Marlins Looking For Relievers

Fish have been playing musical chairs with relievers all season long.. get on back and 2 go back to the DL.. They just cannot get ahead and now, Lindstrom goes down. They just cannot catch a break on DL list for starters, nor relievers and this is with all young pitchers, no old guys on this staff.

Might as well try Ayala, mark Wiley has done wonders and he might be correctable.

What's does this article have to do with the Cubs???

Is that the same Nelson that's getting beat up in the Rays bullpen?

Wiley isn't a miracle worker, he couldn't fix Willis, Lindstrom, Nolasco, Sanchez, etc. The guy is just a coach and an average one at that. Marlins saw enough of Nelson to realize he was a one year wonder just like Borowski, Waecther, etc.

Aren't the Rockies looking to trade Huston Street? I think that would be a good option, probably just have to give up some young talent (which we have plenty of). The Marlins have to stop thinking so much about the future and do a few things to improve on the present team while they're still in the race for the pennant

"Wiley isn't a miracle worker, he couldn't fix Willis, Lindstrom, Nolasco, Sanchez, etc. The guy is just a coach and an average one at that. Marlins saw enough of Nelson to realize he was a one year wonder just like Borowski, Waecther, etc."

Why the hell would you use those guys?

Nolasco posted a 3.77 FIP in 212 innings last year, and a 3.78 FIP in 68 innings this year. He didn't deserve to get sent down, and he's been absolutely fantastic for Florida in the past two years.

Willis posted a 2.99 FIP in 236 innings in 2005. He was worth an average WAR of 3.2 from 2003-2007, which is really good, and he was part of a trade that could still bear a lot of talent to Florida.

Matt Lindstrom has a career FIP of 3.29 in 153 innings, and he's proven to be one of their best relievers.

Anibal Sanchez has had trouble with injuries, but he has a 4.71 FIP in his 231 innings in Florida, which is around league average, and he did throw a no-hitter.

Why not list guys that he's actually failed with..?

Why would the Marlins commit 2 million to a 30 something reliever who hasn't been able to stay on a major league for more then 2 years, guys just don't figure it out at 35.

If Wiley is so great, why does the most talented rotation in NL east have an Era in the middle of the pack.

All those coaches have claimed their with succesful reclamation projects. Who's Wiley's project? Miltre, hendrickson, etc. All failures. Any Wiley success can be traced back to Larry beinfest. Being lucky doesn't make you good.

LOL Everybody has failures, just like everybody has those guys they know the problem with (Aardsma for example) yet just cannot get it fixed and they move on and all of a sudden, the player realizes wht was being told to them will actually work.

Yes Russell, luck plays a part also.. Is that what u want to hear?

Everybody has failures, just like there are good pitching coaches and horrible pitching coaches that for some reason, managed to hang around for years and years.. Dick Pole comes to mind in that category.

I think Hawkins and Sampson out of the Stros been are options... while Oakland has a pretty solid core of relievers that may be available like Ziegler or Bailey. The O's have some options while they are in town...

"Stanton and a C+ level prospect for Saito"

No chance. Fish wouldn't trade this guy for Saito, MDC, or even Ramirez. This is the future slugger they are counting on in a couple of years.

Johns when we first hired mark wiley as the pitching coach it was in 2005 which was dontrelle's best season. Rick krantiz was the coach from 2006 and 2007.