2018 Remarkable! Season Preview – Miami Marlins

by | Mar 16, 2018 | Baseball

 

2017 Record: 77-85 (2nd in NL East)

 

Miami will have a new outfield in the 2018 season after trading away Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna, and Christian Yelich. They will be young with some key veteran pieces on a rebuilding team. Here’s our Remarkable! season preview.

 

Starting Pitchers

 

Jose Urena
  • Right-handed hitters had a line drive rate of 16.0% (41/256) against Jose Urena in the 2017 season — League Avg: 21.7%.
  • He struck out 10.9% (39/359) of left-handed batters he faced in 2017 — 4th lowest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 19.7%.

 

Adam Conley
  • He walked 4 of 111 left-handed batters (3.6%) in the 2017 season — 9th lowest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.9%.
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of 15.6% (19/122) against Adam Conley on non-fastballs in 2017 — League Avg: 21.1%.

 

Dan Straily
  • Right-handed hitters had a chase rate of 34.6% (242/700) against Dan Straily in the 2017 season — 13th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 29.5%.
  • He threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 70.1% (197/281) of opposing right-handed batters in 2017 — 20th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 63.1%.

 

Odrisamer Despaigne
  • Threw 58.1 innings in 2017

 

Wei-Yin Chen
  • Threw 33 innings in 2017

 

Dillon Peters
  • Threw 31.1 innings in 2017

 

Relief Pitchers

 

2017 Bullpen Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .259 26th
OBP .341 27th
SLG .407 16th
OPS .748 24th
BB% 10.2% T-24th
K% 21.0% T-24th
GB% 45.7% 14th

 

Brad Ziegler
  • He had an average fastball velocity of just 83.1 MPH in the 2017 season — slowest among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 94.0.

  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 65.0% (106/163) against Brad Ziegler in 2017 — 7th highest among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 45.4%.
  • Right-handed hitters had a chase rate of 36.2% (71/196) against Brad Ziegler in 2017 — League Avg: 30.6%.

 

Junichi Tazawa
  • He has retired the leadoff hitter in each of his last 10 innings (Steven Okert has the longest active streak at 15).
  • He allowed a BABIP of .125 on high fastballs in the 2017 season — 4th best among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .282.
  • He threw his curveball just 5.6% of the time (18/321) with two strikes in 2017 — 4th lowest among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 29.3%.

 

Kyle Barraclough
  • Opponents had a miss rate of 50.3% (98/195) against Kyle Barraclough on non-fastballs in the 2017 season — League Avg: 34.5%.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .203 (13 Total Bases / 64 ABs) with RISP in 2017 — 17th best among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .414.
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .036 (4/110) against Kyle Barraclough on curves and sliders in 2017 — tied for 9th best among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .118.

 

Nick Wittgren
  • Opponents hit .364 against Nick Wittgren (16-for-44) on non-fastballs in the 2017 season — League Avg: .211.
  • He recorded 26 of his 28 strikeouts (92.9%) with his fastball vs right-handed batters in 2017 — 4th highest among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 48.1%.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .725 (29 Total Bases / 40 ABs) against the first batter faced in the inning in 2017 — 5th worst among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .414.

 

Drew Steckenrider
  • He struck out 45.7% (32/70) of right-handed batters he faced in the second half of the 2017 season — 3rd highest among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 23.3%.
  • Opponents hit .149 against Drew Steckenrider (11-for-74) on fastballs in the second half of 2017 — 8th best among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .272.

 

Hitters

 

2017 Offense Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .267 3rd
OBP .331 10th
SLG .431 14th
OPS .761 T-10th
BB% 7.8% 24th
K% 20.5% T-9th
QAB 2625 12th
wOBA .329 T-16th

 

Starlin Castro
  • He has not drawn a walk in his last 35 PA’s against a LHP dating back to August 30, 2017 (Tim Anderson has the longest active streak at 113).
  • He batted .354 (35-for-99) on pitches 94 mph or greater in the 2017 season — 10th best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .258.
  • He had a swing rate of 69.6% (378/543) with two strikes in 2017 — 8th highest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 60.6%.

 

J.T. Realmuto
  • He pulled 52.9% of balls he’s put into play (227/429) in the 2017 season — 11th highest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 45.1%.

  • He had an OPS of just .633 (253 PAs) at home in 2017 — 5th worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .769.
  • He hit .317 (96-for-303) on the road in 2017 — League Avg: .249.

 

Justin Bour
  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of .317 (33/104) with RISP in the 2017 season — 2nd best in MLB among hitters with at least 243 PAs; League Avg: .160.

  • He slugged .534 (62 total bases in 116 ABs) on low non-fastballs in 2017 — League Avg; .300.
  • He had an OPS of .902 (429 PAs) in 2017 — 7th best among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .750.

 

Derek Dietrich
  • He had an OBP of .476 (63 PAs) against left-handed relievers in the 2017 season — 9th best among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .324.
  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of just .045 (4/89) on inside fastballs in 2017 — 4th worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .147.
  • He had an OPS of .856 (79 PAs) on curves and sliders against RHP in 2017 — 17th best among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .628.

 

J.T. Riddle
  • He chased 47.9% of pitches out of the zone (56/117) versus LHP in the 2017 season — 2nd highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 29.6%.

  • He had a groundball rate of 58.9% (63/107) versus starting pitchers in 2017 — 5th highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 45.2%.
  • He had an OBP of just .235 (132 PAs) at home in 2017 — 4th worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .331.

 

Cameron Maybin
  • He stole 28 bases versus RHP in 2017 — 5th in MLB.
  • He batted just .155 (11-for-71) on low fastballs in the 2017 season — tied for 4th worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .285.
  • He chased 23.4% of non-fastballs out of the zone (96/410) in 2017 — League Avg: 34.9%.

 

Martin Prado
  • Accrued 147 PAs in 2017 — will start 2018 season on the DL

 

Lewis Brinson
  • Accrued 55 PAs in 2017

 

 

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