Baseball is right around the corner, and I just can't get myself to feel all that excited. I can't even get myself to have one of those delusions where the Marlins might surprise people and compete this year. No, I feel like this roster makes for another predictable "fight for the basement" seasons. I am just so indifferent towards this team right now. Sure, I'll probably watch a lot at the beginning of the year, but its hard not to believe they will be out of it by Memorial Day as usual.

 

Anyone else feel the same way? Things have been really quiet around here and I sense there is zero buzz about this team. There is absolutely no momentum in trying to sign Stanton. Realistically, he's a goner, and it could happen as early as this year.

 

Its like we're getting ourselves ready to go through the motions of another season that really has very little hope of becoming something else.

I'm excited to see guys like Fernandez and Yelich and how they progress. Yeah we're probably not going to be very competitive, but I also don't think we'll be another 100 loss team.

 

As far as Stanton goes, I hope he puts up a monster season. Even if we don't get to keep him long term, at least we might get some really nice pieces for him. That is, unless we botch that up 2007 style.

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I love baseball & of course the Marlins.. so im giddy with spring training around the corner. This team will be fun to watch and follow, with the major youth movement (again). For the first time in some years -- IMO i feel positive about the current & future of the ballclub.

I'm not even the least bit excited about it. It's so unfortunate that this team's management has done this to their fans.

I usually start feeling it more in March, still too early and other sports are holding my attention.

Can't wait for marlins baseball to be back! Counting down the days… Winter Warm up is close...

I just want baseball to start because it gives me something to watch every night in case I'm bored. As far as the Marlins go, I don't feel too excited.

Excited to see my favorite guy in the org for a while play his first full year in Yelich. I realistically think this guy can top 20-25 homers and hit around .280. Got all the talent in the world. Jose is going to be fun to watch too.

 

Other than that I'm with you on the indifference. Like you said usually at this time of year I'm talking about baseball every day, picking out the games I know I want to go to, etc. This year, other than picking my ST games and getting OD tix, I'm just not too giddy. First time it's ever happened. Whether that's because I know we are probably going to be eliminated realistically early or not I dont know. But it probably is.

 

That's as far as the Marlins go. As far as baseball I'm really excited for the year. It's going to be interesting to say the least.

Everybody, Red Sox, dodgers, marlins are 0-0. So yes I'm excited.

Looking forward to it!

Salty, Stanton, and Jones should provide leadership. Ozuna and Yelich should continue playing well. Hope Furcal has enough left in the tank and will increase Hech's play.

Fernandez and Stanton gives me 2 reasons to watch the Marlins.

Not expecting much, so hopefully we get pleasantly surprised. However realistically expecting a 85-90 loss season. Am improvement, but still a laughingstock. And of course when Stanton is traded Loria will be raked over the coals again and with good reason.

 

I'm always excited for baseball season....I have MLB Extra Innings so I watch 2-3 games a day no matter what.

I'm always excited about baseball season. Being a realist, I think the Marlins will probably finish in last place in the N.L. East. The thing that does excite me about the Fish is the pitching staff. I think they have a lot of young pitchers with nice upsides. To improve in the standings, they are going to have to hit. The pressure will be on Saltalamacchia, Jones, Furcal and McGehee. Hard to get too excited about that quartet. Think of the message that the Marlins will be sending the fans if they deal Stanton this year (no matter what they get back). It will be that the Marlins won't pay a player at least through his arbitration years....which means they will be a never ending rebuilding project.

If Fernandez, Eovaldi, Alvarez, and Turner can have good years on the hill, I can see Miami finishing third in the NL East behind Atlanta and Washington.

 

Obviously, the fish will also need more run support.

It's very hard to get excited after 2 consecutive years of crap from the team. Aside from that brief great month of May in 2012 the team has been painful to watch. Last year we had loads of kids playing but really, only Fernandez was consistently entertaining. Last year was hands down the worst team I've ever seen taking the field for the fish and it took a lot of the wind out of my sails. I was disappointed I actually paid money for MLB Season Ticket so I could actually watch the fish last year and then by the all-star break I just couldn't get into watching them beyond every fifth day when Fernandez pitched. I'm not going to scrape together the money for season ticket again this year to watch a ton of shutouts and 3-1, 2-1 losses night after night. I will follow the boxscores religiously to keep tabs on guys but that's about it for me.

I'm excited for baseball in general, not too excited about the Marlins and their chances in 2014. That said, I'm excited to see the further development of Fernandez and Yelich and see any of the other youngsters like a Heaney make their debuts

I'm excited to see what the young guys do. The team as a whole, I just want to be fun to watch. Last year was no fun.

If the offense matures, like Hechavarria and solano improve, watch out. Think about salty vs. brantly, mcgehee vs. polanco and yelich vs. Pierre.....no comparison. Jones vs. Morrison is a toss up. Furcal should be an improvement over Dietrich, at least by average.

And hopefully a fully healthy year from Giancarlo.

Also, one could probably add Ozuna vs Ruggiano, as all signs point to Ozuna winning the center field job.

Ozuna was the Marlins most clutch hitter with an absolute rocket in RF. He should galvanize our offense alone. Yelich has yet to fill out, so he's still a gap to gap hitter. When he builds mass alot of those doubles will turn to HRs. Jose is an absolute freak. Hope Stanton stays healthy all season.

If the offense matures, like Hechavarria and solano improve, watch out. Think about salty vs. brantly, mcgehee vs. polanco and yelich vs. Pierre.....no comparison. Jones vs. Morrison is a toss up. Furcal should be an improvement over Dietrich, at least by average.

Vince - good points. The improvements are obvious when you look position by position. If we can stay healthy and our pitching stays solid, I'm telling you, could be "near" the top of the NL East.

always excited for the new season but a lot of guys are going to have to step up including the starters in the rotation as well as stanton, yelich, ozuna, and hechavarria.

 

I also want to see Dietrich step up. He has a solid year at AA and saw some good things when he was in the majors.

Marcell Ozuna is really not as good as some people on here seem to think. There's really nothing to suggest that he'll be a better hitter than Justin Ruggiano this year.