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The Miami Marlins will take place in the upcoming, league-wide draft tomorrow. They will do so with an entirely new staff. Here it is:

Mikey Roberts, Manager (19 years old, youngest MGR ever)
Peter Smith, General Manager
Ryan Techer, Scout
Cooper Thompson, Scout/Consultant
Bryan Murphy, Consultant

Jeffrey Loria has also agreed to sell the team to a group led by Smith but also including former MLB first baseman Terry Cooper and former minor-league pitcher Gilgamesh Star.

To participate in the draft the Marlins, and all other teams, are required to allow all of their current players to be selected in the draft.

Coverage of the draft starts tomorrow at 5 pm Eastern on ESPN2 and 4:30 pm Eastern on MLB Network. The Marlins will have the first pick in each round.

I think that we should be a balanced team. Maybe get Pujols or Verlander in the first round. That's my feeling.

(I don't know if I was supposed to post that here, but whatever...)

The Miami Marlins have officially been sold by Jeffrey Loria. The new ownership group includes GM Peter Smith and 2 former professional baseball players: first baseman Terry Cooper, who was shuttled between AAA and MLB and ended his career with a .278 average, 66 home runs, and 159 RBIs in parts of 11 seasons. The other is Gilgamesh Star, a pitcher whose career was ended by an injury while at the AAA level.

-----PLAYER UPDATE-----

H.Ramirez: Can you believe this?
J.Johnson: Believe what?
H.Ramirez: Look here, at the newspaper. It says they fired everyone and sold the team.
J.Johnson: WHAT?!?
H.Ramirez: And, we're all in this "league-wide draft". As in, they're having one of those Fantasy Drafts like in Madden or something.
C.Ross: I did one of those once. I got Peyton Manning and Larry Fitzgerald.
Willingham: Shut up.
Andino: Wait, what's going on?
Treanor: They sold the team, fired everyone, our new manager's a teenager, and they're putting all of us in a Fantasy Draft like in Madden.
Andino: Did you hear about the one Cody did? He got Peyton Manning and Larry Fitzgerald!
Lindstrom: Wait what? I heard "draft" and "team".
Treanor: I don't have to repeat that do I?
H.Ramirez: They sold the team...
J.Johnson: And fired everybody...
Treanor: Our new manager's a teenager...
Andino: They're putting us all in a Fantasy Draft...
De Aza: Like in Madden...
C.Ross: Did you hear about the one I did? I got-
Lindstrom: Peyton Manning and Larry Fitzgerald? Even I know that already. You've told us, what, 700 times since you did it 2 hours ago? Oh, and that whole draft thing sounds cool! I was about to demand a trade anyway so...
H.Ramirez: Has anyone noticed anything different?
A.Sanchez: You mean like, the guy who looks like our water boy, but is really our manager?
Uggla: Is he the one that's been standing over there the whole time?
A.Miller: Wait, what is going on here?
H.Ramirez: I'm out of breath from saying so much...
Treanor: Just say it again, but all quickly-like and stuff.
A.Miller: Quickly-like?
H.Ramirez: Here goes. Team sold. Everybody fired. New manager teenager. Whole team. Fantasy Draft. Madden.
C.Ross: I did one-*mouth taped*-mmmmmffff!

The Marlins drafted today, with the first pick in each round. Here are their picks:

1. Justin Verlander, SP (102 B A 2sfb 2 cb 4 chg 4 v-sld 4)
2. Russell Martin, C (3CBECCC)
3. Yovani Gallardo, SP (93 C B cut 4 cb 3 slv 3)
4. Jeff Francoeur, RF (3CCDBCC)
5. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B (3BBDBCC)
6. Josh Hamilton, CF/LF (3BAEDCD)
7. Brandon Morrow, SP (98 D A sld 2 chg 2)
8. Matt Kemp, CF (3ABCCBB)
9. Howie Kendrick, 2B (2EDCDED)
10. Gavin Floyd, SP (94 D A dcb 4 chg 3)
11. Ryan Madson, CL (94 B E cut 2 cb 2 chg 5)
12. Nick Blackburn, SP (95 D B cut 3 cb 4 v-sld 3)
13. Daric Barton, 1B (2FEFEEE)
14. Brian Bocock, SS/3B (1FFEEEE)
15. Jayson Nix, 2B/LF/3B (2FFEEEE)
16. Micah Owings, SP (91 F C sld 1 chg 2)
17. Tim Byrdak, RP (92 D E sld 2 chg 1)
18. Adam Russell, RP (95 F E cb 2 chg 2)

The Marlins also recieved an anonymous $30 million gift in addition to the $100 million they previously had.

Martin and Francouer were interesting picks that early

Holy draft logic Batman!

Hamilton in the 6th, Kemp in the 8th? This team is streets ahead (get it?) of your previous Miami Marlins team, for sure.

Miami walks off in 12 but Verlander injured

Mets 1
Marlins 2 (12)

W: Byrdak (1-0)
L: R.Perez (0-1)

MVP: Martin

Kemp cf 3-6
Zimmerman 3b 3-6
Martin c 1-6, RBI, SO
Hamilton lf 0-5, 2 SO
Francoeur rf 2-5, R, SO
H.Kendrick 2b 2-5, 2 SO
D.Barton 1b 1-5, 2 SO
Bocock ss 1-4, RBI, SO, SF
Verlander p 0-4
-Byrdak p 0-0
-Nix ph 1-1, R

Verlander (-) 11 IP, 108 PT, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 20 K
Byrdak (W) 1 IP, 8 PT, 2 K

Notes, quotes

•Verlander left the game after 11-plus innings due to elbow pain. He has recovered and will make his next start at Washington on April 7.
•Verlander struck out 20 batters, only the 6th time in major league history and the 3rd in extra innings.
•Manager Mikey Roberts announced that he is using a 6-man rotation.

Marlins blank Mets behind 2 home runs

Mets 0
Marlins 2

W: Gallardo (1-0)
L: Francis (0-1)
S: Madson (1)

MVP: Gallardo

Kemp cf 1-4
Zimmerman 3b 2-4
Martin c 1-4, SO
Hamilton lf 1-4, HR, RBI, R
Francoeur rf 2-3, SO
H.Kendrick 1b-2b 1-3, SO
Nix 2b 0-3
-Byrdak p 0-0
-Madson p 0-0
Bocock ss 1-3, HR, RBI, R, SO
Gallardo p 1-2
-D.Barton ph-1b 0-1

Gallardo (W) 8 IP, 51 PT, 4 H, 2 K
Choate (H) 0.2 IP, 5 PT, 1 K
Madson (S) 0.1 IP, 3 PT

Notes, quotes

•Gallardo didn't strike out a batter until there were 2 outs in the 5th inning.
•GM Peter Smith said "he wants to trade for a backup catcher" but is not "going to just yet".

Hughes returns the favor with a CG shutout

Mets 1
Marlins 0

W: Hughes (1-0)
L: G.Floyd (0-1)

MVP: Hughes, R.Davis

Kemp cf 1-4
Zimmerman 3b 0-4, 2 SO
Martin c 0-3
Hamilton lf 1-3
Francoeur rf 0-3
H.Kendrick 2b 1-3
D.Barton 1b 0-3
-Byrdak p 0-0
Bocock ss 0-3, SO
G.Floyd p 0-2
-Nix 1b 0-1

G.Floyd (L) 8.2 IP, 80 PT, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 12 K
Byrdak (-) 0.1 IP, 2 PT

Notes, quotes

•Floyd pitched 5.1 perfect innings to start the game until Kelly Johnson hit a double off the wall in center. Rajai Davis followed one out later with an RBI double.
•Both Martin and Hamilton are hitting below .200- .154 and .167, respectively.
•This was the first time Nix had ever played first base in the pros.

Are you simming these games

No. Why?

They seem very simm-able. They're all low-scoring, the lack of game summaries, etc.

I think some of them are too high scoring to have been produced by the "Watch Game" option.

As AgentP would say, QFT.

Kemp is iffy on his play.
Verlander's glad he doesn't have to have Tommy John Surgery.