With Casey Kotchman placed on the 15-day disabled list and Logan Morrison already on the 60-day DL, the Marlins are struggling to find a consistent first baseman until Kotchman and eventually Morrison can get healthy.
Steven Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, and the Washington bullpen prevented the Marlins from scoring their first run of the season through their first two games. Is the lack of runs a sign of youth or does it prove just how Washington's rotation is.
The Miami Marlins have lost another first baseman, as they officially placed Casey Kotchman on the disabled list with a left hamstring injury. The player expected to be promoted will be on the 40-man roster.
The Miami Marlins have a trio of valuable outfielders in Double-A in Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna, and Jake Marisnick. Now they have a trio of valuable injured outfielders, as all three will begin the season on the disabled list.
Gorkys Hernandez, Zack Cox, and Scott Maine have returned from waiver limbo and are still Marlins. Hernandez and Cox should not have been put on waivers in the first place and their returns are victories in and of themselves.
First baseman Casey Kotchman not only hurt the Miami Marlins with a double play ball in a crucial run-scoring situation, but he also hurt them by getting injured on the play. Greg Dobbs has replaced him at first base.
The Miami Marlins seem high on shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, but the skill set thus far does not match their expectations of him in the future.
The Miami Marlins have had a sudden slew of pitching injuries, and those maladies, combined with the struggles of Jacob Turner, have forced non-roster invitee Kevin Slowey into the second starter slot to start the season.
Thanks to Logan Morrison's ongoing knee injury concerns, he will miss the first two months of the season. His time with the Marlins may be on a similarly short clock given his history of concerns at the plate and on the field as well.
On Sunday, the Marlins announced that Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez, both with a similar right-shoulder injury, would begin the year on the 15-day disabled list, which led to Jose Fernandez and Alex Sanabia being slotted into the starting rota
