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Official 2007 Florida Marlins Thread

Mitre didn't really pitch badly. He only really made two bad pitches, the hard part to take is that those pitches came after errors.
 
Alex44 said:
Mitre didn't really pitch badly. He only really made two bad pitches, the hard part to take is that those pitches came after errors.
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I agree. Almost like he lost focus and couldn't move past the errors.

I was encouraged by Mitre and Jacobs, though. Mitre had good stuff and Jake is raking the lefties (and righties) and is begnning to prove himself to be the 1st-baseman of the future.

I'm also pleased with De Aza. He's making consistent contact and putting the ball in play, which is a far cry better than Reggie and Reed. And his defense has been great, thus far.
 
Interesting game tomorrow:

Phillies send ace Brett Myers to face the Marlins ace Dontrelle Willis. Both are coming off pretty solid pitching performances. If the Phillies can win this game (because on sunday it's some guy who's never even pitched starting for the Phils) and leave Florida at a minimum of 2-4, thats a little bit of a relief, although we have to go to New York and face the AMAZING'S!
 
Game wasn't on TV so I listened in on radio. I tuned in just in time to hear Rollins get a three run inside the park HR.

Anyway it's a good win. Henry Owens should be the closer based on the first five games this season.
 
Alex44 said:
Game wasn't on TV so I listened in on radio. I tuned in just in time to hear Rollins get a three run inside the park HR.

Anyway it's a good win. Henry Owens should be the closer based on the first five games this season.
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And all of spring training.

It kills me that Owens, Lindstrom, Gardener, and Messenger all work hard and have great springs, and Julio comes in and gets HANDED the closer job.
 
That inside the parker was the most stressful highlight on Sports Center. I am glad we won the game, but wow, come the **** on.
 
Julio isn't going to last long in FL, or anywhere else. I was very surprised when FL traded for him in the first place when some of their youngsters were throwing well in ST. I still think Tank will end up as closer before the year is over.
 
Ray Finkle said:
Julio isn't going to last long in FL, or anywhere else. I was very surprised when FL traded for him in the first place when some of their youngsters were throwing well in ST. I still think Tank will end up as closer before the year is over.
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Meh. I dont know. Bienfest is in love with the guy.
 
Question:

In a 12-team rotisserie league, would you be "ok" with Olivo as your catcher? I guess, to put it another way, is Olivo a top-12 hitting catcher?
 
PressCoverage said:
Question:

In a 12-team rotisserie league, would you be "ok" with Olivo as your catcher? I guess, to put it another way, is Olivo a top-12 hitting catcher?
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Honestly I don't know.

He hit well about half of last year and really wore down towards the end. He should get you a few home runs and some doubles. He has great speed for a catcher also...not like it means much I guess.

Anyway I would look for some other options, but if there were no real guys you know will hit well I would definitely feel okay with him.
 
:lol:

I love this quote from Willingham for some odd reason.

On his chance to hit for the cycle in the 7th (he struck out)

"I did not know that. If I had known that, I would have done it," Willingham quipped
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Oh and one last thing. I love De Aza. He misplayed a line drive tonight (the Rollins inside the park HR) but it was a case of being over aggressive and trying to make a play. I'll take that over playing scared any night of the week. He has had some really good at bats too. I'm not only talking about the hits, a lot of the outs he made were still good AB's. On defense with the ground he can cover it's hard not to think of Juan Pierre.....with a better arm. If he continues to develope and grow as a player he could be a long term solution out there. If not he can at least hold his own untill we get someone.

In a perfect world next year I would love this lineup (assuming no new big time signings)

1) De Aza
2) Hanley
3) Cabrera
4) Jacobs/Willingham (lefty/righty matchups)
5) Willingham/Jacobs
6) Uggla
7) Hermida
8) Olivo

Thats of course a best case scenario where De Aza truely becomes a key part of this team. As much as I love Hanley leading off he has the pop in his bat to put up better numbers as a #2 or even #3 hitter.
 
PressCoverage said:
Question:

In a 12-team rotisserie league, would you be "ok" with Olivo as your catcher? I guess, to put it another way, is Olivo a top-12 hitting catcher?
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No, he's probably the 14th or 15th hitting catcher.

Mauer, Martinez, McCann, Ramon Hernandez, Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Piazza, Kenji Johjima, Pierzynski, Barrett, Russell Martin, Paul Lo Duca I think are all better choices (some more obvious than others). But I'd probably pick Bengie Molina and Johnny Estrada over Olivo.
 
after watching the game today, I don't understand why we traded Petit for Julio. Petit wsa going to be traded eventually, but we could've gotten someone a lot less...wild.

No matter what team I see Julio play for I have the same opinion; if he's going to get a major role from the BP he needs to be a set-up man, or a specialist. Gardner really saved Julio today.

Tank can not come back soon enough.
 
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