This brutal collapse is what was expected for the Marlins this year.

[One Regend]

I expected the Marlins to lose 110 games this year.

I might've missed the mark by just a smidge, but that doesn't change the picture. They're still going to lose, and lose a lot. This was supposed to be a tank year, and right now, it's starting to look like the Marlins remembered that they were supposed to be tanking.

Let's be for real. The playoffs were a pipe dream this year, even with their surprising start. The NL East is stacked. The Mets are one of the best teams in baseball, the Phillies are a strong playoff contending team, and the Braves weren't going to play like an 0-9 team forever. And for the last remaining playoff spot, we can't forget about the NL West. The Diamondbacks and Padres are strong playoff contenders.

The Marlins were gifted a paper-soft schedule to begin the year. At some point, the Marlins' luck was going to run out, and now we are witnessing what happens when the Marlins play real teams. We get lapped. Yeah. 

It's obvious we don't have the talent to compete at the MLB level. Our rotation is the worst in baseball, and while our offense has been passable, it's been buoyed by an insane BABIP.

Kyle Stowers has been good, but he's also been whiffing at an alarming level. Xavier Edwards isn't tearing the cover off the ball like he was last year, and is stubbornly being played at SS, even though he doesn't have the arm nor the instincts to handle the position. Matt Mervis hits long home runs, but doesn't do a whole lot else. Agustin Ramirez has a lot of promise, but that promise is being wasted by the Marlins stubbornly playing him as a catcher when he does not have the chops to stick behind the plate. (He's already had a Passed Ball at the MLB level and he had 7 Passed Balls in AAA. We just finished April. Let that sink in.)

The plan is pretty clear. Suck harder.

The Marlins will be drafting 7th overall this year, and if they tank hard enough, maybe they won't be so unlucky like they were last year, slipping from projected #1 overall all the way to 7th. Last year's Trade Deadline is already paying dividends in helping replenish serious talent, flushing out the old talent that failed them at the major league level when it mattered. Provided they draft well, they can infuse some serious talent that they've been lacking the past couple of years. Provided all goes well and the Marlins don't miscast their talent like they are right now, the hope is that brand new talent bears more fruit than a Miami Marlins era that involved:

-The Chicaco Cubs becoming the property of the Miami Marlins, only for the Marlins to get smacked by the juggernaut of their own division, during the pandemic-shortened season.
-A one-and-done playoff appearance in 2023.