Prediction: 2012 Marlins Pitching Rotation

Recap Of The Marlins 2011 Pitching Rotation:

• Josh Johnson
• Ricky Nolasco
• Javier Vazquez
• Anibal Sanchez
• Chris Volstad

At the beginning of the 2011 season Marlins rotation was doing pretty good, Josh Johnson kept a no-hitter at least into the fifth inning for 5 time when he took the mound. Ricky Nolasco, in his first 5 starts he won 4 and lost just 1 against the Mets in the Opening Week. Anibal Sanchez did the same thing what J.J did, but came closer to his 2nd No-Hitter, vs The Rockies, before giving up a hit to Dexter Fowler. Sanchez finished the game for his 4th career complete game, 3 starts later he kept a No-No into the 7th inning against the Nats before losing it. Recently Signed Veteran, Javier Vazquez was back in the NL East, where he won 3 and lost 2 in his 5 starts in April and Volstad did his job in April by winning 3 games of 4.


What Went Bad?

In May 16th, Marlins Ace Josh Johnson, suffered a right should inflammation, reports thought he would pitch again in late September, but it wasn't possible. The fish had a Historically bad June, everyone just went down, they just won 5 games and lost 25. Edwin Rodriguez (manager at the time) quits before their 10 straight lost, Brandon Hyde was the interm before finding a full interm manager for the 2011,who was Jack McKeon. 


At the End:


In September, Javier Vazquez he won  5 of 5 games that he started, Vazquez had a 29 scoreless inning streak, the longest in Marlins history, during which he struck out 28 batters while only walking 4. Javy was named National League Pitcher Of The Month in September.


Some rookies Starting pitchers made their there debuts: Brandon Hand and Chris Hatcher and Alex Sanabia pitched again but not as much as in 2010.


Here are my Prediction on the 2012 Marlins Pitching Rotation:

• Josh Johnson
• Mark Buehrle
• Anibal Sanchez
• Ricky Nolasco
• Carlos Zambrano

Upgrade: Mark Buehrle, Carlos Zambrano and Wade LeBlanc

If Josh Johnson Could stay healthy, he could be at his best, he probably put up number like he did in 2008-2010 (if he stays healthy). Prediction: Wins 16 Loss 8 with an ERA of 3.30

Recently signed pitcher Mark Buehrle, as you may know has only pitched in the American League, but when it comes to Inter league games, Buehrle is 24-6 with a 3.32 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in 40 career games (39 starts) against National League teams. Prediction: Win 15 Loss 9 with an ERA of 3.70

Anibal Sanchez didn't have great numbers in 2011, but he came close to no-no's, hopefully he could put number like in his rookie year: Wins 10 Loss 3, and hopefully get his 2nd no-hitter. Prediction: Wins 14 Loss 8 with an ERA of 3.45

The 2011 season for Ricky Nolasaco was a down year, he had more loss than wins, 10 wins and 12 loss. Prediction: 13 wins and 9 loss with an ERA of 3.90 

Carlos Zambrano is know by getting crazy, punching water coolers, breaking bats, but you know what?  Take those bad reactions away and take a look at his numbers, last season, he won 9 and loss 7. Prediction: 14 wins and 9 loss with an ERA of 3.80

Take a look at his career numbers:

Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
2001	20	Cubs	6	1	1	1	2	.333	15.26	0	0	0	7.2	42	11	13	13	2	8	0	4	1	1	0	0
2002	21	Cubs	32	16	3	4	8	.333	3.66	0	0	0	108.1	477	94	44	53	9	63	2	93	6	4	0	0
2003	22	Cubs	32	32	0	13	11	.542	3.11	3	1	0	214.0	907	188	74	88	9	94	12	168	6	10	1	0
2004	23	Cubs	31	31	0	16	8	.667	2.75	1	1	0	209.2	887	174	64	73	14	81	4	188	6	20	2	0
2005	24	Cubs	33	33	0	14	6	.700	3.26	2	0	0	223.1	909	170	81	88	21	86	3	202	7	8	0	0
2006	25	Cubs	33	33	0	16	7	.696	3.41	0	0	0	214.0	917	162	81	91	20	115	4	210	9	9	1	0
2007	26	Cubs	34	34	0	18	13	.581	3.95	1	0	0	216.1	925	187	95	100	23	101	4	177	3	14	0	0
2008	27	Cubs	30	30	0	14	6	.700	3.91	1	1	0	188.2	796	172	82	85	18	72	1	130	4	6	0	0
2009	28	Cubs	28	28	0	9	7	.563	3.77	1	1	0	169.1	733	155	71	78	10	78	6	152	7	9	0	0
2010	29	Cubs	36	20	0	11	6	.647	3.33	0	0	0	129.2	571	119	48	55	7	69	0	117	7	6	1	4
2011	30	Cubs	24	24	0	9	7	.563	4.82	0	0	0	145.2	634	154	78	80	19	56	4	101	1	5	0	0

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