On July 5, the Marlins were 39-40 and on the fringes of contention.
Since then they’ve gone 9-17 and fallen into fourth place in the NL East, saved from last place only by the woeful Nationals.
For more on the Marlins, here’s Ely Sussman, managing editor of our SB Nation Marlins site Fish Stripes:
In the second season of the Kim Ng era and the first with her as the undisputed leader of their baseball operations department, things have not gone swimmingly for the Marlins. A winter of heavy investments in the offense have only incrementally improved Miami’s perpetually poor run production.