Miami Marlins: Faceless, Aceless, Five Most Lackluster Rotations

The 2013 Miami Marlins- The Year Everyone Was Upset Over A Good Firesale 

So to recap, entering 2008, Ricky Nolasco wasn’t Ricky Nolasco yet. Entering 2013, he was making his second Opening Day start with the team and was the club leader in both wins and strikeouts.

But 2008 was also the last time he had produced anything resembling a respectable ERA, and he’d lost more than he’d won for two years running.

The Spring Training injury carnage was so bad actually, the Marlins ended up having no choice but to rush their top prospect to the big leagues.

To be fair, some of these names were only there because of injuries to two of the club’s more promising pitchers in Henderson Alvarez and Nathan Eovaldi.

The Spring Training injury carnage was so bad that the Marlins ended up having no choice but to rush their top prospect to the big leagues.

Some kid named Jose Fernandez.

So yes, by season’s end, the Fish had discovered their next ace, along with a seemingly solid No. 2 option in Alvarez and a legit innings eater in Tom Koehler. In early April though? Expectations really couldn’t have been much lower.