MLB March Report: Miami Marlins
No team went over a bigger offseason makeover than the Florida Marlins. First off, they’re now the Miami Marlins, a welcome move for a team who struggles to represent its own city, much less the entire state. They got new logo, moved into a new stadium, got a fiery new manager in Ozzie Guillen and then got aggressive on the free-agent market. Now the excitement is brewing in South Beach and TheSportsNotebook takes a look at how Miami stacks up in the four key areas of evaluation—the ability to get on base, power, starting pitching and relief pitching.