It wasn’t enough to simply be a bad team: the 2021 Marlins had a propensity to infuriate us. This came in several forms, ranging from roster moves to batting order configurations and in-game substitutions to fundamental gaffes by the players themselves.
In the absence of elite offensive talent, the Marlins needed to do all the little things right to produce runs at a respectable level. Unfortunately, they couldn’t.
Marlins baserunners were picked off 23 times this season. That’s an average of once every seven games or nearly once per week. They totaled the most pickoffs in Major League Baseball by far—no other team had more than 13 (Mets and Nationals).