2015 Miami Marlins Season Review: Defense

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsThe Miami Marlins have long discussed their desire to be a "pitching and defense" sort of team. The brain trust's impression of the 2003 World Series team's success is that that club was built around a strong starting rotation and defensive Gold Glovers. They were not wrong, though the team was eighth in baseball in non-pitcher hitting as well. The truth is that the 2003 team was a well-balanced club that excelled everywhere, but it did carry a strong reputation for defense.

This has not been the case since that time period.

The Marlins bungled through most of the 2006 era teams with poor defensive alignments. Whether it was Hanley Ramirez trying to play…