We are now 40.5 games through the season which is exactly the 1/4 mark. The Marlins started hot despite some injuries delaying the start of the season for some players and then have cooled off significantly. The win total over/under for the year was 62 and as of now the Fish are almost exactly on that pace. There have been some ups and downs and some positives and negatives but overall the club is pretty much right where they should be. The expectation was that it would be a building year for the future and so far those expectations have been met.

The good:

The emergence of Agustin Ramirez, Kyle Stowers, and Javier Sanoja paint a bright building block base for the future. Prospects such as Robby Snelling, Adam Mazur, Thomas White, and Andrew Salas all have shown promise as well.

The bad:

Sandy Alcantara has been slow to recover from his surgery. Jesus Sanchez was hurt and looks pretty bad. Both are possible trade options to build future depth.

The ugly:

Cal Quantrill and Connor Gillispie were both stop gaps until the prospects are ready but neither has been anything but below average with Gillisipe being downright bad.

It's too early to evaluate the trades we made last year but so far we have decidedly won the Trevor Rogers, Jazz, Burger, Jacob Amaya trades. Marginally won the Brujan trade. Pushed on the Arraez and Scott trades and decidedly lost the Luzardo trade. That's a pretty good percentage.

Overall, we are on the right path despite the fact we will still lose in the short-term. Continued improvement in all areas will ensure long-term success.

Thoughts?

I'd like to hear if @Michael still thinks the team will lose less than 100 games.

We are right on pace for 100 losses. Given that we are getting weathers and eury back, sandy likely will improve, if everything else stays the same we will lose between 96-98 games.

Impressed and excited for the bats but pitching huge let down. Good news is max Meyer probably only guy on starting rotation will be here 2026. Daddy dix has yet to hit on a FA signing and in fact completely missed on them all. Very unimpressed with Clayton as a manager, but we’ll see how he handles a full year,

I think given the fact the plan was to get in the lottery this year I guess they are right on target then!

5 minutes ago, pollythewog said:

Daddy dix has yet to hit on a FA signing and in fact completely missed on them all.

When you target league minimum players you can't expect much though.

I would really like them to get an excellent defensive catcher behind the plate who also excels at calling games - offense can come later, if at all. I guess Mack might be that guy from what has been said on here?

Jeff Mathis still around ? lol

9 hours ago, QbanCastillo said:

I'd like to hear if @Michael still thinks the team will lose less than 100 games.

Yes. Still around 90.

X at SS experiment really needs to end. Really bummed he’s been so bad at the plate as he’s a negative WAR guy now

Well, I guess when the bar is so low that you're underneath the dog doodoo, it's easy to get to that threshold and "meet expectations."

55 minutes ago, rmc523 said:

Well, I guess when the bar is so low that you're underneath the dog doodoo, it's easy to get to that threshold and "meet expectations."

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