The 2019 Miami Marlins season is at approximately the one-quarter mark. Entering Thursday with a 10-31 record, coming off yet another shutout loss, one thing is already evident: the Marlins have a historically bad offense. While anyone with a pulse understood that the Fish—in Year 2 of a rebuild—would struggle to compete, not many thought it would get ugly to this extent.
You can question the group’s hitting philosophy or Don Mattingly’s pitcher usage, but above all else, this is a story of the Marlins assembling a mediocre roster and many of those players underachieving.