Six Miami Marlins Pitchers Will Post Double Digit Wins
A bold prediction in which the 2006 Miami Marlins are given a run for their money, when it comes to what is their most notable accomplishment- having five pitchers post double-digit wins.
Because in 2021, no less than six Marlins will be achieving that feat.
That’s right: be prepared to forget that Dontrelle Willis led rotation that featured Ricky Nolasco, Josh Johnson, Scott Olsen, and Anibal Sanchez. Although, my fingers are crossed the Marlins decide to bring Sanchez back for another ride…he’d only need six wins to move into the franchise’s top five on the all-time wins list. The top three, by the way, were all in that 2006 rotation.
All five of those names won at least ten games. That should be no problem for Sandy Alcantara and Pablo Lopez, who would make it only the second time since 2014 that two Marlins cleared the ten win mark by doing so. However, it also should be an easy feat for the rest of the starting staff that will see names like Sixto Sanchez, Elieser Hernandez, Trevor Rogers, Nick Neidert, Braxton Garrett, and perhaps even Edward Cabrera comprising it by season’s end.
And that list doesn’t even include the very real possibility Miami adds a veteran starting pitcher in the next week.
Workload management plays just as big a role here as talent. Thanks to the short season, the team is going to particularly cautious even if the team is competing. Ridiculously so if they’re not. Fifteen Marlins might make at least five starts in 2022 by the time all is said and done. Expect bullpen days and piggybacked starts. Mike Dunn‘s club mark of wins by a reliever (10) could easily fall in a season like this- one more reason I like the odds of this prediction coming true.
The Miami Marlins might be 1-3 right now. But by the end of the season, count on at least one of these three predictions coming true.