Greg Dobbs

Insider tips for baseball fantasy league owners

2013-04-06 15:21:00

Fantasy owners may build their teams around superstars like Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw, but success often lies in the performance of an unknown commodity. From a minor leaguer about to show off his tools at the next level, to a career backup who...

Derek Jeter might be out until May

2013-04-05 21:15:00

Derek Jeter may not return to the New York Yankees until next month and his replacement at shortstop, Eduardo Nunez, joined the team's long list of banged-up players. New York Manager Joe Girardi said Friday that Jeter will have to go through a spring...

Choo too much for punchless Marlins

2013-05-15 19:55:00

— The Miami Marlins' latest loss was a Choo-in from the start. From a ringing single to open the game and set up the first run to a pair of home runs, Shin-Soo Choo was a one-man wrecking crew for Cincinnati in a 4-0 victory Wednesday at Marlins...

Wednesday: Reds at Marlins, 7:10 p.m.

2013-05-14 15:58:45

7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Alex Sanabia (2-5, 4.85) vs. RHP Mike Leake (2-2, 4.32): Sanabia's start was pushed back a day as a precaution after he exited his last outing with tightness in his right groin. He has lost his past four...

Miami Marlins' offense on pace for historic lows

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Back in 1908, the St. Louis Cardinals scored just 372 runs in 154 games, an average of 2.41 runs per game. More than a century later, those Cardinals still hold the major-league record for fewest runs in a season. The 2013 Miami Marlins are ahead of...

Nolasco rediscovers K-factor, and likes it

2013-05-12 17:41:41

LOS ANGELES It had been a while, but the sensation of racking up that many strikeouts was a familiar one for Ricky Nolasco. Wednesday in San Diego, Nolasco for the first time since May 6, 2011 totaled at least nine in a game. Nolasco going that long...

Marlins road trip concludes with loss to Dodgers as offense struggles

2013-05-13 00:00:00

The Marlins completed their season-long, 11-day, 10-game road trip Sunday afternoon without much for their moms to cheer about. Wearing pink wrist bands, using pink bats and swinging at balls with pink stitching -- in what has become a Major League...

Chris Coghlan becoming aggressive at the plate

2013-05-13 00:00:00

When he was a regular in the Marlins' lineup Chris Coghlan liked to fashion himself as a more patient hitter, someone who had to be selective. Now locked in as a bench player and pinch-hitter more regularly, though, the 27-year-old ex-National League...

Ricky Nolasco's solid outing wasted as ailing Miami Marlins swept by Padres

2013-05-09 00:00:00

If there is a silver lining for the Marlins to take away from Wednesday afternoon's 1-0 series-sweeping loss to the Padres, it's this: at least nobody else was injured. On a day utility man Chris Valaika became the 12th Marlins player sent to the...

Valaika breaks arm bone, likely 11th Marlin headed to DL

2013-05-07 23:57:00

SAN DIEGO Double-A Jacksonville lost to Pensacola in 13 innings Tuesday night despite a staggering offensive performance from Christian Yelich, who went 5-for-6 with two triples, a homer, two runs and two RBI. � “It was one of the most...

'Sadsack' Marlins get last laugh on faltering Phillies

2013-05-05 16:34:00

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Halladay gets hit hard again in loss to Marlins; likely headed to DL

2013-05-05 18:07:00

PHILADELPHIA — Roy Halladay woke up 12 days ago and felt pain in his right shoulder, a kind of pain he had never felt before. He tried to pitch through it and failed miserably and now the Phillies' former ace is headed for the disabled list again....

MIAMI, FL - MAY 17: Greg Dobbs of the Miami Marlins slides into first base against the Arizona Diamondbacksat Marlins Park on May 17, 2013 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 163493643

2013-05-17 00:00:00