The Miami Marlins have played a little more than one-third of their season and find themselves in a competitive spot.
They enter Sunday’s series finale against the Oakland Athletics with a 31-28 record, putting them in second in the National League East (three games behind the Atlanta Braves) and making them one of seven teams in the National League with a winning record.
The Marlins are still looking for that big breakthrough but overall has managed to tread water through the first months of the season, which has been enough to remain in the playoff hunt in a National League with its share of parity early this year.