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Today’s chapter features three Marlins from yesteryear. The Miami and Florida Marlins have employed a total of 630 players through their first 28 seasons of major league play. We’re currently in the final bracket—comprised of players with 800 or more PA/BF accrued while with the franchise. Players are sorted in ascending bWAR divided by PA/BF. Today’s group of three finished the Marlins’ leg of their careers with slightly positive bWAR values. Juan Encarnación is a six-foot-two right-handed outfielder from Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic. In 1992, he signed with the Detro...

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Ely Sussman, Alex Contreras, Ethan Budowsky and Louis Addeo-Weiss hop on Zoom as news breaks (2:10) that Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association were unable to agree on updated terms for the 2021 season. As a result, Marlins pitchers and catchers will report on Feb. 17, Opening Day will be Apr. 1, the National League won’t use the designated hitter, and the postseason field will include only 10 teams. This pod also covers Jordan Yamamoto being traded to the Mets for infield prospect Federico Polanco (20:00), remaining free agents who would f...

Baseball-Reference The third time was the charm for Mark Gardner as an MLB Draft prospect. He didn’t sign with his hometown California Angels when selected by them out of Fresno City College in 1983, nor did he join the Cleveland Indians the following year as a 17th-round pick. The right-hander finally turned pro in 1985 when the Montreal Expos came calling. Before establishing himself as a staple of the Expos starting rotation, Gardner posted some jaw-dropping stats with their upper-level minor league affiliates. Consider the 1988 and 1989 MiLB seasons with Double-A Jacksonville and Triple...

Brian Navarreto (Indios de Mayagüez)—.412/.500/.941, 1 HR, 1 K in 20 PA Antonio Velez (Indios de Mayagüez)—6.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 4 K in 9.0 IP Better late than never! I figured Isan Díaz would be an ideal candidate to take part in the full winter ball season, making up for time missed over the summer due to opt out and injury, and helping him get into a good rhythm entering 2021. Instead, he was activated for the first time by Criollos de Caguas on Wednesday. He’ll debut with them in the league semifinals (best-of-7 series that begins Saturday). Two years ago, Isan slashed .272/.3...

Detroit promised rotation reinforcements, and it appears they have found their first addition to that corps.