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At this point, the rest of the games should be played as auditions for next year. If Stowers is still hurt, shut him down for the year and bring up Alderman so we don't lose him to Rule 5.

Starlyn Caba is 1 year away from being Rule 5 eligible. If he doesn't show any semblance of tangible progress next year, then the Jesus Luzardo trade will be up there with Yelich, Realmuto, and Miggy as the worst trades in Marlins history.

You have to wonder if the league is seeing something that the Marlins coaching and Eury/Sandy is not, because my goodness, they both been shelled three games in a row and neither of them are adjusting. None of the games they've pitched even resembles watchable.

Otto Lopez needs to happen. His market value is probably back where it was before this season due to his awful second half. This is a good opportunity to sign him long-term.

The Marlins get swept by the Mets. Lindor MVP. At this point, I'm just convinced the Marlins are actively trying to lose every single remaining game this season. Even if Sandy pitches well (as he usually does against the Mets), the Marlins will find some way to lose that game. EDIT: Case. In. Point. Keep proving me right, Marlins.

If Stowers gets on the IL, I would assume it's for the remainder of the season. At that point, don't be a wuss. Promote Kemp Alderman. He plays literally the same exact positions Kyle Stowers plays. You lose nothing, defensive versatility-wise.

Leo Jimenez played in 66 games? That is bare minimum 56 games too many. If he's not offering defensive value, what is he even here for?

Jacob Lombard is a bit concerning. I was expecting swing-and-miss in his game, but a strikeout rate near 40% at Low-A is alarming. That is downright Monte Harrison levels of swing-through-balls. I won't hold it too harshly against him as he's getting his feet wet in his first action of professional ball, but I have some concerns about his future in higher-level competition.

We're going to lose Kemp Alderman to Rule 5, aren't we?

If they didn't trade Ryan Weathers, they wouldn't be having this problem. One of the aformentioned right handers you mentioned (like Tyler Phillips) would be in the bullpen, and the bullpen wouldn't be gassed. But believe me, starting pitching is the least of their problems. Their offense has fallen off a cliff. HARD.

Pitchers are throwing harder than ever these past few years. The Marlins aren't the only team dealing with a graveyard of injuries. Look at the Chicago Cubs.

Another terrible first round draft pick by D.J. Svihlik for a guy with an illustrous history full of terrible first round draft picks. I hope the Marlins just cut bait and release Noble Meyer and have someone else deal with the headache, just so we can close the book on DJ Svihlik so we can stop actively talking about him. I'm not exactly thrilled with Frank Pilliere's pick of PJ Morlando but I'm hoping his picks end up better.

Suarez wouldn't have helped. As it is now, not a single player on our team is OPSing over .790. That's alarming for a pitching staff that needs as many runs as it can get due to not enough starting depth. The fall-off of Otto Lopez especially deserves a case study. How does a player go from batting .334 with 9 home runs and OPSing .873 in the first half, to a a guy batting .236 with 0 home runs and OPSing .565 in the second half? I knew there'd be regression to the mean, but not to this extreme.

If Cade Gibson can't get a guy who's OPSing in the low .600s out with platoon advantage, then he should just be relegated to only low-leverage relief, if not DFA'd. I'd sooner trust a right-hander with bad splits against lefties than Cade Gibson against lefties.

Couldn't agree more. I always found Starlyn Caba to be an insanely overrated prospect from the moment the trade was made, and his production since the trade has done nothing to change my mind. I knew his patient approach at the plate in the upper levels of the minors wasn't going to be sustainable, and that Caba was going to fall flat the moment the upper minors pitching were going to start pitching to him, forcing Caba to swing at strikes. This cold streak has done nothing but validate my skepticism. The Marlins should've sold high on Caba's strong first half and traded him to bolster 3B, 1B, or a lefty starting pitcher. They didn't. Now they're heading into the Boston series having to do a bullpen game with an ineffective bullpen, and playing musical chairs at 1B, meanwhile STILL not having an answer at 3B. As it is, Starlyn Caba is now up there with Jacob Berry on my personal Mount Rushmore of overrated Marlins prospects.