For the past few years, starting pitching has been the Miami Marlins’ strength. It was supposed to be the same this season.
But injuries and under-performance have led to inconsistency from Miami’s rotation about a month into the season.
The latest example came on Tuesday in Miami’s 7-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves, the team’s third consecutive defeat that drops the Marlins to 12-12 on the season. Atlanta improves to 16-8 on the season.
Bryan Hoeing, making his first MLB start of the season while filling Trevor Rogers’ spot in the rotation, gave up four runs and didn’t complete four innings.