All Time Marlins

All Time Marlins with New Cards!


Happy New Year! After a busy holiday season we are back in the swing of things with the Marlins. After being established in 1993, the Marlins hold a meager .462 winning percentage, yet have two World Series trophies to their name. Their team has some absolute studs, but due to their short time in existence and overall lack of competitiveness, they lack the fire power to be a top tier competitor.

Florida Marlins Logo 1993-2011

This lineup is surprisingly strong, and anchored by one of my all time favorite players, Gary Sheffield. Leading off is Hanley Ramirez' 2009 card with 10 OB, 21 speed and a big doubles range for 5.83 expected runs. After him is the first member of the 'what could have been outfield' in Christian Yelich, who broke out in 2016 and gives us this 4.88 expected run, 20 speed 10 OB card to set the table for the power hitters in this lineup. Sheffield gives us a monstrous 6.80 expected runs due to his 11 OB and three home run chart. A young Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera is going to bat fourth and play third, providing 10 OB and giving them some extra pop at 6.16 expected runs. Stanton brings a massive HR chart for 5.95 expected runs, and thanks to Matt's help, we bring you a new Carlos Delgado card. With 10 OB he bolsters this lineup, to the tune of 5.84 expected runs and will give Stanton some protection. The final member of the 'what could of been' outfield is batting seventh, in Ozuna, who brings a big stick with his 17 HR chart and three doubles for 5.13 expected runs. 

Charles Johnson's awesome '01PR card bats eighth and brings a really solid catcher card - I still remember getting this card as a kid and being amped up. Uggla will round out the lineup and overall, defense is definitely not going to be this team's strong suit. Luckily we have some bench spots to help with this! The rotation has some top end HEAT with Kevin Brown's 1996 card who is a studly 4.90 expected runs, which is a top 15 card. With no doubles, 6 control, 7 IP AND 17 to get on base he is going to mow down opposing hitters. Good luck. Jose Fernandez (RIP) 2013 is another solid pitcher at 5.68 expected runs, with 4 control, 18 to get on base and no doubles- though his 5 IP hurts a bit. Johnson gives another 7 IP and 6 control, although with two doubles for 5.76 expected runs. 

We have two lefties to finish out the rotation, fan favorites Dontrelle Willis and Al Leiter. The D-Train was a force in 2005, and his card comes out with a solid 6.01 expected runs, just ahead of Leiter at 6.10. Alvarez and Beckett are both under 6.15, which will be needed given the bullpen needs a lot of work. Urbina is the top option at 5.48 expected runs, though Ramos and Dunn are both less than .05 behind him. After that Hensley and Cishek are the only two other under 6 at 5.83 and 5.98 respectively. Barrclough is at 6.09 to round out the bullpen. We're going to roll one arm shorter on the bullpen so I can have five bench spots - two arms and three bats. You'll see why. 

My first go at creating a card, needs work but it's a start!

As I mentioned, Alvarez and  Beckett are the top arms for the bench at 6.15 expected runs, which are both ahead of the top RP arms. For batters, our top options are Lee at 5.38, Daulton at 5.02, Bour at 4.93, Castillo at 4.91 and Alou at 4.82. Castillo edges out Dee Gordon's 2015 card that is very similar, just a bit worse. Ivan Rodriguez is another possible option with his +8 arm. Since our defense and bullpen are so poor I'm stacking us with two starter arms that are as good as the top bullpen option and three bats that are all add speed and defense to our starting lineup. Given this flexibility, I think some managers might really like this team. 

The lineup comes in at 4,480 points which is near the bottom of the barrel, which isn't too surprising - but there's definitely enough punch to have some fun. If you can get some good pitching performances and with some crafty management, they might be able to pull off a '97/'03 type run. Their rotation comes in at 2,720 which is right in the middle of the pack, which is fitting given Brown's punch and the general solidity from 2-5. The bullpen is only 980 points which which is due to Dunn being 50 points and only being 6 players. Luckily the two starters on the bench will bolster this pen and make the bench a healthy 1,930 points. This gives the Marlins a total of 10,110 which is a bit inflated due to the extra starting arms, and even still will fall near the bottom of the barrel. 

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Due to the short existence of the Marlins, most of the top seasons they have are represented in Showdown cards. Thanks to Matt we were able to add Willis and Delgado, and so we really can't get much better then this. Up next, the Phillies!