Caleb Smith elected shoulder surgery so that he would be ready for next season:
Smith, the Miami Marlins’ most consistent starter so far and one of the top-performing rookie pitchers in baseball, elected to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery after he suffered a grade 3 lat strain last week in Colorado.
“Once we found out the MRI [results], we knew he’d miss the season,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “He looked at his options and he felt this was best for him.”
The Marlins pitching prospects are coming to the majors quickly. The Marlins allowed 4.99 runs per game this season, third highest in the NL. With the Marlins scoring 3.66 runs per game, they are actually winning a few more games than expected.
Note that the Marlins scored 4.8 runs per game last season. If they had kept the offense together with this pitching staff, they probably would be a .500 team. They might have gotten lucky and won, or more likely they would have been on the edge of the pennant race. Miami can now afford to bring up youngsters and see how they play, and let them develop into a mature, successful team. Fans don’t like it, and I understand, but I suspect the Astros and Cubs fans are happy their teams went in that direction.
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