have utley, howard, pence, and rollins its different. They are major-leaguers, and hopefully we've now learned that Coghlan should never play again because Ruggiano is much better, but it's just unsustainable. For example, Pierre and Polanco are probably going to have a decent batting average at the end of the year. But it's rather irrelevant. Today, we had 8 hits. Most of them (I think 7?) were singles. It's just not sustainable to create big-inning rallies hitting single after single. Ruggiano is our second most productive hitter and he's still rather unproven, himself. 7 of the 9 spots in the lineup literally have no power. It's just tough to score that way. Also, these hitters who don't hit for power don't draw walks, either. We basically have a bunch of empty batting average hitters. I suppose that's not surprising considering how many times Beinfest and Samson cited batting average as a reason to trade players last year. Some teams make moves based on the relevant information they've gathered in 2013. The Marlins have an old-school front office that operates as though they're still living in 2003. Things change and evolve, but this front office never does. They keep trying to re-create the blueprint that made them successful in 2003, but it's as if they don't really understand why they were so successful in 2003, to begin with.
April 4, 201313 yr This team isn't gonna score 1 run every 27 innings, but my predictions before the year about the aspects of the team look kinda correct so far. Washington Nationals pitching staff aside (and they are great), this is the worst offense in baseball. As for our pitching, it will probably be okay overall, especially since half the games are in our park. Meaning scrubs like Leblanc and Slowey might look average. And the young guys have some upside. The offense though...is really bad. And Stanton is definitely not going to play 162. On days he doesn't play...worst lineup of all-time? Seriously, it's bad. You can't construct a lineup full of slap-hitting singles hitters and expect to score runs. In order to win, it's gonna have to be a low-scoring game, in which we play good, fundamental baseball. No room for error. If we can get it to the 9th with a lead, the game is ours! Cishek is awesome. f*** Heath Bell. The end. its weird becuase guys like pierre, polanco, and ruggiano are solid major leaguers but its not the right mix. I dont know what the f*** the marlins were thinking when the two free agents they spent on were pierre and polanco. you can have them in the same lineup like the phillies did but when you have utley, howard, pence, and rollins its different. They are major-leaguers, and hopefully we've now learned that Coghlan should never play again because Ruggiano is much better, but it's just unsustainable. For example, Pierre and Polanco are probably going to have a decent batting average at the end of the year. But it's rather irrelevant. Today, we had 8 hits. Most of them (I think 7?) were singles. It's just not sustainable to create big-inning rallies hitting single after single. Ruggiano is our second most productive hitter and he's still rather unproven, himself. 7 of the 9 spots in the lineup literally have no power. It's just tough to score that way. Also, these hitters who don't hit for power don't draw walks, either. We basically have a bunch of empty batting average hitters. I suppose that's not surprising considering how many times Beinfest and Samson cited batting average as a reason to trade players last year. Some teams make moves based on the relevant information they've gathered in 2013. The Marlins have an old-school front office that operates as though they're still living in 2003. Things change and evolve, but this front office never does. They keep trying to re-create the blueprint that made them successful in 2003, but it's as if they don't really understand why they were so successful in 2003, to begin with. they did a pretty good job in 2006 with the offense but the bullpen and defense were horrible. now the bullpen and defense might be good but the offense is full of nothing.
April 4, 201313 yr Well in 06 Sanchez/JJ/Willis/Olsen/Nolasco actually constituted a legitimate starting rotation. Nolasco/Slowey/Leblanc/Sanabia/rookie Fernandez looks like it should be the starting rotation for the New Orleans Zephyrs, not the major league club.
April 4, 201313 yr At this point I just want to trade Stanton/Nolasco for Profar/Olt/Perez plus Martin or Buckel and get it over with.
April 4, 201313 yr At this point I just want to trade Stanton/Nolasco for Profar/Olt/Perez plus Martin or Buckel and get it over with. Might as well throw in Cishek. We don't need him if we are always trailing in the 9th.
April 4, 201313 yr Author At this point I just want to trade Stanton/Nolasco for Profar/Olt/Perez plus Martin or Buckel and get it over with. Might as well throw in Cishek. We don't need him if we are always trailing in the 9th. Cishek isn't just some throw-in like Nolasco. If they trade him, they better get good value back.
April 4, 201313 yr Yeah I didn't mean "throw in" in that way. But I see no reason not to actively shop him.
April 4, 201313 yr At this point I just want to trade Stanton/Nolasco for Profar/Olt/Perez plus Martin or Buckel and get it over with. Might as well throw in Cishek. We don't need him if we are always trailing in the 9th. Cishek isn't just some throw-in like Nolasco. If they trade him, they better get good value back. Cishek will be traded before deadline. Fish won't pay him. We should get something juicy for him
April 5, 201313 yr I predict every post game thread will have "2006" in it. You'd think they made the playoffs or something with the way people talk about 2006.
April 5, 201313 yr If you want good news you're gonna have to follow the AA Suns gamecasts instead. Here, for example.. Suns opening game is tonight, Derek Dietrich and Realmuto have both homered (against Mariners megaprospect Taijuan Walker I might add) and Brian Flynn is mowing down batters.
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