Go Fish: A Florida Marlins Franchise (MLB 10)

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Marlins set lofty goals for 2010 campaign
Despite low expectations and an even lower payroll, the Florida Marlins front office has declared 'playoffs or bust' in 2010

After coming up short of the post-season with an 87-win campaign in 2009, the Florida Marlins have made it clear that this year they have their sights set on the playoffs and nothing else. With a slew of offensive weapons and a solid young rotation, the Marlins will be looking to push the outer limits of the expectations placed on them and break into the playoffs for the first time since their magical 2003 World Series season.

Still, concerns linger. How will the Marlins' bullpen hold up now that they've lost Kiko Calero and Brendan Donnely, two of their top relievers from a year ago? Will defense in the field once again be a concern for this squad? And will injuries and inconsistencies take a toll on the starting pitching down the stretch as they did in 2009? The answers to these questions will likely factor in considerably to how close the Fish can come to their lofty post-season expectations.

One thing is almost certain, however, and that's the impact that Marlins' solid lineup should have on this year's campaign. Anchored by defending Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan and one of the game's best in Hanley Ramirez, the Florida offense should put up great numbers in 2010. Add in the run production of Jorge Cantu, the power of Dan Uggla and Cody Ross, and the speed of Cameron Maybin and Emilio Bonifacio, and you've got a potent offense that should make some noise in the NL East.

As the old cliché goes, it's a long season. Time will tell just how close team owner Jeffrey Loria was when he predicted that the 2010 season will "end with a pile" for these ever-overachieving Fish.

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2010 Projected Starting Lineup
1. LF Chris Coghlan (L)
2. CF Cameron Maybin (R)
3. SS Hanley Ramirez (R)
4. 3B Jorge Cantu (R)
5. 2B Dan Uggla (R)
6. RF Cody Ross (R)
7. C John Baker (L)
(OR) C Ronny Paulino (R)
8. 1B Gaby Sanchez (R)

2010 Projected Bench
1B/3B Wes Helms (R)
1B/3B Mike Lamb (L)
IF/OF Emilio Bonifacio (S)
OF Brett Carroll (R)

2010 Projected Starting Rotation
1. Josh Johnson (R)
2. Ricky Nolasco (R)
3. Anibal Sanchez (R)
4. Chris Volstad (R)
5. Nate Robertson (L)

2010 Projected Bullpen
LR Clay Hensley (R)
LR Burke Badenhop (R)
MR Jose Veras (R)
MR Dan Meyers (L)
SU Brian Sanches (R)
SU Renyel Pinto (L)
CP Leo Nuñez (R)

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Opening Day 2010

Season-opening pitching duel ends in New York victory
Mets 2, Marlins 1

NEW YORK -- In a game where both starters dominated and runs were hard to come by, the New York Mets prevailed over the Florida Marlins on the strength of their fast start.

The Mets scored their only runs in the top of the first on a 2-RBI Jason Bay double that gave them the lead for good. Florida starter Josh Johnson allowed one more hit in the top of the second, and the Marlins staff didn't allow another the rest of the afternoon, but it wasn't enough as their lineup couldn't put together the offense to take the lead.

New York ace Johan Santana scattered 6 hits over his 7 1/3 innings of work, surrendering just one run on a Chris Coghlan single in the 8th.

"We were out there against one of the best in the game and it showed," said Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez. "[Johnson] was excellent but we needed to get the offense to back him up. We'll come back tomorrow with adjustments."

MLB Scoreboard | Florida Marlins (0-1) at New York Mets (1-0)
April 5, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	2
New York Mets	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
WIN: Johan Santana (1-0) LOSS: Josh Johnson (0-1) SAVE: Fransisco Rodriguez (1)

Scoring Summary
			FLA	NYM
NYM	1st	Bay doubles to left. Wright scores. Beltran scores.	0	2
FLA	8th	Coghlan singles to center. Helms scores.	1	2

Florida Marlins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
LF Chris Coghlan	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250
CF Cameron Maybin	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
SS Hanley Ramirez	3	0	0	0	1	2	.000
3B Jorge Cantu	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
2B Dan Uggla	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
RF Cody Ross	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C Ronny Paulino	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
-- PH John Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B Gaby Sanchez	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
P Josh Johnson	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500
-- PH Wes Helms	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
TOTALS	32	1	6	1	2	7	.188
BATTING 2B: Helms (1) RBI: Coghlan (1) GIDP: Ross (1)
FIELDING E: Cantu 2 (2)

Florida Marlins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Johnson (L, 0-1)	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	2.57
Brian Sanches	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	8.0	4	2	2	1	6

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS José Reyes	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
3B David Wright	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
CF Carlos Beltran	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
LF Jason Bay	4	0	1	2	0	0	.250
1B Fernando Tatis	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000
2B Luis Castillo	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
RF Jeff Francoeur	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
C Rod Barajas	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
P Johan Santana	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	30	2	4	2	1	6	.133
BATTING 2B: Bay (1), Reyes (1) RBI: Bay 2 (2)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Johan Santana (W, 1-0)	7.1	6	1	1	1	7	1.23
Kelvim Escobar (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Fransisco Rodriguez (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	2	7

[miamimarlins1]

What happened to Cantu, 2 errors in one game? That bum, bring up Dominguez

[MrChainsaw]

Ouch, rough start to the season but Johan can be ridiculously tough to get hits against in this game. Hopefully your bats will heat up soon, I will definitely be following.

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Uggla provides firepower in Marlins win
Marlins 3, Mets 2

NEW YORK -- Dan Uggla blasted a 2-run home run in the 4th, and the Florida Marlins were able to hang on to the lead the rest of the way for their first victory of the season over the New York Mets.

Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco was solid in his 2010 debut, allowing just 4 hits and 2 walks and an earned run over 6 1/3 innings. For the Mets, John Maine picked up the loss after allowing 7 hits and 3 earned runs over 5 innings.

The Mets threatened in the late innings, jumping on Florida reliever José Veras, for an RBI double that was credited to Nolasco and a David Wright solo blast to start the 8th. Ryota Igarashi and Sean Green were both excellent for New York, allowing just one hit between them in 4 innings out of the bullpen. But Leo Nuñez came in and shut the door for the Fish in the 9th, picking up his first save of the season.

The game also featured the fifth career triple for Jorge Cantu, who hit a shot off the wall in left that took an odd bounce past outfielder Jason Bay and came in to score on Uggla's homer.

"It's been a few years since I picked one of those up," Cantu said with a smile. His last triple was in 2006 when he was with Tampa Bay. "I thought it was going out but I'll take the triple too."

MLB Scoreboard | Florida Marlins (1-1) at New York Mets (1-1)
April 7, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida Marlins	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
New York Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	1
WIN: Ricky Nolasco (1-0) LOSS: John Maine (0-1) SAVE: Leo Nuñez (1)

Scoring Summary
			FLA	NYM
FLA	4th	Uggla homers to left. Cantu scores. Uggla scores.	2	0
FLA	5th	Ramirez doubles to left. Coghlan scores.	3	0
NYM	7th	Catalanotto doubles to center. Castillo scores	3	1
NYM	8th	Wright homers to left. Wright scores.	3	2

Florida Marlins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
LF Chris Coghlan	3	1	1	0	1	0	.285
CF Cameron Maybin	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
SS Hanley Ramirez	4	0	1	1	0	1	.142
3B Jorge Cantu	4	1	1	0	0	0	.375
2B Dan Uggla	4	1	2	2	0	0	.375
RF Cody Ross	4	0	2	0	0	1	.250
C John Baker	4	0	1	0	0	0	.200
1B Gaby Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
P Ricky Nolasco	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
TOTALS	34	3	8	3	1	8
BATTING 2B: Coghlan (1), Ramirez (1), Uggla (1) 3B: Cantu (1) HR: Uggla (1) RBI: Ramirez (1), Uggla 2 (2) GIDP: Cantu (1)
BASERUNNING SB: Ramirez (1)

Florida Marlins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ricky Nolasco (W, 1-0)	6.1	4	1	1	2	7	1.42
José Veras (H, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	9.00
Clay Hensley (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Leo Nuñez (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	2	12

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS José Reyes	4	0	0	0	1	2	.125
3B David Wright	3	1	1	1	1	0	.285
CF Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	1	.125
LF Jason Bay	4	0	3	0	0	1	.500
PR/LF -- Gary Matthews Jr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B Fernando Tatis	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2B Luis Castillo	4	1	1	0	0	3	.142
RF Jeff Francoeur	4	0	1	0	0	1	.142
C Rod Barajas	1	0	0	0	0	3	.000
P John Maine	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH -- Daniel Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH -- Frank Catalanotto	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
PH -- Alex Cora	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
TOTALS	35	2	8	2	2	12
BATTING 2B: Bay (2), Francoeur (1), Catalanotto (1) HR: Wright (1) RBI: Wright (1), Catalanotto (1)
BASERUNNING SB: Beltran (1), Castillo (1)
FIELDING E: Reyes (1)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
John Maine (L, 0-1)	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	5.40
Ryota Igarashi	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Sean Green	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	1	8

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Mejia picks up win in major league debut
Mets 3, Marlins 1

NEW YORK -- New York starter Jenrry Mejia picked up the first win of his Mets career in his major league debut against the Florida Marlins.

Both teams continued to struggle offensively, playing the third straight low-scoring affair in the rubber match of the opening series, which ended with New York on top.

Mejia was very solid in his debut, however, allowing 5 hits and an earned run on 7 innings of work. He walked 3 but struck out 5, and in the 2nd he also tallied his first major leage hit and RBI, driving in Jeff Francoeur for the game's first run.

This day was more about frustration offensively for the Marlins, who were hitting the ball hard against Mejia and relievers, but couldn't seem to find gaps and mustered only 6 hits. Florida starter Anibal Sanchez picked up the quality start, giving up 3 earned runs over 6 innings, but it wasn't enough to pull out the victory.

"It was rough today because our guys felt like they were getting wood on pitches, but sometimes they just don't fall," said Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez, whose team will have their home opener against the Dodgers on Friday in Miami. "I was happy with the approach at the plate for the most part, so the hits will come, no doubt."

Also hindering the offensive output for the Marlins were two costly baserunning errors by star shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who got on base three times and scored once, but was put out twice on mental errors.

"[Ramirez] just needs to stay focused," said Gonzalez. "He's pressing a little bit because he started a little slow, but now he just needs to find his rhythm out there."

MLB Scoreboard | Florida Marlins (1-2) at New York Mets (2-1)
April 8, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida Marlins	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York Mets	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	7	1
WIN: Jenrry Mejia (1-0) LOSS: Anibal Sanchez (0-1) SAVE: Fransisco Rodriguez (2)

Scoring Summary
			FLA	NYM
NYM	2nd	Mejia singles to left. Francoeur scores.	0	1
NYM	2nd	Reyes singles to right. Barajas scores.	0	2
FLA	4th	Cantu doubles to center. Ramirez scores.	1	2
NYM	6th	Tatis homered to left. Tatis scored.	1	3

Florida Marlins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
LF Chris Coghlan	4	0	0	0	0	0	.181
CF Cameron Maybin	4	0	1	0	0	1	.090
SS Hanley Ramirez	3	1	2	0	1	0	.300
3B Jorge Cantu	4	0	1	1	0	0	.333
2B Dan Uggla	3	0	0	0	1	0	.272
RF Cody Ross	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
C John Baker	4	0	1	0	0	2	.222
1B Gaby Sanchez	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000
P Anibal Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH -- Mike Lamb	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	31	1	6	1	3	5
BATTING 2B: Ramirez (2), Cantu (1) RBI: Cantu (2) SAC: Sanchez (1) GIDP: Uggla (1)
BASERUNNING SB: Maybin (1)

Florida Marlins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Anibal Sanchez (L, 0-1)	6.0	6	3	3	2	0	4.50
Burke Badenhop	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0.00
Totals	8.0	7	3	3	2	4

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS José Reyes	4	0	1	1	0	0	.166
3B David Wright	4	0	1	0	0	0	.272
CF Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	1	.083
LF Jason Bay	4	0	1	0	0	1	.416
1B Fernando Tatis	3	1	1	1	0	0	.111
2B Luis Castillo	3	0	1	0	0	0	.200
RF Jeff Francoeur	2	1	1	0	1	0	.222
C Rod Barajas	2	1	0	0	1	1	.000
P Jenrry Mejia	2	0	1	1	0	0	.500
PH -- Daniel Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	29	3	7	3	2	4
BATTING 2B: Wright (1), Francoeur (2) HR: Tatis (1) RBI: Reyes (1), Tatis (1), Mejia (1) GIDP: Tatis (1), Barajas (1)
FIELDING E: Reyes (2)

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jenrry Mejia (W, 1-0)	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	1.28
Kelvim Escobar (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fransisco Rodriguez (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	3	5