The MLB season is comprised of 162 regular season games. Due to that excessive length, every team will inevitably have its ups and downs. While only sitting at 27-32, the Marlins find themselves in a not-so-terrible situation.
Just over a third through the season, their pythagorean win-loss record—which shows projected record based on a team’s run differential—is 32-27, good for 12th in MLB. They actually have the worst “luck” in the league based on that five-win discrepancy between their actual and expected records. Half of their losses have come by painful 1-run margins. The Marlins have outscored their opponents by 22 runs, exactly the same as the Tampa Bay Rays, who are 10 games over .