Florida Marlins

est buddies and future subject of tennis elbow surgery, Mario A, invited me down a day early for a Florida Marlins game. (Mario and I once played tennis alongside the Swedish national team featuring Mats Wilander and a young Stefan Edberg, bombarding them with newly released, over-sized tennis ballsa�� but that's a story for another time). As it's unlike me to refuse a free ticket to a sporting event of any kind, I cordially accepted his invitation and off we went to Dolphin Stadium to see Florida take on the NL West leading Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Lets get the first two teams out of the way.  The Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals are obviously trying to build a team from the ground up.  The Marlins made a big trade this off-season, sending Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabera to the Detroit Tigers for a package of six prospects.  The Marlins are hoping these prospects help build toward the future with two of them helping this year.  Andrew Miller is slotted into the third spot in the rotation and Curtis Maybin is their starting centerfielder.  The Marlins also have some other very good young guys, beginning of course with Mr. Fantasy Baseball, Hanley Ramirez.  Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida and Mike Jacobs help fill out a line-up that will do their share of hitting this season.  The rotation is a work in progress with four of their five starting pitchers 27 years old or younger.  This team will struggle all year for wins but can definitely help your fantasy team.

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