Florida Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco is officially out for the season due to a torn meniscus in his knee.
Nolasco was initially set to miss the rest of the season until he and the team decided he could pitch through the injury.
It wasn’t nearly as severe as both parties initially thought it was, so they figured he could finish out the final month or so.
With the team out of the hunt for the playoffs, they decided it was best if Nolasco called it a season. (Read More…)
Florida Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco has a meniscus tear that caused him to miss Sunday’s start.
Andrew Miller filled in with a spot start for Nolasco, who everyone figured was likely done for the year.
Not so fast, as the team doesn’t think the knee injury is as serious as first though. Nolasco may actually make his next start.
The Marlins remain in the wild card hunt, although it would take a serious run and some help from those in front of them to really have a chance to reach the playoffs. (Read More…)
The Florida Marlins have traded away veteran first baseman Jorge Cantu to the Texas Rangers.
The Rangers gave the Marlins two pitching prospects to acquire Cantu, whose numbers are down from last year.
Not only are Cantu’s numbers in decline, but the deal will save the Marlins some money as well.
The team is cash-strapped as it is and would like to be able to sign second baseman Dan Uggla to a long-term deal. (Read More…)
The Florida Marlins are developing a flare for the dramatic of late.
Wes Helms’ bases-loaded single in the 11th inning game gave them their fourth walk-off win of the week, a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves. The win was the team’s seventh in its past 10 games.
The Marlins failed to plate a run from the fifth inning on, but the Braves couldn’t grab the lead despite loading the bases four times, including in the top of the 11th, allowing the Marlins to hang around until Helms’ heroics. (Read More…)
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Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla has been the subject of trade rumors the past few years.
The Marlins are always looking to dump salary, and Uggla can earn himself a nice contract any day now.
However, it looks like the Marlins might bring Uggla back next year despite the big salary.
The Marlins made an agreement with major league baseball that they would start spending more money to retain players. (Read More…)
The Florida Marlins are in fourth place but hanging tough in one of baseball’s most competitive divisions.
The Marlins continue to sit around the .500 mark and have benefitted from Philadelphia’s offensive struggles.
The team has had to deal with distractions surrounding shortstop Hanley Ramirez, whose lack of hustle and immaturity has bothered both the manager and teammates. (Read More…)
The Florida Marlins have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez and considered hiring Bobby Valentine to take his place.
Owner Jeffrey Loria was not happy with the team’s current spot in fourth place in the National League East.
He made it clear that he felt as though the team should be a World Series contender this year. (Read More…)
Florida Marlins star shortstop Hanley Ramirez is less than pleased over his benching by manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Ramirez said he saw no need to apologize to teammates or the manager and said Gonzalez can do what he wants.
He is not in the lineup just a day after being benched for not running hard to pick up a ball he accidentally kicked, allowing two runs to score.
The shortstop in a way threw his teammates under the bus, saying a lot of them are dogging it on the field.
He also claims that an injury from earlier in the game caused him trouble going after the ball and said it was as fast as he could get there.
The Florida Marlins took the rubber game of their weekend series against the Washington Nationals, riding stars Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson to a 9-3 win on Sunday.
Ramirez went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI. Johnson, meanwhile, settled down after a shaky start to go six strong innings, striking out eight and allowing two runs. He did walk four batters, though.
The Marlins got to Nationals starter John Lannan, tagging him for nine hits and six runs in five innings. Washington only mustered six hits of its own on the day.
Gabby Sanchez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored for Florida.
The Florida Marlins have made it known that they would like to host the 2015 MLB All-Star game in their new stadium.
The Marlins have had a chance to host the game before back in 2000, but had the opportunity taken away to put it in a new stadium.
The team is currently having a new stadium built on the former site of the Orange Bowl, and it is expected to open in 2012.
There was a lot of heated debate about the building of the stadium given the fact that the Marlins have had such poor attendance over the years.
The organization is hopeful that a new stadium will make them more competitive financially which will allow them to put a better team on the field, meaning more fans will show up.
