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Depends what you mean by "no bloody good". Last season they were better than the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. The problem is really the owner, Jeffrey Loria, who makes Massimo Cellino at Leeds seem like a wise advocate of patience and long-term planning. He sanctioned a splurge of...

There is indeed a year six opt-out clause and although there's also a no-trade clause, if both sides agree to a trade to another team then it'll get done - no doubt after a typical Marlins salary-dumping exercise when an attempt to put a winning team together comes to nothing. Having said that...

As the Oakland A's proved over many seasons, closers aren't that hard to find. Funnily enough, the Marlins' cut-price closer Steve Cishek got 39 saves last season - exactly the same as David Robertson, who was paid around $2m more than Cishek. And pitchers are more prone to injury - eg the...

Discovered by Davidus Burkus, I believe.

Stanton is utterly amazing. Awesome, even, as Americans would probably say. The home runs he hits travel astonishing distances and his achievements are all the more remarkable for the fact that he plays half his 162 games per season in a home park that favours pitching over hitting. And he's...