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Miami Marlins: Another season with pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.

Local and national media are praising the Miami Marlins for making major off-season moves to improve your 2020 roster, but the biggest move this team made in my opinion was retaining Mel Stottlemyre Jr. as their pitching coach.

As this team moves forward with what is considered to be still a young rotation, having Stottlemyre, Jr. back for a second season provides continuity. It also gives manager Don Mattingly the chance to plan for the future with somebody who has familiarity with how the staff performed last season.

Sandy Alcantara, Caleb Smith and the rest of the pitching staff will be more improved in 2020.