The suddenly shocking sweeping Marlins

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The Miami Marlins managed to sweep the New York Mets and the Detroit Tigers to get six straight wins, and are now creeping on the Washington Nationals.

Before those series, we were going back to the record books to compare and estimate if this team could make history with their terrible record.

I found this article about the ten worst seasons in MLB history and after reading it, I was sure these Marlins were going to make that list.

Now, I am not so sure they will get there.

The 1962 New York Mets had a 40-120 record, the 2003 Detroit Tigers finished with 43 and 119 and the 2018 Baltimore Orioles had 47-115, 61 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East.

They all looked very achievable to this poor-production Marlins team.

However, we all know baseball is an unpredictable sport and these Marlins suddenly turned into a clutch and unhittable team.

Heads up, Nationals

With this six wins, the Marlins put their record in 16-31, just one game and a half from the Washington Nationals, their rival for their next four-game series.

Is this team really playing that much better? Let’s check it out.

The starting pitching has been performing at a decent-to-good level all year, right?

Well, it’s been even better during these six games:

The offense is finally coming through to score enough runs to win. As easy as it sounds, that has been the key.

The Marlins haven’t had a very explosive game offensively, but they’re hitting the ball when they need to. They are averaging 5.16 runs per game during this stretch.

Before that, they were only scoring 2.46 runs per game.

Home runs have been a key element of their great run. Garrett Cooper’s go-ahead grand slam in the ninth inning on Thursday afternoon was their eight in that six-game span.

Before, in those 41 first games, they had only 24.

Brian Anderson is stepping up again and we’re seeing the first sparks in Harold Ramírez and Garrett Cooper’s swings, and that is comforting.

Garrett Cooper should be the bat that brings that extra pop to the lineup. His first home runs came in this series, and we should expect more opportunities for him there.

Hopefully, Austin Dean joins the party soon, so the Marlins don’t send him down to the minors again.

The Five Reasons input in the Marlins winning streak

Right before all this happened, we planned a special episode of the Five Reasons Flagship to analyze the historical and hysterical Marlins season.


This is what we talked about on Wednesday morning after the Marlins’ fourth win in a row:

I said there that I was expecting more from Brian Anderson, and I think we’re still are, since he should be the third baseman of the future.

He had a good series at Detroit with two very important homers and four RBIs, but is still far away from what we expect from him, hitting .229, with a .309 OBP, four home runs, eight doubles and 16 RBIs.

Way before that, Craig Mish did his part tweeting in Spanish:

How much time should we wait until we plan a special episode about the Marlins’ great present?

We know we are dangerous…

 

Alejandro Villegas likes the shift more than Leandro Soto does. Neither likes Curtis Granderson hitting leadoff, and that’s one of the few things Leandro, Ricardo and Alejandro agree when they talk on Cinco Razones Podcast. Check their coverage of the Miami Marlins and their episodes clicking here.

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