Miami Marlins Fish Flash 3/21

Morning Marlin Maniacs, and a Manic Monday to you all. Hoping that many of you are as refreshed as I am heading into this week following a welcome break. But for those of you that aren’t in arrested development, still enrolled in school or working in academe, or that didn’t call in sick all last week to watch college basketball, I apologize for our mass absence. I was away on urgent business representing the Miami Marlins in the wilderness.

Go check out your National Parks…along with ballparks. /

And the lobby of this fine memorial was one of two times in the last week I had internet access. But we’ve certainly had our fair share of news, including a major announcement about the starting rotation. Be it young performances locking down the back two spots, or that recent head turning decision about the top spot, we’ve got you covered. Without further ado, or further rhapsodizing about the beauty of the northern plains, let’s dive in to the Fish Flash.

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Chen Gets Opening Day Nod

When your No. 2 starter has never lost a home game in three seasons, and is a perennial Cy Young contender when healthy, you’re obviously in a position to expect big things from your team heading into the season considering how awesome that No. 1 guy must be. Or…you’re the Marlins, and are carefully managing the minutes of your recovering ace, Jose Fernandez. Either way though, congrats to Wei-Yin Chen.

Scott Boras: Game Changer

On a related note, ESPN put out the following feature detailing the influence super-agent Scotty “Big Money” Boras has on the game, particularly the next wave of young top-caliber arms that has broken into the bigs over the last few years. That of course includes Jose Fernandez, who is the centerpiece of an actually very interesting piece on what to expect with No. 16 going forward.

Adam Conley Continues Spring Surge

Lastly, we have Adam Conley, who has been the second most impressive thing I’ve seen this Spring outside of the view from this rock in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (No. 5 on the linked list).

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Last vacation photo digression. But seriously, Conley’s ceiling might be as high as the skyline in this horribly and hastily cropped photo. His performance has been eye opening to say the least, and MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro has the latest on it.

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