Even with a reduced payroll, even if J.T. Realmuto gets traded, no matter how much star talent the other NL East teams add to their rosters, there is an opportunity for the Marlins to improve upon last year. That’s because many of the most intriguing pitchers from the 2018 staff are poised to grow into more significant roles after being limited by inexperience or injury. Five of them in particular demonstrated filthy weapons that can help them escape jams (or avoid them altogether).
We can quantify this filthiness using FanGraphs pitch values.