Through six spring training games played in the Grapefruit League, the Miami Marlins have only lost once.
Enjoy it! There’s no guarantee that they’ll have any stretches like this during what projects to be a challenging 2018 summer.
Over at Viva El Birdos, Tyler Kinzy tested the correlation between MLB preseason and regular season records, concluding that what we’re witnessing right now has “little predictive power.” And as of Mar. 1, with just a small fraction of the exhibition schedule in the books, the results shouldn’t persuade us to raise expectations.
That being said, the Marlins reported to camp in Jupiter this year with more position battles than a typical team has: multiple openings in the starting rotation and bullpen; the left side of the infield; and the entire outfield.