Mike Stanton Batting Fifth Now?

Mike Stanton batted 5th for the Fish Saturday and this could be a sign of things to come. Stanton while only batting .239 has had a very impressive beginning in the big leagues with just over 40 games under his belt. Stanton has 10 home runs and 31 RBI's for the Marlins. Yesterday we saw him hit in the 5th position and we will see that happen again today. Stanton is one of those players seemis primed for molding into a super star. Stanton seems to pick up thing very quickly and with the attention he is getting now in the bigs, along with custom personal fitness trainers, he could easily be belting 40 home runs per season in thie next few years.

Sanchez, Stanton, And Morrison....Future Franchise Stars?

The Marlins while struggling to stay in wild card contention continue to have many bright spots on their team. The young talent on the team continues to look like it could pay big dividends in the future.

Gaby Sanchez is already proving that he is going to be a solid player going forward. His game-play has been consistent and he continues to improve every month. He should garner NL Rookie of The Year honors in our opinion.

Stanton continues to show great promise. As he refines his game, he will have the potential to become a major star. He already has 9 home-runs in 45 games with the Marlins and 30 RBI's. He has pure raw talent and his built like Paul Bunyan.

Morrison was recently in the futures game during the All-Star break and he has great potential as well. He is 6 foot 3 and 235 pounds and plays left field. He started the year on the top 25 rookies to watch for list.

If the Marlins can keep this young talent in the organization we could have some serious power coming to the lineup for years to come. We could even be contenders for the World Series by 2012 when the new stadium opens if we can get some more pitching support!

Dan Uggla All Time Marlins HR Leader

Dan Uggla hit is 23rd homerun of the 2010 season last week which put him on top as the All-time Marlins home run leader with 144. Mike Lowell previously held the record.

Frustration: Marlins Still 6 1/2 Games Out of Wild Card

The Marlins are not helping their chances of getting the wild card let alone the division title. Yesterday they were beat 10-5 by Atlanta at home. They now sit 6 1/2 games out of the wild card spot. Yesterday's loss is just further evidence that the Braves are the real deal this year and the Marlins are not. As much as it pains us to make that comment, its the truth. The fish just aren't playing well at all, there is no consistency .

The only shining spot continues to be Johnson who has been screwed out of wins left and right this year. His league leading E.R.A. is completely useless because the Marlins can't put together a 5 game win streak, or 4 games for that matter. In the next two weeks or so if the Marlins do not go on a serious win streak we will already know that we are out of the wild card running in mid-august. Let's hope we can pick it back up today, game time is 1:00pm.

Marlins Get Blown Out The Water

The Fish got handled Tuesday, one night after an exciting walk off home-run from Donny Murphy. The Marlins saw 6 runs get tacked on against them in the 3rd inning of Tuesday's game. Nate Robertson hit Dexter Fowler with the bases loaded to start off the 6 run streak by the Rockies. By the end of the evening the Rockies had piled on 10 runs and the Marlins had 0.

It seems like the story of the fish this year is one game up, one game down. Two games up, two games down. There has been no consistency this season with winning ball games. One night we look great, the next we look horrible. One night we look mediocre, the next night we just squeak by. The Marlins need to get a hold of the reigns and step up their game very soon or this year could go down the drain very fast.

Donny Murphy Wins Game For Marlins In 9th

Donny Murphy hit a 2 run homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning Monday night to beat the Rockies 9-8. It was a pinch hit homerun for Murphy. It was one of the most exciting Marlin victories that we have seen in quite some time. The game was back and forth all night. Mike Stanton hit a 3 run homerun off Ubaldo Jiminez early in the night and he went 3 for 4 on the evening.

Marlins Have Good Pitching Series Against Nationals, Take 2 of 3 Games

The Marlins had a good showing this weekend with the pitching squad. The Squad gave up only 4 runs the whole weekend, all of which came Friday night in just two separate innings. The Marlins took 2 out of 3 games in the series.

Nolasco was credited for the loss Friday but still pitched 6 great innings of baseball besting Strasburg with 9 strikeouts to Strasburg's 7.

Josh Johnson pitched another shutout performace in 6 innings of work and picked up his 10th win of the year Saturday. Johnson lowered his league best ERA to 1.62 after the night's performance. Alex Sanabia picked up his first win for the Marlins Sunday in his second performance of the season. He pitched a shut out performance for 5 1/3 innings and struck out 5 batters.

If the Marlins could keep their pitching consistent and limit their opponents to just a few runs, we could easily turn the corner and put on 20 wins in the next 30 games. Going on a nice streak of wins could catapult us right into wild card territory or near the top of our division before September.

Tonight Anibal Sanchez is taking on Ubaldo "Lights Out" Jiminez. Jiminez is tearing up the league this year with a 15-1 record coming into tonight's game. The Fish will need to watch what they swing at and be ready to protect the corners of the plate.