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25 For 25: Miami Marlins 1995-2019

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During the 2009-2010 offseason, I started working on a 25 for 25 roster for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1985-2009. (A 25 for 25 roster is a 25-man roster that uses one player from each season over 25 consecutive years; mine consisted of two players each at C/1B/2B/3B/SS, six outfielders, five starting pitchers, & four relief pitchers, with some variants.) I posted a lot of these online - one for each of the 30 MLB franchises for that timeframe (FLA 1985-2009), an update for StL for 1990-2014, two extended versions for the Cardinals from 1910-1934 & 1935-1959, and a 30 for 30 MLB All-Star version for 1981-2010. I also researched a bunch more that I never published. Most recently, I published a set for 1970-1994 for those franchises around for the majority of that time span, but the Marlins didn't qualify for this era. (For a full list, click here.)

It's been ten years since I first determined these and I figured that I would give it another go. This time I'm using WAR numbers from both FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference, plus Win Probability Added (WPA) from FG and Win-Loss% w/ Avg. Team (W%) from B-R. Same basic rules apply: each player can only appear once, for the primary position in the given year; exactly one player from each year, regardless of how good or bad the season was; players that were more suited for the previous era were left out of consideration; etc. Sometimes you can't grab both 1985 MVP McGee and Cy Young runner-up Tudor; sometimes you get stuck with some "Who?" because there isn't anyone good left.

Basic format of the stat line - Batters: G/PA, fWAR/bWAR, W%, AVG/OBP/SLG, 40+ 2B/10+ 3B/20+ HR/20+ SB, 90+R/90+ RBI/170+ H/90+BB, WPA, 10+ Total Zone Runs (Rtot)/DRS/UZR/Framing (FRM), Awards or Xth-place finish

Pitchers: GS or G/IP, fWAR/bWAR (I included batting numbers if they were positive), W% (starters only), WPA, W-L, Save Opportunities, Holds (both relievers only), ERA/FIP, 8+ K/9, 2 BB/9, 2.5+ K/BB, Awards or Xth-place finish

Look it over, make comments, offer suggestions, and challenge me on the picks.

Catcher

1995 – Charles Johnson (97 G/371 PA, 3.1 fWAR/3.0 bWAR, .520 W%, .251/.351/.410, +0.08 WPA, 12 Rtot, Gold Glove, 7th-ROY)

2018 – J.T. Realmuto (125 G/531 PA, 4.9 fWAR/4.3 bWAR, .522 W%, .277/.340/.484, 21 HR, +2.25 WPA, All-Star, Silver Slugger)

First Base

2002 – Derrek Lee (162 G/688 PA, 3.5 fWAR/3.0 bWAR, .506 W%, .270/.378/.494, 27 HR, 95 R/98 BB, +4.02 WPA)

2011 – Gaby Sanchez (159 G/661 PA, 2.7 fWAR/2.7 bWAR, .504 W%, .266/.352/.427, -1.10 WPA, All-Star)

Second Base

2003 – Luis Castillo (152 G/676 PA, 4.9 fWAR/4.4 bWAR, .517 W%, .314/.381/.397, 21 SB, 99 R/187 H, +0.93 WPA, 15 Rtot/11.5 UZR, All-Star, Gold Glove, 21st-MVP)

2015 – Dee Gordon (145 G/653 PA, 4.8 fWAR/5.1 bWAR, .523 W%, .333/.359/.418, 58 SB, 205 H, +2.02 WPA, 13 DRS, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, 16th-MVP)

Third Base

2006 – Miguel Cabrera (158 G/676 PA, 6.3 fWAR/5.8 bWAR, .525 W%, .339/.430/.568, 50 2B/26 HR, 112 R/114 RBI/195 H, +4.62 WPA, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 5th-MVP)

2019 – Brian Anderson (126 G/520 PA, 3.1 fWAR/3.8 bWAR, .519 W%, .261/.342/.468, 20 HR, +0.60 WPA, 13 DRS)

Shortstop

2008 – Hanley Ramirez (153 G/693 PA, 7.4 fWAR/6.7 bWAR, .532 W%, .301/.400/.540, 33 HR/35 SB, 125 R/177 H/92 BB, +4.84 WPA, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 11th-MVP)

2012 – Jose Reyes (160 G/716 PA, 3.8 fWAR/3.0 bWAR, .506 W%, .287/.347/.433, 12 3B/40 SB, 184 H, +3.57 WPA)

Outfield

1996 – Gary Sheffield (161 G/677 PA, 6.5 bWAR/5.9 bWAR, .526 W%, .314/.465/.624, 42 HR, 118 R/120 RBI/142 BB, +6.76 WPA, All-Star, Silver Slugger, 6th-MVP)

1998 – Mark Kotsay (154 G/623 PA, 3.4 fWAR/3.9 bWAR, .514 W%, .279/.318/.403, +0.00 WPA, 25 Rtot)

2001 – Cliff Floyd (149 G/629 PA, 6.5 fWAR/6.6 bWAR, .533 W%, .317/.390/.578, 44 2B/31 HR, 123 R/103 RBI/176 H, +3.53 WPA, 12 Rtot, All-Star, 22nd-MVP)

2014 – Marcell Ozuna (153 G/612 PA, 4.5 fWAR/4.4 bWAR, .518 W%, .269/.317/.455, 23 HR, +0.50 WPA, 10 Rtot)

2016 – Christian Yelich (155 G/659 PA, 5.4 bWAR/5.4 bWAR, .523 W%, .298/.376/.483, 21 HR, 98 RBI/172 H, +3.62 WPA, Silver Slugger, 19th-MVP)

2017 – Giancarlo Stanton (159 G/692 PA, 7.3 fWAR/7.9 bWAR, .537 W%, .281/.376/.631, 59 HR, 123 R/132 RBI, +4.64 WPA, 10 DRS, All-Star, Silver Slugger, Most Valuable Player)

Starter

1997 – Kevin Brown (33 GS/237.1 IP, 6.5 fWAR/7.0 bWAR, .656 W%, +3.61 WPA, 16-8 W-L, 2.69 ERA/2.94 FIP, 3.11 K/BB, All-Star)

1999 – Alex Fernandez (24 GS/141 IP, 3.5 fWAR/3.3 bWAR incl. batting, .571 W%, +1.13 WPA, 7-8 W-L, 3.38 ERA/3.72 FIP)

2005 – Dontrelle Willis (34 GS/236.1 IP, 7.4 fWAR/8.3 bWAR incl. batting, .660 W%, +5.21 WPA, 22-10 W-L, 2.63 ERA/2.99 FIP, 3.09 K/BB, All-Star, 2nd-CYA, 11th-MVP)

2009 – Josh Johnson (33 GS/209 IP, 6.2 fWAR/7.3 bWAR incl. batting, -0.21 WPA, .652 W%, 15-5 W-L, 3.23 ERA/3.06 FIP, , 8.2 K/9, 3.29 K/BB, All-Star)

2013 – Jose Fernandez (28 GS/172.2 IP, 4.6 fWAR/6.7 bWAR incl. batting, +3.53 WPA, .676 W%, 12-6 W-L, 2.19 ERA/2.73 FIP, 9.7 K/9, 3.22 K/BB, All-Star, Rookie Of The Year, 3rd-CYA)

Reliever

2000 – Antonio Alfonseca (68 G/70 IP, 0.7 fWAR/0.5 bWAR, +2.53 WPA, 5-6 W-L, 45/49 SvOpp, 4.24 ERA/4.16 FIP, 22nd-MVP)

2004 – Armando Benitez (64 G/69.2 IP, 1.6 fWAR/3.4 bWAR, +4.29 WPA, 2-2 W-L, 47/51 SvOpp, 1.29 ERA/3.29 FIP, 8.0 K/9, 2.95 K/BB, All-Star, 23rd-MVP)

2007 – Lee Gardner (62 G/74 IP, 1.5 fWAR/2.7 bWAR, +1.28 WPA, 3-4 W-L, 2/2 SvOpp, 9 Holds, 1.94 ERA/3.04 FIP, 2.89 K/BB)

2010 – Clay Hensley (68 G/75 IP, 1.4 fWAR/2.5 bWAR, +2.65 WPA, 3-4 W-L, 7/10 SvOpp, 22 Holds, 2.16 ERA/2.87 FIP, 9.2 K/9, 2.66 BB/9)

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