Our All Time Top 50 Miami Marlins have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Miami Marlins.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Marlins continued their losing ways as a small market team and sold off assets before they became high-priced. Nevertheless, there was one new entrant based on the 2024 campaign, and of course, that player is no longer in Miami.
As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.
3. Josh Johnson
You can find the entire list here.
Staring Pitcher Sandy Alcantara remains at #7.
Jazz Chisholm, who is now a New York Yankee, went up nine spots to #31.
Pitcher Tanner Scott enters at #39.
Luis Arraez, who was traded early in the year, went up two spots to #43.
Jesus Luzardo comes in at #49.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
If I Had a Vote in the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
After a decade of "ballot logjam," has voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame finally returned to normal? We will know when results from the ballots cast by the qualified members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA, or "the writers") are announced on January 21, 2025, although based on voting trends over the last decade, the bulk of the results are predictable and, by now, unsurprising.
What does a "return to normal" mean? Of the 14 first-time candidates on the BBWAA 2025 ballot, only two, CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki, stand out as likely Hall of Famers, and neither are a lock for first-ballot induction. Of the 14 returning candidates, none of the "normal" candidates are automatic Hall of Famers, else they would have been elected already. Thus, there is no "ballot logjam," meaning that there are not more than ten sure-fire Hall of Famers who exceed the maximum of ten votes allowed per ballot.
Our All-Time Top 50 Miami Marlins have been updated to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 Miami Marlins.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Marlins were not able to make the playoffs, and we had one new entrant and one huge ranking jump.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
3. Josh Johnson
You can find the entire list here.
Cy Young winner, Sandy Alcantara had a monstrous jump from #30 to #7.
Third Baseman, Brian Anderson, moved up from #31 to #29.
Pitcher, Pablo Lopez, who is now with the Minnesota Twins, climbed from #49 to #32.
Jon Berti is the only debut, and he enters at #48.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
2. Hanley Ramirez
When we talk about the Marlins players, like we did with Giancarlo Stanton, the real good ones are often traded to avoid paying expanding salaries. This would also be the case with Hanley Ramirez, but it is also the method in which he arrived.
After playing only two Games for the Red Sox in 2005, he was traded at season's end to Florida as one of the many players sent in exchange for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell. Ramirez became an instant player with the Marlins, winning the National League Rookie of the Year. The Shortstop had no sophomore slump, increasing his stats and finishing tenth for the MVP.
Ramirez had similar stats in 2008, but he was an All-Star this time, and he led the NL in Runs (125). He would go to All-Star Games in the next two years, with his 2009 being especially remarkable, as he won the Batting Title (.342) and finished second for the MVP to the legendary Albert Pujols.
The Marlins would do what was typical for them, and they traded Ramirez when they could no longer afford him, with the Dodgers being his landing place, although the Marlins was where by far Ramirez was most successful.
As good as Giancarlo Stanton was, it is Ramirez who is the current franchise leader in Offensive bWAR, a testament to his abilities and a knock on his below average defense. Ramirez had 1,103 Hits, a .300 Batting Average, and 148 Home Runs.
Hanley Ramirez
Hanley Ramirez won the National League Rookie of the Year in 2006 when he was with the Florida Marlins, and for the rest of the decade, he was one of the top Shortstops in the NL.
Ramirez had at least 100 Runs as a rookie, and he hit that mark in his first four years, including leading the league with 125 in 2008. An All-Star three years in a row from 2008 to 2010, Ramirez won the Batting Title in 2009 (.342), the third of four consecutive .300 seasons. Ramirez was the runner-up to Albert Pujols for the MVP that year, and he also won his second Silver Slugger.
Keeping with the tradition of Marlins history, Ramirez was traded when it became clear they could no longer afford him, and the Infielder would land in L.A. with the Dodgers. He did not produce the same numbers but still could go yard and drive in runs, as shown by his 30 Home Run year in 2016.
Ramirez retired with 1,834 Hits, a .289 Batting Average, and 271 Home Runs.