http://www.marlinslocker.com Daily Blog for Florida Marlins Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:46:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 29-year old righty swinging Cody Ross will have a home in RF in 2010. Ross played in 151 games for the Marlins last season and he was 151 of 559 (.270 avg, .790 OPS) with 73 runs scored, 24 homers, 90 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Ross is ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/03/01/cody-ross-will-be-able-to-focus-on-rf-for-the-florida-marlins-in-2010/ The Florida Marlins have high hopes for 22-year old righty swinging Cameron Maybin who finished the 2009 season strongly. Maybin played in 54 games for the Marlins last season and he was 44 of 176 (.250 avg, .727 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 4 homers, 13 RBIs and 1 ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/03/01/the-florida-marlins-have-high-hopes-for-cameron-maybin/ 24-year old lefty swinging Chris Coghlan was the Rookie of the Year in the N.L. last season. He played in 128 games for the Marlins last season and he was 162 of 504 (.321 avg, .850 OPS) with 84 runs scored, 9 homers, 47 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/03/01/the-florida-marlins-are-hoping-for-a-nice-encore-out-of-chris-coghlan-in-2010/ It looks as if 28-year old righty swinging Jorge Cantu will likely be the starting 3B for the Marlins in 2010. It's still possible though that he could wind up starting at 1B in 2010. Cantu played in 149 games for the Marlins last season and he was ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-florida-marlins-have-a-crowd-at-3b-for-2010/ 26-year old righty swinging Hanley Ramirez got dropped to third in the batting order in 2009 and he responded with a monster season. Ramirez played in 151 games for the Marlins last season and he was 197 for 576 (.342 avg, .953 OPS) with 101 runs scored, 24 homers, ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-florida-marlins-have-the-best-shortstop-in-baseball-period/ The Marlins have signed 32-year old righty reliever Mike MacDougal to a minor league deal. MacDougal will make $700,000 bucks if he makes the Marlins' pitching staff and he can earn an extra $75,000 bucks in incentives. MacDougal pitched in 52 games (0 starts) for the Nationals last ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/19/the-florida-marlins-sign-mike-macdougal/ The Marlins have signed 33-year old righty swinging outfielder Jason Lane to a minor league deal. Lane played in 113 games in AAA-ball last season and he was 104 for 411 (.253 avg, .810 OPS) with 65 runs scored, 13 homers, 47 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Lane ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/13/the-florida-marlins-sign-jason-lane/ The Marlins have signed 34-year old lefty swinging 1B/3B Mike Lamb to a minor league deal. Lamb played in 119 games in AAA-ball last season and he was 115 for 440 (.261 avg, .669 OPS) with 44 runs scored, 5 homers and 53 RBIs. Lamb last played in ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/12/the-florida-marlins-sign-mike-lamb/ Marlins' fans can thank the MLB Players' Union for the fact that 29-year old righty swinging Dan Uggla will be back starting for them in 2010. The Union put pressure on the Marlins to start spending some of the revenue sharing they get on player payroll which resulted in ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/07/the-florida-marlins-are-in-good-shape-at-2b-for-2010/ The Marlins have signed 28-year old righty reliever Seth McClung to a minor league deal. McClung pitched in 41 games (2 starts) for the Brewers last season and he was 3-3 with a 4.94 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP. He has now pitched in 177 games (51 starts) ... http://www.marlinslocker.com/2010/02/01/the-florida-marlins-sign-seth-mcclung/