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***The official '08 Florida marlins thread***

PMZQ said:
This is gonna be a problem for the Marlins, but a good one. What do you do with Uggla ? I love Uggla but the team comes 1st, and when he is eligible for arbitration, he must go, so that Coughlin can come up and start playing with Hanely. Their combination could be as good as Castillo & Gonzalez were for 4 or 5 years....the best in the game. We will take a hit on our offense, as Coughlin will never whack more than 20 in a season.
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but Coughlin is a very well rounded hitter who will be a dobule maching (so is Uggla but that is beside the point). Depending on what publication you read, Coughlin is the best infield prospect right now (especially since every year people sour on Brandon Wood and Ian Stweart a little more).

Speaking of prospects, can't wait until Maybin and Volstad are ready.
 
apparantly the Marlins are in love with Kyle Skipworth, the Player of the Year in High School. He is reportedly the best prep catching prospect since Joe Maur and many feel he could be the best player in the draft when all is said and done.

other names to watch for...

Brian Matusz LHP San Diego:Another potential ace. Great fastball, but is also good with his secondary pitcehrs
Aaron Crow RHP Missouri: Power pitcher with a great fastball/slider. Could fall due to wanting a September call-up, but has since dropped those demands
Eric Hosmer 1B High School:projects to be a lot like Adrian Gonzalas. Already has major league caliber defense.
Andrew Cashner RHP TCU:The Horned Frogs' closer. Rumors are the organization are disappointed that some of the guys they drafted to develop into closers are either inconsistent in the majors (Tank), or struggling in the minors (Marcaeux).

in short the team will more than likely take either Matusz or Skipworth
 
lae updates, also like Yonder Alonso 1B from Da U, BUT the big news is that Tampa will take Tim Beckham instead of Buster Posey. If that is the case, the only team that would take him before Florida is the Giants. So Florida could get an MLB ready catcher right away
 
Marlins, with sixth pick, select high school catcher Kyle Skipworth


Kyle Skipworth, a high school catcher from Riverside, Calif., was taken by the Marlins in the first round of the amateur draft this afternoon.
Skipworth, a left-handed batter regarded as the next Joe Mauer, is the first catcher selected by the Marlins in the first round since Charles Johnson in 1992.

He was the sixth pick overall.

Skipworth (6-foot-3, 185 pounds), hit .584 with 12 homers as a senior at Patriot High School. He set a California state record in April with 18 straight hits.

He hits for power to all fields. His defense needs work but scouts feel he will move quickly through the system.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/content/sports/epaper/2008/06/05/0605marlinsdraft.html
 
had it not been for Posey's big year, Skipworth would be viewed as the best catcher in the draft (some feel he still is though).

He's actually got decent defense, but the question is if he'll stay at C. If worst comes to worst, you've got a power hitting corner outfielder or a first basemen.
 
Marlins hardly miss Willis, Cabrera

You would have been branded a blasphemer or a plain idiot had you uttered the following words anywhere in South Florida at the time of the trade last December: ``The Marlins will not miss Miguel Cabrera or Dontrelle Willis.''

Your only hope would have been that Marlins fans were booing the trade so loudly they didn't hear you. Now, six months later, lunacy is prophecy: The Marlins have not missed Cabrera or Willis. Not at all.

Funny how things work out sometimes, huh? Not funny in Detroit, but funny in general.

The supposedly World Series-caliber Tigers are in worse shape than the Detroit auto industry, sitting with the American League's third-worst record. The demoted, winless Willis is trying to rediscover his game in the low minors of Lakeland. And Cabrera, moved from third base to first to better disguise the liability that is his glove, has contributed to Detroit a meager-for-him eight home runs.

Now looky here:
The Marlins remain thick in the National League playoff hunt after Tuesday night's 5-4 home victory over Philadelphia moved the Fish back within three games of the Phils' East lead. No one game of 162 should be overdramatized, but this one felt like a large one.

Performances such as Ricky Nolasco's solid six innings for the victory have rendered Willis' departure largely unnoticed and surprisingly unlamented.

And -- mostly this -- Florida's home-run propensity has absorbed the loss of Cabrera's bat about as thoroughly as an ocean wave absorbs a sand castle.

The Marlins crushed three more homers Tuesday -- Hanley Ramirez, Jorge Cantu, Mike Jacobs -- to account for all five runs and continue a remarkable season of long ball.

Florida's baseball-leading 98 homers equate now to a season pace of 248, which would shatter the club-
record of 201 set last season with Cabrera leading the charge. (The all-time team record is 264 homers by Seattle in 1997).
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http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/565749.html
 
Uggla just hit a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth with the score tied 2-2 agains the Phillies. Sweet!
 
You just knew. Everything was set up perfectly. You just new Uggla was going to jack a grand slam. Marlins get it rolling again, first 2 from Philly, lets continue tomorrow. Way to go Fish.
 
I just got back from the game. Uggla is awesome! Best baseball game I've seen in a long time. Both starters were on tonight.
 
people sometimes forget that Andrew Miller did not spend a lot of time developing in the minors and is still very raw. The only reason he wasn't drafted first overall and fell to 6th was he wanted a mjor league contract (which he got). He's been really good over his last several starts.

Also, Ryan Tucker had a nice debut. Although he'll likely end up becoming the team's closer over the long haul due to his fastball and lack of other developed pitches (though he is getting better), he can only help the rotation until JJ is back and Volstad is called up.
 
Whew, that was a close ending. Glad the Fish pulled it out. Cantu is becoming one of my favorite Marlins.
 
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