We’ve finally reached the final 10!
This offseason, Fish Stripes has been going through all 630 players to have appeared at the major league level with the Florida and Miami Marlins. We’re deep into the final bracket, consisting of the 128 players to have accrued 800 or more plate appearances and/or batters faced while with the franchise. Today’s honoree, Gary Sheffield, totaled 13.2 bWAR while with the team, ranking 16th in raw value, but 10th on a per-plate appearance basis. For added context, yesterday’s player, Brian Anderson, averaged 0.00555 bWAR per plate appearance — Sheffield averaged 0.