The Miami Marlins are Miserable



Giancarlo Stanton

They're 13-37, which puts them in last place.  They also rank last in Major League Baseball in runs, batting average, on base percentage and slugging.  The best player batting average on the Marlins is held by Placido Polanco.  What's he batting?  .233.  It's truly a miserable baseball season in Miami.  When the Marlins changed from the Flordia Marlins to the Miami Marlins in 2012, they were projected to be one of the best teams in baseball.  They got a new name, new logo, amazing new stadium in a new location, new colors, new uniforms, but, best of all, new playmakers.  Guys like Jose Reyes and Carlos Lee headed to Miami to join this revamped squad.  Plus, Giancarlo Stanton upped his game and Hanley Ramirez was a playmaking shortstop, but he had to be moved to third to fit Reyes in at shortstop.  The Marlins had all the right tools, and everyone thought they were going to be one of the best and dominate in the tough NL East division.  That didn't exactly happen.  They finished 69-93, last in the NL East.  The Washington Nationals won that division, at 98-64, and the Atlanta Braves grabbed a wild card at 94-68.  Miami ended up trading Hanley Ramirez to the Dodgers about three quarters of the way through the 2012 season, and Jose Reyes and ace starter Josh Johnson went north and put on Toronto Blue Jays uniforms following the end of the year.  Carlos Lee retired in the offseason.  They're even worse this season, as the 2013 Miami Marlins could go down as one of the worst teams in MLB history.  They can't do too much about it, either, because they're out of money after their supersplurge last year.  They need to get some serious money together fast so this nightmare can end, but the fastest that could happen probably means a couple of years, so it's not a good time to be a Marlins fan.  All you can do is close your eyes.

Placido Polanco