Another week in Joe Frisaro’s Marlins mailbag
I know, two mailbag articles in one week? I answered some of the Florida Marlins fans’ questions sent over to MLB.com beat writer Joe Frisaro earlier this week, but those were initially published…Read More
The Marlins’ Draft History: 1998-2003
The second era of Marlins baseball begins with the terrible fire sale of 1998, when the team was gutted by then-owner Wayne Huizenga and left to rot for a few years of pathetic baseball, and ends with…Read More
The Coghlan comp no one wants to see
Warning: This is not a prognostication piece by me. This is more of a history lesson than anything else. Do not take it as anything more than that. Chris Coghlan’s top comps by PECOTA are Alex Ochoa…Read More
A note on revisionist history and baseball decisions
I’ll apologize in advance to Maniac reader camdoug1 (on Twitter) for singling your example out, even though this idea had been brewing in my head for a while. This is not an indictment on you so…Read More
Saber-Terms: Defense Independent Pitching
Since I missed out on last week’s Saber-Terms series, I figured I’d give out a double dose of explanations this week. Since I talked yesterday about Carl Pavano and his value to the 2004 Florida…Read More
Marlins WAR: Position Players
I figured I’d share this with everyone, even though I don’t think it is all that significant.…Read More
Marlins toss Hermida to Red Sox for scraps
As mentioned earlier, corner outfielder Jeremy Hermida is on his way out of Florida, where he has spent…Read More
Hermida to the Red Sox
According to friend of the Maniac Juan C. Rodriguez, the Boston Red Sox have acquired corner outfielder…Read More
Trade talking about Hermida
Marlins fans everywhere are fairly assured that Jeremy Hermida, once a young prospect with a bright future…Read More
Marlins Season Review: Defensive Inefficiency
Defense Runs Allowed: 766 Team bUZR: -25.9 Fielding Runs from Beyond the Box Score Power Rankings: -27 The…Read More
The disappointing story of Jeremy Hermida
A while back, I discussed a bit about the problems Jeremy Hermida was facing at the plate. With another…Read More
I’ll bet the Marlins miss Josh Willingham
It was 2006, and I was a Marlins fan riff with excitement. The team was going through a crazy, unexpected…Read More
Milton Bradley: A Good Fit?
Recently there’s been some talk of a potential deal between the Marlins and the Chicago Cubs involving…Read More
Some interesting homebrewed WAR results
I averaged a bunch of different Marlins players’ component statistics and used Baseball-Reference.com’s…Read More
The possibilities of a stellar outfield defense
Yesterday, I discussed the ramifications of losing Dan Uggla at the end of the season and went over some…Read More
Fish Bites
Some midweek Fish Bites to get you over the hump. A few more days till the weekend! Of course for me,…Read More
Fish Bites
Interested in a mid-afternoon snack? Your dish, Fish Bites! - You didn’t see Jeremy Hermida last…Read More
When Marlins broadcasters go wrong
I don’t mean to rub it in, but unfortunately, I feel the need to point out these mistakes by Marlins…Read More
Fredi, why is Bonifacio playing NOW?
Most of us Marlins fans regaled at the news that first baseman Nick Johnson had been acquired, if only…Read More
Why Brett Carroll?
I missed this bit of news last week regarding Brett Carroll. I ask you why? FishStripes regular Dan 2.0…Read More

