Brace yourself for the Miami Marlins’ 26th season and first since the latest franchise payroll purge decimated the team. You would have to dig below the crust of the Earth and down through at least two or three tectonic plates to reach the depth of expectations the baseball literati have set for these Fire-Sale Fish.
I’m not sure what’s lower: The betting over/under on expected Marlins wins (an MLB-worst 64 1/2), or new owner Derek Jeter’s popularity after trading Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna, Christian Yelich and Dee Gordon. Miami is left with the longest odds against winning the World Series (500-1) of any team.