Florida Marlins baseball team

FORT MYERS, Fla. — After five weeks of evaluating, the Marlins are close to finalizing their rotation. Manager Fredi Gonzalez noted that by the end of the week — perhaps Sunday — the team may be ready to make an announcement. Gonzalez added he would like to set his starting staff before the middle of [...]

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mike Stanton came as advertised. The 20-year-old showed power. He demonstrated plate discipline and even sparkled in right field with his athleticism. As much as the Marlins would like to see more of Stanton, they also recognized that a little more seasoning is required before he brings his talents to the [...]

JUPITER, Fla. — Leo Nunez has been counted on at the end of a game to nail down a save for only 53 1/3 innings of his five-year Major League career. But he's always looked the part. Not in terms of numbers, per se — though some of those point to that logic, too — [...]

JUPITER, Fla. — Make a mistake pitch, and Gaby Sanchez can make you pay. Nationals right-hander Garrett Mock witnessed that on Saturday at Space Coast Stadium, when Sanchez belted a two-run homer off Mock in the second inning. It was Sanchez's first home run of Spring Training, and it served as a reminder that the [...]

JUPITER, Fla. — Bringing the heat has not been an issue for Josh Johnson. The Marlins ace doesn't consider himself a prototypical "power pitcher," but his velocity numbers suggest otherwise. In 4 1/3 innings in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals, Johnson's fastball touched 95 mph in the first inning. At 6-foot-7, 250-pounds, the [...]

VIERA, Fla. — Maybe it wasn't exactly a sense of urgency, but Marlins right-hander Chris Volstad certainly understood the importance of his start on Saturday afternoon. Shaky at times in Spring Training, Volstad knew he had to show more if he hopes to secure a rotation spot. "I would never say I was really concerned," [...]

MARLINS 7, CARDINALS (ss) 6at Jupiter, Fla.Friday, March 19 Cardinals at the plate: With two outs in the third inning, Albert Pujols connected on his first home run of Spring Training. The All-Star crushed a 3-1 Anibal Sanchez offering out to left field. Pujols went deep on his 20th Grapefruit League at-bat. Joe Mather's RBI [...]

JUPITER, Fla. — Under the lights, Ricky Nolasco was simply lights out. Flirting with perfection, the Marlins right-hander struck out seven in five innings and put on a clinic in throwing strikes. Nolasco didn't allow a baserunner through four innings, and what was shaping up as an unblemished evening turned into a no-decision after he [...]

JUPITER, Fla. — Move over Jorge Jimenez. You are no longer the only dark horse to make the Marlins. Right-hander Clay Hensley has a shot to win a rotation spot. If that isn't in the cards for the 30-year-old, he also could be a bullpen option. "We talk about this early on in camp — [...]

VIERA, Fla. — In 2001, Derrick Turnbow suffered an agonizing broken right elbow injury. The pain the veteran reliever felt on Tuesday afternoon was much worse. In Marlins camp on a Minor League contract, Turnbow had a 10-pitch outing against the Nationals at Space Coast Stadium. On his last pitch, a ball that plunked Danny [...]