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Series Preview # 10 : Diamondbacks @ Marlins - Insights into Marlins & GM Kim Ng Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images I’m very excited to provide readers of AZ Snake Pit insights into the Marlins and Kim Ng, their GM. I tip my hat to our Jim McLennan who coordinated so that Alex Krutchick, on staff at our sister site, Fish Stripes, could provide answers to my questions. Alex Krutchick has been a Marlins fan since he was born (1997), and a writer with Fish Stripes since 2018. He graduated from FSU in 2020. Now he spends his free time covering this interesting ball club. He sent his answers v...

Colombian man wins #MarlinsTwitterMarchMadness “Absolutely crazy.” That’s what Daniel De Vivo tells Fish Stripes after receiving more than 1,200 votes to upset Brendan Tobin in the Marlins Twitter March Madness championship. His account gained more than 100 new Twitter followers during the week-long tournament, organized by Fish On The Farm. De Vivo co-hosts FOTF’s Swimming Upstream podcast. The Marlins fan and father of two lives in Barranquilla, Colombia. He attributes the Cinderella run to the passionate support of his countrymen. You can follow him at @DanielDeVivo. Frustrating ni...

How do the Mets look? We asked the SB Nation National League East Share this story Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images It has been a long time, perhaps since the 2004-2005 offseason, that a Mets team has been as transformed from the end of one season to the start of another. The remarkable thing about this winter’s glow up is that the Mets did not have to part with much of their core to make the changes, and so while the bullpen, rotation, and lineup all feature new, marquee players, the majority of the team remains more or less intact.

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...

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images He is your captain in every way but title. He’s your longest tenured Marlin as a representative of Miami since 2015. He’s your starting shortstop and the epitome of what it is to be a competitor, athlete and leader. On the field, Miguel Rojas has grown much as a player since he was acquired as the least-heralded part of the Dan Haren and Dee Strange-Gordon blockbuster. His inclusion in the trade was first mentioned by longtime Marlins.com writer Joe Frisaro. As part of deal #Marlins also are receiving another player, perhaps a Minor Leaguer— Joe Fr...