Miami Marlins 2016 (Jose Fernandez RIP 9/25/16)

out of curiosity is there like legit proof that the ball is juiced vs. just a change in batting coaching (aka: it's ok to sstrike out 200 times just try to hit 30 homers; launch angle training; etc)? was talking abt it with a pal tonight and realized neither of us knew if there was any solid evidence, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to prove

there is interesting evidence but not necessarily incontrovertible proof, search the ringer or fangraphs for some good articles

the entire league did not suddenly switch swinging strategy at a specific point in the middle of 2015

the lindbergh/lichtman study is absolutely enough for me. the statcast era has given us everything we need to know to see the difference and weed out other variables.

has there been a league-wide shift in hitting philosophy since then? yeah, but i don't think that would've happened if it wasn't clear there was a new ball to work with. it presented a new opportunity to get offensive value out of struggling, aging hitters, and teams have taken advantage.

i don't think it's actually possible in our human reality for this degree of HR% increase to happen in this short a span without a change to the ball, and i have a doctorate in baseball science

i'm not saying i don't believe it, i just haven't really done the research (and when i try to google it i find more "fake news" on the subject than good shit). will check out the ringer and fangraphs tho, thx!

throw a baseball and then throw a tennis ball and see the movement difference. It's the extreme example but it's a pretty simple demonstration about what happens to objects in space

Jeter on Stanton: "I don't know him well. I haven't spoken to him. Anything we're going to do moving forward with the organization we'll discuss with Mike (Giancarlo)."

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) October 3, 2017

"Derek Jeter became CEO of the Marlins that moment." -- Van Jones

https://sports.yahoo.com/derek-jeter-led-marlins-parted-ways-scout-hospital-undergoing-cancer-surgery-162134586.html

Ben and Jeff talked to a Marlins fan (it's not j0rd)

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/effectively-wild-episode-1148-im-a-marlins-fan-ama/

Excepting Jose Fernandez, the Marlins' all-time top 25 players, by WAR:
- One left as free agent
- One waived
- Three still on the club
- Twenty traded

— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBB) December 11, 2017

The backstory of the Giancarlo Stanton trade is bonkers. Miami threatened that if he didn’t accept a trade to St. Louis or San Francisco, he would be a Marlin for life. He called their bluff. And because of it, he’s a New York Yankee.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 11, 2017

so dumb, it's... dumb

- Three still on the club

Yelich, Hechavarria, Ozuna?

yelich, ozuna, realmuto

Ah yes. I would be surprised if by the end of 2018 those three are still on the squad.

#Marlins pushing Ozuna, but complication is interested teams prefer Yelich: more control/higher upside and don't want to give up pieces for Ozuna when clubs believe -- regardless what Mia says -- that both will be traded this offseason.

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 12, 2017

turns out that announcing your team is broken and needs to cut its payroll in half is not a savvy negotiating ploy

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/untitled-81.gif?w=1000

spot the Onion

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/12/19/miami-marlins-derek-jeter-town-hall-meeting-marlins-man

https://sports.theonion.com/cash-strapped-florida-retiree-desperately-selling-off-a-1821511445

it's the one with "theonion.com" in the url

you got it, Aristotelian ideal of a dick

https://deadspin.com/rob-manfred-whines-to-espn-brass-after-getting-shredded-1821550864

le batard is a hero

yes

"Project Wolverine" shd def be the title of the next Marlins thread

Not playing captain save a captain, but I suppose one could say that I doubt ESPN would not have lit into Roger Goodell or Adam Silver in the same way and that would be true. ESPN doesn't seem to give a shite about baseball on a good day, so it's not surprising.

Marlins are into their third extinction cycle. Their team existence is some type of weird Chinatown real estate scam, just looping suckers into buying high. Loria was able to flip $158 millon of borrowed money into selling a club for over a billion dollars and he got a world series ring. Who is laughing now?

I doubt ESPN would not have lit into Roger Goodell or Adam Silver in the same way

i think it's more that le batard dgaf -- i'm sure the espn execs (who aren't high) aren't happy

but lol at manfred expecting every single media hit to service him, even from a guy who got banned from voting for the hof

Manfred said "I'm not gonna be deposed" in response to hostile questions because America's executives and top politicians have no experience with aggressive press interviews and only expect to be challenged when sued https://t.co/uA2YXdcXE2

— slackbot (@pareene) December 23, 2017

never trust something called Project Wolverine imo

Billy the Marlin filleted

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article198595674.html

He was probably going to cost too much after arbitration.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-bad-will-the-marlins-outfield-actually-be/

we need a new Marlins thread bcz this year is gonna be 'fascinating'

Mattingly said three rotation spots are up for grabs. Dan Straily and Jose Urena are the locks, barring something unforeseen. @Marlins Wei-Yin Chen not expected to be ready by Opening Day #SpringTraining2018

— Joe Frisaro (@JoeFrisaro) February 14, 2018

the rotation won't be any better

While Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich were happy to be traded by the Miami Marlins, right-hander Dan Straily says he wants to be a cornerstone of the team's rebuilding plan.

And that's not all.

"I'm glad they're gone," Straily said Friday. "If they don't want to be here, good for them."

lolol

dan straily, heart and soul of the 2018 marlins

open the books!

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/miami-dade-is-suing-jeffrey-loria/

BREAKING: Lewis Brinson homers for the Marlins and the Home Run Sculpture was NOT activated.

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) March 27, 2018

uh oh

yikes

Hi there, we’re still here. 👋

But let’s get real, our tweets aren’t going to help.

— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) April 8, 2018

what's yikes? i guess i should check the news?

Project Wolverine in full effect: 2018 Miami Marlins

2 years ago today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vXTdfxgyl0

or, you know, next tuesday