4/27 Mets @ Marlins - 7:10 PM

[HUGG]

Lucas Duda and the 14-5 New York Mets come to South Florida to take on 2015 National League All-Star Adeiny Hechavarria and the 8-11 Miami Marlins.

Season Series: 4-0, Mets
Line: Marlins -121

Dillon Gee (0-1, 5.60) vs. Jarred Cosart (1-1, 3.63)

Jarred Cosart vs. the Mets: 0-0 5.56 2gs 11.1ip 12ha 7er 3bb 10k
Jarred Cosart at Marlins Park: 2-3 2.82 6gs 38.1ip 30ha 12er 11bb 17k

Dillon Gee vs. the Marlins: 3-1 3.30 7gs 43.2ip 43ha 16er 17bb 35k
Dillon Gee at Marlins Park: 1-0 7.20 1gs 5ip 9ha 4er 2bb 1k

Marlins vs. Dillon Gee
Prado 29pa .250/.276/.429
Stanton 15pa .182/.400/.727
Morse 14pa .167/.286/.250
Ozuna 12pa .417/.417/.417
Solano 10pa .333/.333/.333
Hechavarria 8pa .125/.125/.125
Gordon 6pa .333/.333/.333
Brignac 3pa .000/.000/.000
Saltalamacchia 3pa 1.000/1.000/1.000
Realmuto 2pa .000/.000/.000

Mets vs. Jarred Cosart
Duda 6pa .400/.500/.800
Granderson 6pa .000/.000/.000
Murphy 6pa .333/.333/.333
Flores 5pa .600/.600/1.400
Lagares 5pa .500/.600/.500
Cuddyer 3pa .000/.000/.000
Campbell 2pa .000/.000/.000


Who's Hot
Giancarlo Stanton .333/.417/.786 in last 11 games
Adeiny Hechavarria .457/.469/.652 in last 12 games
Marcell Ozuna .409/.440/.500 in last 6 games
Dee Gordon .385/.406/.477 in last 15 games
Martin Prado .340/.358/.480 in last 13 games
Ichiro .368/.429/.368 in last 5 games

Who's Not
Mike Morse .167/.265/.267 in last 8 games


WPGL

[marlinsfan24]

Saltalamacchia 3pa 1.000/1.000/1.000
Realmuto 2pa .000/.000/.000

#Salty4MVP

[Namaste]

Morse better start winning some games or they will DFA his ass

[BigGameFish]

Morse better start winning some games or they will DFA his ass

Hutton back tonight - WGL

[Mainge]

Are the Marlins not on TV?

[Miamarlin21]

They are, I'm watching it. And they had a lower third calling it "A Salty situation." lol

[BigGameFish]

2 of our 5 errors this season were committed by Jarrod Saltysituation

[BigGameFish]

Morse trying not to get DFA'ed

[Miamarlin21]

Dee just ripped a high and in fastball for a single. Wow. Atta boy D.

[BigGameFish]

Our infield defense is strong

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JT!!!

[Mainge]

That was sick

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Like, god damn.

[Nick]

that was awesome.

[MiamiHomer]

[BigGameFish]

Barry Jackson Sport's Buzz:

"The Marlins moved on from catcher Jarrod Saltamacchia, designating him for assignment today, and the only question is where he ranks among their free agent busts of recent years. I would slot him second, behind Heath Bell but ahead of John Buck. (Don't include Jose Reyes or Mark Buehrle, who were decent before being traded.)

Saltalmacchia's final Marlins numbers: .209, 12 homers, 45 RBI and 17 errors in 123 games in a little more than a season. He was 2 for 29 this season.

Manager Mike Redmond and president/baseball operations Michael Hill both said they feel rookie catcher J.T. Realmuto is ready to be a full-time starter.

The Marlins have 10 days to trade Saltalamacchia, but they've tried unsuccessfully to do that for a while. He's still owed $15 million through next season.

"Fifteen million is not easy to part with, but we've never been afraid to make decisions," Hill said. "It was right to do this."

Said Redmond: "Last year was a tough year [for Saltalamacchia]. We were looking for him to be better and it just didn't happen."

### Throughout the first 21 days of this rollercoaster Marlins season, this has been a constant: exemplary defense.

After another error-less game Sunday, the Marlins own the best fielding percentage in baseball and have the fewest errors (five). No other National League team entered Sunday with fewer than nine errors.

Of the Marlins’ five errors, two were committed by catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, one by right fielder Giancarlo Stanton and one each by shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria (on a questionable call) and second baseman Dee Gordon.

Closer Steve Cishek said the Marlins’ infield defense is as good as he can remember in his time with the team. “Hech and Dee up the middle are incredible,” Cishek said. “Martin Prado has always been great.”

First baseman Michael Morse, who has split time between first base and the outfield in recent years, has “done very well” defensively at first base, Marlins infield coach Perry Hill said. “Mike saved the [butt] of a couple guys by picking up several balls.”

Hill, who always has praised Hechavarria’s defense, said Gordon “has made every play he should have. And Prado is a pro.”

### Hechavarria has 16 RBI in 19 games this season. Last season, he didn’t drive in his 16th run until his 72nd game.

### On Sunday, Gordon was thrown out for the sixth time (most in baseball) in 14 stolen base attempts. He was 64 for 83 on steals last season.

### Justin Nicolino, the Marlins’ top left-handed pitching prospect, is 2-0 with a 0.79 ERA at Triple A New Orleans and hasn’t given up an earned run in his last three starts, covering 18 innings."

[Miamarlin21]

That was a great play by JT.