Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. Miami was the surprise playoff team in the 2020 season. They made it worth their time and won the first round. Can they use that momentum to make it two straight years?

 

2020 Record: 31-29 (2nd in NL East)

 

Marlins Hitters

 

Corey Dickerson

  • Corey Dickerson is batting .274 (46-for-168) on pitches out of the zone since the 2019 season — best in MLB

  • Corey Dickerson has a swing rate of 56% (1,148/2,040) since the 2019 season — 11th highest in MLB
  • Corey Dickerson is slugging .495 (53 total bases in 107 ABs) on low breaking pitches since the 2019 season — 7th best in MLB
  • Corey Dickerson has a Well-Hit Avg of just .080 (7/87) on changeups since the 2019 season — tied for 11th lowest in MLB

 

Starling Marte

  • Starling Marte is slugging .634 (185 total bases in 292 ABs) versus relief pitchers since the 2019 season — 3rd best in MLB

  • Starling Marte has a groundball rate of 53% (337/639) since the 2019 season — 6th highest in MLB
  • Starling Marte has chased 35% of pitches out of the zone (294/832) on outside pitches since the 2019 season — 7th highest in MLB
  • Starling Marte has driven in 51 runs in innings 7-9 since the 2019 season — 3rd most in MLB
  • Starling Marte has an OBP of .408 (152 PA’s) when leading off an inning since the 2019 season — tied for 9th best in MLB
  • Starling Marte is batting .312 (103-for-330) on outside pitches since the 2019 season — 4th best in MLB
  • Starling Marte is slugging just .239 (21 total bases in 88 ABs) on changeups since the 2019 season — tied for 4th lowest in MLB

 

Jesus Aguilar

  • Jesus Aguilar slugged .862 (25 total bases in 29 ABs) on inside fastballs in the 2020 season — 6th best in MLB 
  • Jesus Aguilar averaged 4.47 pitches per plate appearance (264/59) against LHP in the 2020 season — 7th highest in MLB
  • Jesus Aguilar batted .389 (14-for-36) on elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 8th best in MLB
  • Jesus Aguilar had a Well-Hit Avg of .282 (22/78) on outside pitches in the 2020 season — best in MLB

 

Brian Anderson

  • Brian Anderson is slugging just .317 (82 total bases in 259 ABs) on outside pitches since the 2019 season — 11th lowest among 127 in MLB
  • Brian Anderson is slugging .654 (89 total bases in 136 ABs) with runners in scoring position since the 2019 season — tied for 4th best in MLB
  • Brian Anderson has missed on 31% of swings (156/500) with two-strikes since the 2019 season — 9th highest in MLB
  • Brian Anderson is slugging .528 (86 total bases in 163 ABs) on breaking pitches against RHP since the 2019 season — 13th best in MLB

 

Adam Duvall

  • Adam Duvall slugged .630 (51 total bases in 81 ABs) on outside pitches last season — best in MLB; League Avg: .374

  • Adam Duvall batted just .104 (5-for-48) on sliders last season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Adam Duvall hit 11 home runs in non-two strike counts last season — tied for 7th most in MLB

 

Garrett Cooper

  • Garrett Cooper is batting .298 (36-for-121) on breaking pitches against RHP since the 2019 season — 6th best in MLB
  • Garrett Cooper has 38 strikeouts in 115 PA’s (33%) on pitches 95 mph or greater since the 2019 season — 14th highest in MLB

 


Miguel Rojas

  • Miguel Rojas is batting .339 (59-for-174) against LHP since the 2019 season — tied for 10th best in MLB
  • Miguel Rojas has an OPS of just .690 (480 PA’s) against RHP since the 2019 season — 13th lowest in MLB
  • Miguel Rojas is batting .366 (37-for-101) on pitches 95 mph or greater since the 2019 season — 5th best in MLB 
  • Miguel Rojas has 80 strikeouts in 669 PA’s (just 12%) since the 2019 season — 11th best in MLB 

 

 

Jon Berti

  • Jon Berti has a groundball rate of 55% (148/270) since the 2019 season — 12th highest in MLB
  • Jon Berti has chased just 12% of elevated fastballs out of the zone (28/225) since the 2019 season — 13th lowest in MLB 
  • Jon Berti had a swing rate of just 35% (205/585) in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB 

 

Chad Wallach

 

Bench

 

Jorge Alfaro

  • Jorge Alfaro has chased 57% of breaking pitches out of the zone down-and-away(150/264) since the 2019 season — highest in MLB 
  • Jorge Alfaro has put just 27% of his swings in play (336/1,260) since the 2019 season — 4th lowest in MLB 
  • Jorge Alfaro has a swing rate of 61% (1,260/2,065) since the 2019 season — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Jorge Alfaro has a K:BB ratio of 7.3 (190/26) since the 2019 season — 2nd highest in MLB

 

Isan Diaz

 

Lewis Brinson

  • Lewis Brinson is slugging just .268 (89 total bases in 332 ABs) since the 2019 season — lowest in MLB 
  • Lewis Brinson has 128 quality ABs out of 360 total (36% QAB rate) since the 2019 season — 5th lowest in MLB 
  • Lewis Brinson has 3 HRs in 332 ABs (110.7 AB/HR) since the 2019 season — 8th highest AB per HR rate in MLB 
  • Lewis Brinson has an OPS of just .514 (360 PA’s) since the 2019 season — lowest in MLB

 

Harold Ramirez

  • Harold Ramirez has chased 41% of pitches out of the zone (390/960) since the 2019 season — 10th highest in MLB 
  • Harold Ramirez has drawn 19 walks in 457 PA’s (4%) since the 2019 season — tied for 9th lowest in MLB

 

Magneuris Sierra

  • Magneuris Sierra has not homered in any of his last 100 games — this is the longest active streak among active MLB players
  • Magneuris Sierra has at least one strikeout in six consecutive games, dating back to September 26th, 2020 — Martin Maldonado has the longest active streak at 30.

 

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Sandy Alcantara

  • Sandy Alcantara has an average fastball velocity of 95.7 MPH since the 2019 season — 13th highest in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 304 of Sandy Alcantara’s 1,038 fastballs out of the zone (29%) since the 2019 season — 12th highest in MLB
  • Sandy Alcantara has allowed a slugging percentage of just .358 (187 Total Bases / 522 ABs) on fastballs since the 2019 season — 7th best in MLB
  • Sandy Alcantara has walked 60 of 538 left-handed batters (11%) since the 2019 season — 11th highest in MLB

 

Pablo Lopez

  • Pablo Lopez has thrown his changeup 33% of the time (255/766) with two-strikes since the 2019 season — 12th highest in MLB
  • Pablo Lopez has allowed an OPS of just .600 (339 PA’s) against right-handed batters since the 2019 season — 13th best in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 112 of Pablo Lopez’s 318 fastballs in off the plate (35%) since the 2019 season — 13th highest in MLB
  • Left-handed batters are hitting .291 (98-for-337) against Pablo Lopez since the 2019 season — tied for 10th highest in MLB 
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .168 (62/369) against fastballs from Pablo Lopez since the 2019 season — tied for 15th best in MLB 

 

Elieser Hernandez

  • Opponents batted just .151 (14-for-93) against Elieser Hernandez on sliders last season — tied for 3rd best in MLB
  • Elieser Hernandez elevated 43% of his pitches (203/477) with two-strikes last season — 5th highest in MLB 
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of just 19% (44/233) versus Elieser Hernandez last season — 7th lowest in MLB
  • Elieser Hernandez allowed an OPS of .910 (166 PA’s) vs left-handed batters last season — 14th highest in MLB
  • Elieser Hernandez allowed a slugging percentage of .775 (100 Total Bases / 129 ABs) in non-two strike counts last season — 8th highest in MLB

 

Sixto Sanchez

  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .028 (2/71) against Sixto Sanchez with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 2nd best in MLB 

  • Sixto Sanchez threw his off-speed pitches for a strike 72% (210/293) of the time in the 2020 season — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Opponents batted .500 (14-for-28) against Sixto Sanchez on the first pitch of at-bats in the 2020 season — 4th highest in MLB
  • Opponents batted just .148 (8-for-54) against Sixto Sanchez’s changeup in the 2020 season — 8th best in MLB
  • Sixto Sanchez allowed an OPS of just .531 (74 PA’s) vs left-handed batters in the 2020 season — 13th best in MLB 
  • Sixto Sanchez allowed a slugging percentage of just .169 (12 Total Bases / 71 ABs) with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 12th best in MLB
  • Sixto Sanchez had an average fastball velocity of 97.6 MPH in the 2020 season — 3rd highest in MLB

 

Trevor Rogers

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Yimi Garcia

  • Yimi Garcia has thrown his slider 62% of the time (190/307) on the first pitch of at-bats since the 2019 season — 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Yimi Garcia has allowed an OBP of just .174 (190 PA’s) with two-strikes since the 2019 season — 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Yimi Garcia has allowed an OBP of just .242 (306 PA’s) since the 2019 season — 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Right-handed batters are hitting just .171 (30-for-175) against Yimi Garcia since the 2019 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Yimi Garcia has induced opposing hitters to ground into just 1 double play in 32 opportunities (3%) since the 2019 season — 11th lowest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Anthony Bass

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 57% (113/198) against Anthony Bass since the start of the 2019 season — 14th highest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Anthony Bass has allowed an OPS of just .561 (289 PA’s) since the start of the 2019 season — 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .138 (17-for-123) against Anthony Bass’ non-fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

James Hoyt

  • James Hoyt threw his off-speed pitches for a strike 69% (117/169) of the time in the 2020 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • James Hoyt threw off-speed pitches 69% of the time (169/244) in the 2020 season — 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a chase percentage of 44% (38/87) against James Hoyt on sliders in the 2020 season — 12th highest among among 139 qualified RPs in MLB
  • James Hoyt had an ERA of 1.23 (14.2 IP) in the 2020 season — tied for 15th best among among 232 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Richard Bleier

  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 17% (87/503) against Richard Bleier since the 2019 season — 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Richard Bleier has walked 12 of 302 batters (4%) since the 2019 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Richard Bleier has allowed an OBP of just .231 (143 PA’s) vs left-handed batters since the 2019 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 70% (112/160) against Richard Bleier’s fastball since the 2019 season — 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Richard Bleier has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 73% (133/181) of opposing batters since the 2019 season — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Adam Cimber

  • Adam Cimber has a strike rate of 68% (664/974) since the 2019 season — 12th highest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 62% (90/144) against Adam Cimber’s fastball since the 2019 season — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 21% (104/505) against Adam Cimber since the 2019 season — tied for 13th lowest among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Dylan Floro

  • Opponents are hitting just .185 (12-for-65) against Dylan Floro on low fastballs since 2019 — 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Dylan Floro has walked 9 of 197 right-handed batters (5%) since 2019 — 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 60 of Dylan Floro’s 152 fastballs in off the plate (40%) since 2019 — 9th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Ross Detwiler

 

Jeff Brigham

 

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