The upshot of the 2022 Miami Marlins ZiPS projections published on Tuesday by Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs is unsurprising: his system thinks they’ll play a lot of low-scoring games and lose too many of them to earn a postseason berth. Most level-headed Marlins fans can agree with that, right? It will require more substantial upgrades to the major league roster on the other side of the lockout to feel confident in this club as a contender.
The offseason is far from over, so I don’t want to get caught up in hypotheticals about the potential of a team that should look different by the time Opening Day arrives.