Last season’s NL Rookie of the Year, Hanley Ramirez, is dominating again this season.  He has played in 18 games so far this season and he’s 26 for 71 (.366 avg, 1.084 OPS) with 22 runs scored, 3 homers, 6 RBIs and 6 stolen bases.  The Marlins are still leading Ramirez off for now, but they should look into batting him third, right in front of Miguel Cabrera to see what kind of damage he could do.

Cody Ross is getting a lot of playing time due to injuries in the Marlins’ outfield and he’s responding big-time.  He has played in 14 games so far this season and he’s 14 for 43 (.326 avg, 1.021 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 3 homers and 12 RBIs.  If he keeps hitting like this the Marlins will have no choice but to keep giving Ross a lot of playing time this season.

Rick Vanden Hurk has been sent down to the minors by the Florida Marlins and he definately deserves to leave.  He pitched in 4 games for the Marlins (3 starts) and he was 0-1 with a 12.75 ERA and a 2.42 WHIP!  He pitched 12 innings for the Marlins and he gave up an amazing 19 hits, 17 earned runs, allowed 3 homers and walked 10 batters.  The only positive is that Vanden Hurk whiffed 15 batters, but overall he was overmatched badly in the majors.  Don’t look for him to return anytime soon to the big leagues.  The Marlins have recalled Nate Field to replace Vanden Hurk on the roster.

It almost seems as if the scouting reports have caught up with Amezaga.   He kind of snuck up on the league last season but this season has been quite different for him.  Amezaga has played in 14 games this season and he’s only 10 for 48 (.208 avg, .568 OPS) with 2 runs scored and 3 RBIs.  He needs to pick up the pace with the bat or he will see a cut in his playing time.

The Marlins often looked like the Bad News Bears last week as they went 2-5 and they were outscored 45-35.  The Marlins wasted a lot of runs last week due to poor starting pitching.  The Marlins are currently in 3rd place in the National League East with a 8-10 record, 4 games behind the Atlanta Braves.

The Marlins have placed Sergio Mitre on the 15-day disabled list with a blister on his right middle finger.  He has started 3 games so far this season and he is 0-2 with a 3.97 ERA and a 1.76 WHIP.  When he returns from the DL, Mitre will have to miss more bats as he has allowed 16 hits in only 11.1 innings so far this season.  Wes Obermueller was called up over the weekend and he had his first start yesterday and it was a pretty good one.  He threw 6 innings and he allowed 4 hits, 4 walks, 2 earned runs and he whiffed 5 batters.  He earned the win.  We’ll see how he does in his next start against a legit major league baseball team.