I’ve discussed sporadically the question of why the Marlins have maintained success for as long as they have despite continually low payrolls. One of the interesting notions for that continued success is the possibility that the team picked up a lot of good starting pieces in the overhaul of the 1997 fire sale. I had [...]

Today we move from some of the positions of contention and lesser production to the one position the Marlins can count on for excellent production: shortstop. If you are anything of a Marlins fan, you should know who will be manning this position for 2010 and hopefully many years after. So what can we expect [...]

Next on the list is the one with the highest chance of having an impact on the 2010 Florida Marlins’ season. Drafted in the 4th round of the 2005 draft, Gaby Sanchez has constantly been putting up good slash lines but his age has also played a major factor.  After the jump, we’ll take a [...]

(MJ: I’ll be busy all day and will not have time for Marlin Maniac until the late night hours today, but luckily for you fellow Maniacs, my partner-in-crime John Herold has you covered. Today you’ll get a chance to view the next installment of the 2010 Marlin Maniac Preview and John’s sixth best position player [...]

Last time we met, we discussed some of Larry Beinfest’s major transactions up to and past the 2003 World Series season. Today, we’ll cover a couple more moves from Beinfest’s time as general manager and see how they grade out.
First though, a quick update on the Derrek Lee-for-Hee Seop Choi trade. Reader JoeA dug through [...]