Miami Marlins: Who’s been hot and who’s been cold?

Through a franchise worst stretch of losing, the Miami Marlins have a few guys have been doing their part to help win. Others, not so much.

The Miami Marlins are having what could arguably be their worst month ever. Not much has gone right for the Fish while losing 19 of their last 24.

Despite there struggles, there have been guys that are doing their part, and have been major contributors recently. Here’s a look at Who’s Hot and Who’s Not:

Who’s hot?

Justin Bour: Bour is currently one of the hottest players in baseball, not just on the Marlins. Through April 29^th, the big bad Bour was only batting .184 with 3 home runs.

Since then, counting the May 20^th game against the Dodgers, he’s raised his average all the way to .262.  He’s batting .377 in that stretch while blasting seven home runs.

Bour’s also shown that practice pays off with the way he’s hitting lefties this year. Against lefties, Bour is hitting .290 along with his first two home runs off a lefty, compared to his .255 average against righties.

Bour is proving to be an everyday first baseman during this stretch.

J.T. Riddle: With Miguel Rojas and Adeiny Hechavarria on the disabled list, it opened the door for Riddle. His first Major League stint didn’t go as well as he only went 2-14.

The latter of the two hits was a walk off home run against the Mets. This sent him back down to the Minors with some confidence. Since being called back up his confidence has been on full display. He’s 9-28, or .321 since being called back up.

In the field he’s showed promise, regularly making spectacular plays while only committing one error. The door has opened for Riddle and he’s waltzed right in, making a name for himself.

Who’s cold?

Edinson Volquez: Volquez is 0-6 since joining the Marlins with a 4.87 ERA. He was signed to be the Marlins most stable rotation player.

Instead he’s been ineffective, and his control has been poor. The hope was that Volquez would return from the disabled list and find his rhythm. Instead, it’s been a lot of the same as fans are questioning what’d we ever see in him?

Volquez is due for a good start though and hopefully that can spark him into some rhythm for the rest of the season.

Dee Gordon: Two seasons ago, Gordon led the National League in hitting with a .333 batting average. Through May 1^st he was batting .297, not great, but not terrible. Since then his average has dropped to as low as .245 in an 11-66 slump.

Gordon hasn’t been able to get on base which leaves out the electricity the Marlins lineup can contain at times. He managed two hits against the Dodgers in Saturday’s 10-6 victory, hopefully a sign that he is emerging from his slump. To this point, he’s been woeful.

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Hopefully this is his worst slump of the season and he can break out of it and score some runs for the Fish.