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The Miami Marlins Are Having a Rough Spring Already

Mar 7, 2016

We all know what "they" say about first impressions. Based on first impressions, Don Mattingly's 2016 Miami Marlins are going to be clean shaven, hard working, and ... injured often. The Marlins have been in...

Carter Capps is Doing Something Brilliant

Matt Wojciak

Feb 4, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, National League, National League East, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Carter Capps made his Major League Baseball debut just four days before his 22nd birthday, on August 3, 2012. For most players that young, you might assume that he was a highly-regarded draft pick out of high s...

Five Major Questions for the Marlins in 2016

Joe Jacquez

Jan 13, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, National League, National League East

Credit: Las Mayores The Miami Marlins, with those crazy orange, black, and teal jerseys and opulent flying fish home run statue. What's not to like? Year in and year out they are the one team in the MLB tha...

Is Steve Cishek the closer the Mariners need?

Gabriel Bogart

Dec 23, 2015

American League West, Features, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

Mere days before the world became consumed with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Seattle Mariners signed free-agent reliever Steve Cishek to a two-year, $10 million deal. You know he's your favorite charac...

Mychal Givens: Finding Potential Relief Aces, Part Two

Paul Mammino

Nov 27, 2015

American League, American League East, Baltimore Orioles, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

A few weeks back, I wrote a piece outlining why I thought Carter Capps has the makings of an elite relief pitcher. This week I am taking my second crack at finding a player who has the makeup to dominate in the...

Finding Potential Relief Aces, Part One

Paul Mammino

Nov 5, 2015

Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, National League, National League East

The most recent World Series Champions-- the Kansas City Royals for those living under a rock, won on the strength of their bullpen, led by bullpen ace Wade Davis. Davis has become a household name especially i...

Report: MLB contacted Marlins over Carter Capps’ weird delivery

Jesus Rivera

Apr 17, 2015

Major League Baseball, Media, Miami Marlins, Minor League Baseball, National League, National League East, Video

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, MLB has contacted the Miami Marlins regarding Carter Capps illegal delivery. #Marlins heard from MLB about Capps' delivery. League clarified what made some pitches leg...

Why the Marlins Can Win the NL East in 2015

John Sorce

Jan 23, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Miami Marlins, National League, National League East, Opinions & Predictions

Wait a minute. The Nationals just signed Max Scherzer to a seven-year, $210 million deal and added the 2013 American League Cy Young Award winner to a rotation that already included the likes of Stephen Strasbu...

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