Marlins chatter, with pitchers and catchers reporting Tuesday:
• The Marlins realistically did all they could to augment their pitching staff with five quality acquisitions (Edinson Volquez, Dan Straily, Brad Ziegler, Junichi Tazawa and Jeff Locke). The question is whether they erred by not adding a single position player to an offense that ranked fourth in average but just 27th in runs.
Four reasons Miami didn’t add a single established bat:
1) They have strong conviction in this lineup and believe when healthy, it’s a playoff-caliber. Remember, Giancarlo Stanton played in 119 games, Justin Bour 90 and Dee Gordon 79.