Miami Marlins rival notes: major extension, pennant closer

The New York Mets are in the NLCS and this is opening up some discussions about the Miami Marlins and payrolls. This isn't good news and a part of quite a few of those for The Fish. Another division rival team the Philadelphia Phillies just gave out a major extension in the meantime. How is all of this affecting The Fish?

Miami Marlins division rivals have some interesting things going on.

The Philadelphia Phillies had an interesting season to say the least. They broke the Atlanta Braves' NL East winning division streak. They won the division for the first time since 2011 and had their best record in years. All of that said, they failed to advance to the NLCS for the third straight season, and lost to their division rivals the New York Mets in the NLDS.

Regardless of how you view Philly's season overall, they still extended their manager Rob Thomson through the 2026 season. He took over the team during the 2022 season, and managed them to a 65-46 record. He then proceeded to lead them to a pennant. The following season in 2023, he managed them the whole season. This time he led them to a 90-72 record and a second straight NLCS appearance. They lost that one to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games.

In 2024, as I previously mentioned, he led them to a 95-67 record and a division title. The ending was very underwhelming, so I'm not sure how I feel about this. I can't blame the team's lackluster offense during the NLDS on Rob Thomson, but it just feels very underwhelming. We'll see how things go in 2025 of course.

The New York Mets on the other hand are in the NLCS. They're tied 1-1 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Francisco Lindor is leading the Mets to potentially win their first pennant since the 2015 season. He's also surely hoping that they can win the World Series for the first time since way back in the 1986 season.

At this point I'm just hoping that we get some good news from the Miami Marlins.