OAKLAND -- If the Marlins think times are bad now, just wait.
One Major League scout who follows the team said that “short of a miracle happening with their starting pitchers, it’s going to continue to spiral downward.”
“They’re in crash and burn mode,” the scout said.
Only 43 games into the season, the Marlins -- despite having the highest payroll in franchise history -- own the second-worst record in the majors and are only one game better than the hapless 1998 Marlins at the same point. That awful team lost 108 games.
How bad is it?