• Lo Duca Up; Miller Down

  • The Marlins wasted no time in bringing up newly signed Paul Lo Duca. The Fish have been carrying 13 pitchers and they desperately needed another bench player. Justin Miller was the unlucky DFA and will head to AAA.

    I’ve been wondering why Lo Duca and not Dallas McPherson and my only guess is that the Fish felt that having another veteran presence (and a catcher at that) would be better than a high-strike out power hitter. But, as I’ve said before, “In Beinfest We Trust”.

    Meanwhile, the team found a new way to lose: offense is back but bullpen blew it. 3.5 games out is not the end of the world, but it’s mid-August and momentum is head in the wrong direction.

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  • Marlins Fight Back But Blow Two Saves

  • This one was painful.

    The Marlins fought hard and used 2 Cody Ross home runs to take the lead until Kevin Gregg blew the save in the ninth. Then, in the 12th inning, an improbable Alfredo Amezaga home run gave the Fish the lead only to have Justin Miller blow the save in the bottom of the inning and take a painful loss.

    We did witness a rarity: both Luis Castillo and Alfredo Amezaga hit home runs. I could never imagine that happening in the same game or even the same day.

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  • Marlins [Almost] Finalize Roster

  • The 2008 Florida Marlins roster is now set. Our starting rotation is Mark Hendrickson, Rick VandenHurk, Andrew Miller, and Scott Olsen with Ricky Nolasco likely taking in the fifth slot when it comes up.

    Update: Sorry, it’s not completely final. We need confirmation that Jason Wood is also on the team.

    Update 2: If Jeremy Hermida ends up on the DL, Alexis Gomez will take his spot on the roster.

    Our full roster is as follows:

    Pitchers B/T Height Weight Birth
    48 Lee Gardner R/R 6-0 220 01/16/75
    63 Kevin Gregg R/R 6-6 240 06/20/78
    30 Mark Hendrickson L/L 6-9 240 06/23/74
    19 Logan Kensing R/R 6-1 185 07/03/82
    22 Matt Lindstrom R/R 6-4 210 02/11/80
    23 Andrew Miller L/L 6-6 210 05/21/85
    32 Justin Miller R/R 6-2 200 08/27/77
    47 Ricky Nolasco R/R 6-2 220 12/13/82
    34 Scott Olsen L/L 6-5 215 01/12/84
    37 Renyel Pinto L/L 6-4 215 07/08/82
    57 Taylor Tankersley L/L 6-1 220 03/07/83
    56 Rick VandenHurk R/R 6-5 195 05/22/85
     
    Catchers B/T Height Weight Birth
    58 Mike Rabelo S/R 6-1 210 01/17/80
    20 Matt Treanor R/R 6-0 210 03/03/76
     
    Infielders B/T Height Weight Birth
    3 Jorge Cantu R/R 6-3 200 01/30/82
    17 Mike Jacobs L/R 6-3 215 10/30/80
    2 Hanley Ramirez R/R 6-3 200 12/23/83
    6 Dan Uggla R/R 5-11 200 03/11/80
     
    Outfielders B/T Height Weight Birth
    4 Alfredo Amezaga S/R 5-10 180 01/16/78
    7 Alejandro De Aza L/L 6-0 175 04/11/84
    26 Luis Gonzalez L/R 6-2 210 09/03/67
    27 Jeremy Hermida L/R 6-3 210 01/30/84
    12 Cody Ross R/L 5-9 205 12/23/80
    14 Josh Willingham R/R 6-2 215 02/17/79

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