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Official Wild card hunt thread

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2 minutes ago, Michael said:

Kim: "I moved my coffee cup from my left to my right."

i think that was Oz that did that for her actually.

Just now, hovertical said:

i think that was Oz that did that for her actually.

Oz: "Yes I did that. I also called up Dane Myers from AAA."

Kim: "You did WHAT? REVERSE THE MOVE, NOW."

6 hours ago, Michael said:

Oz: "Yes I did that. I also called up Dane Myers from AAA."

Kim: "You did WHAT? REVERSE THE MOVE, NOW."

Still have no idea why the Tigers get rid of him, thinking he's just a 4A player !?

Late to this Kim extension talk but at this point she's more likely to get it than not. Totally understand that it might be too soon but for her to get more time to prove herself then she needs the extension. She hasn't done anything this year for her to not be extended. It would be really weird to not give her some credit for her contract year being better than her other years. 

52 minutes ago, SilverBullet said:

Late to this Kim extension talk but at this point she's more likely to get it than not. Totally understand that it might be too soon but for her to get more time to prove herself then she needs the extension. She hasn't done anything this year for her to not be extended. It would be really weird to not give her some credit for her contract year being better than her other years. 

my issue is that i think they'll give her too many years. she really should only get 2 max. they do well the remainder of this year and next then add some more at that point.

48 minutes ago, hovertical said:

my issue is that i think they'll give her too many years. she really should only get 2 max. they do well the remainder of this year and next then add some more at that point.

Yea I agree this would be ideal. Hey maybe Sherman's cheapness will help us here since he's gotta likely extend Skip in the relatively near future as well, maybe he short changes Kim a bit and she doesn't get too many years? 

1 hour ago, pollythewog said:

If fish make the playoffs the may not even be able to afford a Ng extension 

we've proven time and time again this mb is collectively better than anyone they could hire - and we'd be cheaper too.  @TaiwanMarlins would ensure we'd sign all the best FA's

How many days did the 97 and 03 teams hold playoff spots for? Seems pretty un-Marlins to be in possession of a playoff spot for so long already and this early into the season. For sure 03 was more of a late season push. Can't remember off the top of my head how well the 97 team started in terms the wild card race. 

45 minutes ago, SilverBullet said:

How many days did the 97 and 03 teams hold playoff spots for? Seems pretty un-Marlins to be in possession of a playoff spot for so long already and this early into the season. For sure 03 was more of a late season push. Can't remember off the top of my head how well the 97 team started in terms the wild card race. 

Is that a rhetorical question? Because I’m way too tired to look this up. 😂

 

Edited by SirFishFan

12 minutes ago, SirFishFan said:

Is that a rhetorical question? Because I’m way too tired to look this up. 😂

 

It's a serious question but also a conversation starter. Marlins are rarely ahead of the pack like this early in the summer. Most of our years in contention or close to it have been about mid season chases. 

1 minute ago, SilverBullet said:

It's a serious question but also a conversation starter. Marlins are rarely ahead of the pack like this early in the summer. Most of our years in contention or close to it have been about mid season chases. 

Well, I did look up one thing. On this day in history:

On June 25th, 2003 the Marlins had a record of 39-40 and in 4th place in the NL East and at least 7 games back of the Dodgers for the Wild Card.

On June 25th, 1997 the Marlins had a record of 45-30 which was the second best record in all of the NL behind the Braves, and 1st place in the Wild Card standings.

2 minutes ago, SirFishFan said:

Well, I did look up one thing. On this day in history:

On June 25th, 2003 the Marlins had a record of 39-40 and in 4th place in the NL East and at least 7 games back of the Dodgers for the Wild Card.

On June 25th, 1997 the Marlins had a record of 45-30 which was the second best record in all of the NL behind the Braves, and 1st place in the Wild Card standings.

Some more fun facts:

On June 25, 2004 the Marlins were actually in 1st place in the NL East with a 39-34 record.

On June 25, 2009 the Marlins were 38- 36 and 2.5 games back of the Giants for the Wild Card.

 

2 hours ago, SirFishFan said:

Well, I did look up one thing. On this day in history:

On June 25th, 2003 the Marlins had a record of 39-40 and in 4th place in the NL East and at least 7 games back of the Dodgers for the Wild Card.

On June 25th, 1997 the Marlins had a record of 45-30 which was the second best record in all of the NL behind the Braves, and 1st place in the Wild Card standings.

As I thought, generally speaking the 03 team was chasing most of the season. The 97 team was good but always behind the Braves. And other competitive years like 09 and 2016 had us chasing as well. So this year actually holding a playoff spot for a considerable amount of time in the first half of the season is rare for us. 

8 hours ago, SilverBullet said:

As I thought, generally speaking the 03 team was chasing most of the season. The 97 team was good but always behind the Braves. And other competitive years like 09 and 2016 had us chasing as well. So this year actually holding a playoff spot for a considerable amount of time in the first half of the season is rare for us. 

And what's funny is that the 2009 and 2016 teams were both far superior to the 2023 club on paper.

10 hours ago, SilverBullet said:

The 97 team was good but always behind the Braves. And other competitive years like 09 and 2016 had us chasing as well. So this year actually holding a playoff spot for a considerable amount of time in the first half of the season is rare for us. 

This year the Marlins are behind the Braves as well. I didn’t check for the full season. But in 97 I would imagine that the Marlins must have been holding a playoff spot for most of the first half. As I mentioned, they had a record of 40-35 at this point in the season which was a better record than all the other teams in the NL besides Atlanta and were just 2.5 games back in the NL East behind the Braves and 1st place in the wild card standings, and that was back when there was only one wild card spot. 😂

On 6/25/2023 at 11:00 AM, SilverBullet said:

Late to this Kim extension talk but at this point she's more likely to get it than not. Totally understand that it might be too soon but for her to get more time to prove herself then she needs the extension. She hasn't done anything this year for her to not be extended. It would be really weird to not give her some credit for her contract year being better than her other years. 

I'd give her 2 at this point.  Barring an implosion, they've obviously improved, but clearly there's more work to be done too.  With the improvement, I think (as of right now) she's earned a chance to see it further.   She'll likely get 3, as that seems to be standard.

 

On 6/25/2023 at 12:44 PM, SilverBullet said:

Yea I agree this would be ideal. Hey maybe Sherman's cheapness will help us here since he's gotta likely extend Skip in the relatively near future as well, maybe he short changes Kim a bit and she doesn't get too many years? 

Did Skip get a 3 year deal?

 

13 hours ago, SirFishFan said:

Well, I did look up one thing. On this day in history:

On June 25th, 2003 the Marlins had a record of 39-40 and in 4th place in the NL East and at least 7 games back of the Dodgers for the Wild Card.

On June 25th, 1997 the Marlins had a record of 45-30 which was the second best record in all of the NL behind the Braves, and 1st place in the Wild Card standings.

 

I expect daily updates on this please and thank you.

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