Too busy at work to blog in complete sentences.
THE FLORIDA MARLINS
Pitching: Dontrelle Willis: good. Scott Olsen: potential (good K/9). Anibal Sanchez: blah, success in limited 2006 action (SEE: no-hitter), won't keep it up. Josh Johnson: last year's team ERA leader but hurt. The rest: YUCK. Watch out for Yusmeiro Petit, though.
Hitting: Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez: great. Jeremy Hermida: potentially great. Ignore what you hear about Josh Willingham, Dan Uggla, and Mike Jacobs. They're decent but not very good. Noteworthy: Aaron Boone could play all four infield positions for them during the season. Aaron f****** Boone.
Miscellaneous: I'm okay with the Red Sox trading Anibal Sanchez to Florida in the Josh Beckett deal, but Hanley Ramirez will haunt them for the rest of his career. Solace: I don't think the deal would have happened if Hanley wasn't included and I'm optimistic about Beckett this year. But there still must have been some way to pull off the deal without trading him. And speaking of the Marlins trading pitchers or letting them walk at their prime, let's review who they've had and gotten rid of in the last few years: A.J. Burnett, Josh Beckett, and Brad Penny. Take a look at what those three have been up to since they left Florida. The Marlins aren't fools. Just a note to whichever team gets roped into trading for Dontrelle Willis.
Marlins-related Ridiculous Proposition Bet: The line for when the Marlins' Mermaids (baseball's first and only cheerleading corps) officially go topless: May 12th.
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