The Miami Marlins filled in the remainder of their starting rotation innings thanks to trades and ineffectiveness from two-thirds of its expected staff. Wade LeBlanc and trade acquisitions Jacob Turner and Nathan Eovaldi performed well in their place
The Miami Marlins traded Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante at midseason in the first of two major trades in 2012. The return for the Fish was Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly, and Brian Flynn, and the haul appears ready to help the Marlins in 2013.
The Miami Marlins bet on Carlos Zambrano to return to decent effectiveness long enough to last as a fifth starter in 2012. Unfortunately, Zambrano kept up the charade for only half of the season before completely collapsing in June.
For years, the Miami Marlins have waited for Ricky Nolasco to regress to his stellar peripherals. In 2012, the team counted on him less behind a number of good starters, but his peripherals caught up and struggled alongside his ERA this year.
The Miami Marlins' Anibal Sanchez was on his way to a decent full season with the team before a midseason trade to the Detroit Tigers brought him to a pennant race. Nevertheless, the year was still a successful one for Sanchez with the Marlins.
Mark Buehrle was signed by the Miami Marlins in the 2012 offseason to be a stabilizing force in the rotation, and while he did not perform quite up to snuff this season, he still provided consistently good play on his way to another 200-inning season
The Miami Marlins were expecting a lot of the team's starting pitcher rotation, and those expectations began with a bounce back by Josh Johnson. Johnson pitched worse than he has since his rookie year, but he made up for it with a healthy season.
The Miami Marlins were forced to employ the team's so-called depth in the outfield, but Bryan Petersen, Gorkys Hernandez, and the rest of the Marlins' backup outfielders combined for a terrible overall performance.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series continues with the surprising, successful, and unsustainable season of Justin Ruggiano.
One of the lone bright spots on the Miami Marlins in 2012 was the spectacular season of Giancarlo Stanton. For all of his mammoth home runs and impressive power, Stanton still struggled with some concerning strikeout trends.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review continues by looking at the injury-riddled season of Emilio Bonifacio. Bonifacio had a shot at putting up some strong speed numbers amid a poor hitting year, but injuries held him back all season long.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series continues with a look at Logan Morrison and his season. Morrison's year was filled with disappointment and injury, which is symbolic of the team's plight as a whole.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series looks back at the first year of the Jose Reyes contract. Did Reyes meet the contract's expectations, and can he continue to do so going forward?
The Miami Marlins 2012 season had very few positive aspects, but as mentioned before, Jose Reyes was one of them. While not everything was a success this year, Reyes's combination of enough offense and health had to be encouraging.
Due to the Miami Marlins trading Hanley Ramirez before the July trading deadline, the Fish were stuck manning third base with a number of inferior options, including Greg Dobbs, Donnie Murphy, and Gil Velazquez.
The Miami Marlins struggled so poorly in 2012 that the team decided to trade its former franchise cornerstone, Hanley Ramirez, to the Los Angeles Dodgers. How does the deal look at the end of 2012, and what are its prospects going forward?
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review looks at the disappointing season of Hanley Ramirez that led to his trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Marlins were expecting a bounceback season, but Ramirez's talent level seems to have fallen irrevocably.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review rolls on with a discussion of Donovan Solano's season as a replacement at second base. Solano succeeded in creating a similar batting line as Omar Infante, but his defense falls short of Infante's caliber.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series continues with a review of Omar Infante and his short season with the Marlins. A hot start in April kept Infante's batting line above average for much of the year as he began to regress before being traded.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review continues with a look at the midseason replacement of incumbent first baseman Gaby Sanchez, trade acquisition Carlos Lee. Lee's arrival did not herald offensive improvement for the Marlins.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series continues with a look at Gaby Sanchez and his horrific first half as a Marlin.
The 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review series continues with a look at the other Marlins catchers this season. There was a very stark contrast between the staggering failures of Brett Hayes and the early success of Rob Brantly.
The official full 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review begins today, and it starts with John Buck, who followed up a disappointing 2011 season with a career-worst 2012 campaign that ended with him being replaced as the starting catcher.
Steve Cishek may have been the brightest positive point of the 2012 Miami Marlins bullpen, but he was the only positive in an otherwise miserable year for the pen.
The Miami Marlins bullpen struggled for much of the season, and the only bright spot of that group was Steve Cishek, the focus of today's What Went Right aspect of the 2012 Miami Marlins Season Review.
The Miami Marlins were successful in getting out of Hanley Ramirez's contract and trading a number of pieces for prospects who could fill roles as early as 2013. But the aftermath left in the wake of these trades left too many holes in the 2012 team.
