The options for a deal for AJ Burnett has gotten more narrow – despite his recent success and the fact that the Marlins seem to be leaning towards taking Lowell out as part of the attachment for any deal. It seems the Red Sox and the White Sox are in a bidding war, right now, for Burnett. But the only [...]

Think back to late August of last year. The Marlins were floundering, 7 games out of the wild card race and even farther back of the division-leading Braves. Paul Lo Duca and Guillermo Mota had done all they could for us during their time here, and Juan Encarnacion was contributing, despite an injured shoulder that would require surgery after the [...]

Well, here we are at 45 and 45. 7 games back of the Nationals and not looking to climb up any time soon. The Marlins just lost 3 of 4 against the Phillies, a team, until recently, we have owned. This is a bad bad bad barometer. It smells a lot like underachievement, but that is the state of this [...]

Brian Moehler has come a long way. And yet, this seems familiar. Why? Because Moehler has been pitching for a while now, quietly and successfully. In his days in Detroit, from ’96 through ’02, he was able to amass 48 wins in 131 starts. From ’97 to ’00, he was able to amass double digit wins each season with Detroit. [...]