That’s not a insane thing to hope for, and neither is the positive impact of adding Rodriguez to the clubhouse at a time when Miami has every opportunity to sulk with Giancarlo Stanton out for the remainder of the regular season with a groin injury. The Marlins will have to figure out how to replace his production, which will not be easy.
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The Marlins had a dramatic victory on the field Sunday, but it was overshadowed by a bigger loss. The Marlins are second-to-last in the National League in home runs, so losing their main power source is a concern. They needed a number of notable contributions to improve to 4-8 for the month before embarking on a seven-game trip.
The Marlins were tied with the Cardinals for the second wild card going into St. Louis’ game against the Chicago Cubs later Sunday.
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The biggest reason for the Marlins’ batting troubles has been the lack of home runs.
It took an additional run-scoring single by Marcell Ozuna off former Marlin Jacob Turner to provide the winning margin as Tim Anderson hit a solo homer off Fernandeo Rodney, who got credit for the save despite allowing four hits in the ninth. The team for the time being will have to start Ichiro Suzuki, who probably wasn’t expecting to play as much at his age.
I don’t think he has much to offer – even against left-handers, he was hitting just.211/.265/.382, but that was in just 82 plate appearances.
It looks like if the Marlins want the Wild Card, they will have to look outside of the organization.
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“Obviously, there is still opportunity for G to be back this season’s end”.
The loss of slugger Giancarlo Stanton may be the straw that broke the camels’ back when it came to looking at Alex Rodriguez. He is due $7,103,825 for the rest of this season and $20 million next year. In his first full season in the majors he has pitched 130 1/3 innings, approaching the most in his professional career. “He has the ability to do a lot of things”.
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Steinbrenner told him on August 3 the end was at hand, and Rodriguez said last Sunday he had accepted an offer to play one final home game and then become a team adviser through 2017, tasked with mentoring young players. “We’ll have a little different look”. His enormous figure and presence in the middle of the order will be dearly missed and it will now be up to Christian Yelich and Marcel Ozuna to cover up the loss of Stanton’s production in the middle of the order. He could help them make the playoffs, but would not be the reason they don’t, should they fall short.
