Marlins officially out of it
After losing 2 games to the Phillies, a game to the Reds and a game to the Nats. The Marlins fall out of contention for a playoff bid. I have watched over 180 games to type that sentence. That sucks. I will get over it probably sooner than Cody who has played a record number of games (140) in his career so far. The first full season in the bigs for Ross has done an outstaning job. He was the opening day centerfielder for Fla. but had not nailed down the starting job untill later in the season. First it was a platoon situation with Amezaga and then the Marlins signed J. Jones for a shot at it. He failed. Ross hung in there and won the job. With Cody’s outstanding defensive ability won the job and went on to be an above average hitter with 22 home runs and a .265 hitter. Having only one error ($ht,mthrfk what the, whre dd the ball go, I didn’t ctch the dm thing ptts #%$&*!!!! ball) for the season gives him a .997 fielding %. As everyone knows its Cody’s arbitration year which means he made it for three years at minimum pay and now it is time for payday. The Marlins are in a situation where they have 18 eligible players up for arbitration. Its likely that alot of players will not return to the team because of payroll concerns. Cody is considered one of the players the Marlins want to keep because of his power, defense and the ability to play all three outfield positions. The Marlins big problem is they will not get their new stadium untill 2011. Thats three more years with loss of income playing in Dolphin stadium. So it was great signing Hanley to a long term deal but no other big contracts have been made. Speculation has Uggla, Jacobs, Olsen, Hermida, and others leaving the team. Its a huge compliment to Cody that he is considered a keeper for the Marlins. By the middle of December it will all hang out. That is the deadline for contracts for 2009. It will be an interesting off season for Ross and other Marlins who will be Fish or not. It has been a special three seasons with all these rookies doing things in the Majors that no other team has matched or ever will. I was sucked into this game because of Cody and it has been a new passion of mine and my wife watching Ross and the Marlins. We will try and keep everyone updated on things that happen in the offseason so keep comin back for updates. Also please feel free to post. We will be bringing you guys questions to poll on in the future and the site will get better next year I promise. Maybe we can talk Cody into posting some comments in the future.
By the way Cody went 2-4 tonite with a single and a home run to make it 22. He ain’t done yet. I can feel it. The Mets and Phillies are down to a playoff race and the Marlins have a big part of what will happen those last three days in New York………
