Cabrera and Willis Gone

December 5, 2007 in Offseason by jonnylons

Fish no more. Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis are no longer Marlins. Arguably one of the best hitters of his generation, Miguel Cabrera was working real hard on getting back into shape when the deal was made. As for Dontrelle, he was on vacation in Mexico when he got the news. Neither player netted a familiar name in return, which [...]

Cabrera Leaving? ARod Returning?

November 11, 2007 in Commentary, Players, Rumors by jonnylons

Right now, we should be asking ourselves, is it really in the best interest of the Florida Marlins to trade Miguel Cabrera? How is the franchise with the lowest turnout and impending stadium issues going to communicate that it is here for the long haul? By trading Cabrera? The obvious answer is no. But if the scenario is painted correctly, [...]

Wiley Returns to Marlins

November 4, 2007 in Coaching Staff, Offseason, Players by jonnylons

In a long anticipated move, the Marlins re-signed Mark Wiley, their pitching coach they let get away after they relieved Jack McKeon of managing duties. When the Marlins hired Joe Girardi, Girardi brought on board Rick Kranitz – the Cubs minor league pitching coordinator. Things looked good last season – while the talent of Josh Johnson, Anibal Sanchez, Scott Olsen [...]

Marlins Win Big on Opening Day 2007

April 2, 2007 in Opening Day by jonnylons

The Florida Marlins got a good start to the 2007 season with a 9-2 win over the Washington Nationals, who were very hospitable to their guests serving up a couple of home run pitches for the Marlins to crash the opener. Two mammoth home runs, one from Miguel Cabrera and another from Dan Uggla, assured the Marlins victory while Dontrelle [...]

Marlins Update 3.23.07

March 23, 2007 in Spring Training by jonnylons

The Marlins defeated the Cards yesterday 2-1. The biggest news being LaRussa’s arrest the night before and his subsequent apology. That aside, the Marlins have some promising developments coming out of that win. Dontrelle Willis is going to be the Opening Day starter and he showed why going 6.2 innings of shutout baseball against the World Champs. He struck out [...]

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