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The All-Time Marlins Countdown is up to 142 chapters. Our offseason-long countdown has covered 606 players now, and we only have 24 to go. Players are sorted by bWAR divided by plate appearances and/or batters faced. Today’s featured player, Alex Fernandez, totaled 7.3 pitching bWAR and another 0.8 batting bWAR during his time with the team. 24. Alex Fernandez Alex Fernandez is a six-foot-two right-handed pitching and hitting native of Miami Beach, Florida. Born on August 13, 1969, Fernandez was a first round choice of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1988, 24th overall off the board out of Mons...

All-Time Marlins Countdown: Chapter 135 We feature a pair of O.G. Marlins Share this story As we’re witnessing the beginning of Spring Training, we’re also continuing the All-Time Marlins Countdown until Opening Day Eve. Players are ranked in ascending bWAR divided by PA/BF accumulated while with the franchise. Every player in the final 128 have at least 800. Quick sidebar — I hesitated with the ranking system for two reasons. One was Ivan Rodriguez (who would have been number two on our list if I had lowered the PA threshold), and the other was Mr. Marlin, Jeff Conine. There are thos...

Baseball-Reference You weren’t expecting to find Chuck Smith placed so highly in this countdown, were you? Born in Memphis and raised in Cleveland, Smith took a circuitous route to the Marlins major league roster. We typically apply the “journeyman” label to ballplayers who frequently change teams once they reach the pros, but Smith was a cross-country traveler even before that. He attended high school in New York, then went the JuCo route (Central Arizona College) before arriving at Indiana State University. More than 1,500 players were selected in the 1991 MLB Draft, but not Smith. He...

Mets Morning News: Relief Share this story The Mets’ black jerseys are not just a fashion preference, for some, they’re a nostalgia trip to the days of Piazza, Wright, and Reyes. The Royals’ assistant general manager JJ Picollo revealed that the Mets’ involvement in the Benintendi trade was only through the Red Sox as Kansas City and New York never spoke.