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2015 Miami Marlins Season Review: Defense

The 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.