Jose Fernandez's Grandmother Gets To See Him Pitch
Jose Fernandez's grandmother attended the Miami Marlins' opener and saw him pitch for the first time since he left Cuba at age 15.
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Jose Fernandez's grandmother attended the Miami Marlins' opener and saw him pitch for the first time since he left Cuba at age 15.
After a long offseason following the second worst season in franchise history, the Miami Marlins will take the field again at Marlins Park Monday night to open what the team and fans hope will be a much better season.
Infielder Rafael Furcal was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday by the Miami Marlins retroactive to March 21 because of a strained left hamstring.
Always restless when he's not pitching, Jose Fernandez clowns with teammates and leads cheers in the dugout, offers to pinch run or begs to pinch hit.
Yankees captain Derek Jeter had his final spring training game rained out.
Masahiro Tanaka struck out 10 and allowed three hits over six innings Friday night in the New York Yankees' 3-0 win over the Miami Marlins.
Tino Martinez's last job with the Miami Marlins ended with the hitting coach being accused of mistreating players. But, Martinez said Thursday it wasn't an issue of mistreatment, but of trying to toughen up "soft" players.
The Miami Marlins got one step closer to the final 25 man roster Thursday when the team sent promising outfielder Jake Marisnick and infielder Donovan Solano to Triple-A New Orleans.
The owner of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox is apparently unimpressed by the Miami Marlins' attempts to improve their feeble offense.
The Miami Marlins have plenty of young arms to throw at opposing teams, but will add one more famous arm to the roster to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day.
Joe Nathan allowed four runs while only getting one out in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlins rallied for an 8-4 win over the Detroit tigers on Sunday.
Ike Davis and Travis d'Arnaud each hit a two-run homer, leading the New York Mets to a 10-2 rout of a Miami Marlins split squad Saturday.
Doug Fister pitched 3 2-3 scoreless innings in only his second spring training start and Danny Espinosa hit two home runs, his second a game-ending shot that lifted the Washington Nationals to a 6-5 win over a Miami Marlins' split-squad Saturday.
Nate Eovaldi is looking forward to opening day.
Garrett Jones homered in the first inning and drove in three runs, leading the Miami Marlins to a 7-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday.
Miami second baseman Derek Dietrich broke his nose when he was struck in the face by a bad-hop single during the Marlins' 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer off Gonzalez Germen in the sixth inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the New York Mets 10-7 Monday to improve to 5-0 against their NL East rival in spring training.
While the expectations for Marlins left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney remain high; he won't be starting the 2014 on the main roster for the Marlins.
Ricky Nolasco pitched five solid innings against his former team in the
Stephen Strasburg outpitched Jose Fernandez and the Nationals beat the Marlins 2-1 in a spring training game Saturday.
After a long drive went just foul, Giancarlo Stanton was determined to at least swing hard.
It's not often that a baseball player can show you just how much he's worth with one swing of the bat, but Miami Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton tried his best today during Spring Training.
The Marlins look to the 22-year-old Christian Yelich to lead off and start in left field.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his first home run of spring training for Miami and the Marlins lost to the Tigers 3-1 on Sunday.
Jason Heyward went 3 for 3, Justin Upton drove in three runs with a single and a double, and an Atlanta Braves split squad tied the Miami Marlins 6-6 on Saturday in a game stopped after nine innings.
