The Marlins will be without 26-year old righty swinging catcher Brett Hayes for the next 2-4 weeks with a Grade #1 separated shoulder. Hayes has played in 26 games for the Marlins this year and he is 16 of 77 (.208 avg, .655 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 2 homers, 6 RBIs and a amazing 26 whiffs. 27-year old righty swinging Brad Davis will likely take over as the starting catcher for the Marlins for the time being. Davis has played in 7 games for the Fish so far this year and he is 5 of 20 (.250 avg, .683 OPS) with 1 run scored and 3 RBIs. The Marlins have called up 25-year old switch hitting catcher Chris Hatcher to back up Davis. Hatcher played in 101 games in AA+AAA-ball this year and he was 62 of 315 (.197 avg, .556 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 5 homers, 36 RBIs and 111 whiffs. Hatcher has now played in 359 games in his five years in the minors and he is 247 of 1,174 (.210 avg, .655 OPS) with 169 runs scored, 36 homers, 160 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. I don’t see Hatcher getting much P.T. unless Davis gets hurt.

30-year old righty swinging 2B Dan Uggla has been the MVP for the Florida Marlins this year, plain and simple. Uggla has played in 129 games for the Marlins this year and he is 136 of 476 (.286 avg, .883 OPS) with 86 runs scored, 29 homers, 83 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Marlins are in negotiations to sign Uggla to a long term deal and that would be a smart move. Uggla has played in 746 games in his five years with the Marlins and he is 738 of 2,814 (.262 avg, .836 OPS) with 485 runs scored, 150 homers, 443 RBIs and 19 stolen bases. Uggla is already the Marlins’ all-time leader in homers with 150. He is also #6 in games (746), #8 in hits (738), #3 in runs scored (485), #4 in RBIs (443), #7 in doubles (161) and #6 in walks (349) in Marlins’ history. He deserves to be part of the core of the Florida Marlins when they move into their brand new stadium in 2012.