A look ahead at the NL Wild Card hopefuls from Florida
In the 2011-12 offseason, the Miami Marlins built up some real excitement for the team for the first time since the 2003 World Series. They were opening a new stadium for the coming season, had brought in a new manager in Ozzie Guillen, and flexed considerable financial muscle for the first time ever. The notoriously penny-pinching Marlins went from a $57 million opening day payroll in 2011 (24th in baseball, which rates as sort of high for the Marlins) to a whopping $118 million in 2012.