MIAMI (AP) — Don Mattingly’s first team meeting with the Miami Marlins this spring was short, sweet and had just one primary point.
He told them they can win.
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Mattingly wasn’t exactly breaking new ground in leadership tactics with that take, but there was a reason why he wanted that to be the message. A year ago, everything went wrong for the Marlins. A team coming off a playoff series win in 2020 plummeted to near the bottom of baseball, never spent a single day over .500 and was basically out of the race by the All-Star break.