The Florida Marlins are sinking like a piece of concrete in water

Blogged under Front Page, Weekly Results, Bloglockers by chinmusic on Tuesday 4 September 2007 at 1:51 pm

The Florida Marlins have sunk to the bottom of the National League East and the main culprit is an awful pitching staff which has allowed 745 runs (5.4 avg) this season which is the most in the National League and the second most in the majors.  On a bright note is that four of their players are really swinging good bats.  Shortstop Hanley Ramirez has followed up his Rookie of the Year season with an even better year.  He is hitting .333, with 106 runs scored, 24 homers, 67 RBIs and 43 stolen bases.  Miguel Cabrera continues to display an impressive bat as he is hitting .316 with 80 runs scored, 31 homers and 95 RBIs this season.  Dan Uggla has followed up his strong rookie season with an even bigger display of power.  He is hitting .247 with 95 runs scored, 28 homers and 79 RBIs.  Josh Willingham has provided good protection in the order for Cabrera as he is hitting .271 with 68 runs scored, 21 homers and 85 RBIs so far this year.  The pitching staff has only had three bright spots this season and they have all been surprises to some degree.  Kevin Gregg has emerged as the Marlins closer after being a mop up man with the Angels most of his career.  He is 0-4 with a 3.05 ERA and he has converted 28 of 30 save attempts this year.  Lee Gardner was hanging on to his career by a thread when the Marlins gave him a chance….and he ran with it.  Gardner was 3-4 with 1 save and a 2.20 ERA for the Marlins so far this season.  Matt Lindstrom was acquired in the Jason Vargas trade with the Mets and he has done a good job out of the bullpen for the Marlins this season.  He is 2-3 with a 3.16 ERA so far this season and he has upside for the future as he has outstanding stuff.

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