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MLB Now on Stanton’s Helmet
Giancarlo Stanton’s Wild New Protective Helmet
Giancarlo Stanton has a new helmet. It’s pretty cool.
President Obama With A Marlins Cap!
Earlier today, President Barack Obama landed in Miami, where he was was greeted by Florida Governor and #FishFamily member, Rick Scott — and a Marlins cap.
Here’s @FLGovScott posing with black @Marlins cap on MIa tarmac before he gave it to President Obama. pic.twitter.com/E8aRBGP916
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) February 25, 2015
Obama, joined by Rep. Frederica Wilson, has arrived in Miami for a town hall on immigration, airing tonight at 7. pic.twitter.com/5LfcqDKt7m
— Miami Herald Live (@MiamiHeraldLive) February 25, 2015
A passionate Marlins fan, Scott told the media, “I brought him a hat for the All-Star Game,” referring to the recent announcement that Marlins Park will be hosting the Midsummer Classic for the first time in 2017.
Photos: Storm Media Group
But this isn’t the first interaction a U.S. President has had with the Marlins…
Presidents are always welcome in the #FishFamily.
Giancarlo Stanton appears on ‘SI’ cover in bodypaint Marlins jersey
Dwork On Sports: Marlins Notes On Ichiro And K-Rod
Giancarlo’s Body Painting: An Inside Look
If you’ve got it, flaunt it!
After baring all in last year’s ESPN’s The Body Issue, Giancarlo Stanton is taking his modeling to the next level, gracing the latest cover of Sports Illustrated in nothing but body paint.
This week’s national cover: @Marlins slugger @Giancarlo818 is no paint-by-numbers star http://t.co/amCQTykcbwpic.twitter.com/RP7zt5DGep
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 25, 2015
The 6’6″ Marlins stud becomes the first ever male athlete to be body-painted for the magazine, as well as the first athlete to grace its cover in body paint.
It didn’t hurt that he was joined at the shoot by someone who knows a thing or two about getting their body painted: SI Swimsuit model Erin Heatherton, who gave Stanton some helpful insight.
Despite spending nearly 15 hours in the makeup chair, Stanton was all-smiles with artist Joanne Gair.
No word yet on whether the Marlins will be switching to painted uniforms this season — but we’ll be on the lookout…
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Critical year for Marlins overshadowed prospect Felix Munoz
Entering his seventh season of professional baseball, after signing with the Marlins in 2008 as a non-drafted free agent at the age of 17, the Dominican Republic’s Felix Munoz finally has a chance to legitimize himself as a top prospect in the Miami Marlins farm system. Munoz should join the ranks of Justin Nicolino, Tyler Kolek, J.T. Realmuto and several others who are projected to be on the fast track to seeing their pictures in a glossy program at Marlins Park.
Docketed by many analysts as a “Sleeper” prospect for the past two seasons, Munoz has given hope to the Miami Marlins organization – along with all the Felix Munoz fans of the world – who had been waiting for his power tools to develop at the plate. Playing in 126 games during the 2014 Season at Single-A Greensboro, more games than he had in the past two seasons combined, he put together an impressive campaign with a slash line of .300/.368/.476 in 560 plate appearances with 16 home-runs. Despite playing in a minor league ballpark that scouts believe to be a “cracker jack box,” Munoz sprayed home runs to all fields. All the while, he showed an advanced level of comfort at the plate drawing 57 walks and only 79 strikeouts and driving the ball for a Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson eyebrow-raising .326 BABIP.
This impressive showing makes his numbers comparable to Top Positional Prospects in the Marlins organization in that same early-20’s age range like Brian Anderson and Austin Dean, who both produced almost parallel slash lines at Single-A Greensboro:
- Brian Anderson (3B/2B): .300/.361/.496 in 257 PA (Drafted 76th overall in 2014 MLB Amateur Draft)
- Austin Dean (OF): .308/.371/.444 in 449 PA
Unfortunately, what you do not see in his stat line are the negative intangibles. Standing at 6’2” 180 lbs. it’s hard for Felix to find a home at his listed positions of first base and left field. His lack of speed, proven by swiping just one stolen base over his last four minor league seasons, hurts his chances to be projected as an everyday left fielder. Meanwhile, a proven year-to-year track record of power production is needed to be a lock at first base. These two aspects of his game have kept him off the Miami Marlins Top 20 prospects board since signing in 2008.
Munoz will turn the all-important 23 years old in 2015, and with his notable surge of power at the plate over the past two seasons, he will be out to prove he can become an everyday regular. With High-A Jupiter Hammerheads, he will take the opportunity to become that left-handed power-hitting, homegrown product the Marlins have been searching for. Felix Munoz’s recent performance almost challenges everyone to not have him on their watch list’s for the upcoming 2015 season.
*Note: Please check out the original article posted at (http://www.fishstripes.com/2015/2/19/8042769/miami-marlins-prospects-felix-munoz-2015-season-overshadowed)
Important Spring Training Dates to Note for Marlins Fans
February 20th, 2015 will mark the beginning to a successful era of Miami Marlins Baseball. In less than 24-hours Marlins pitchers and catchers will report to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. The site that’s been the spring training home of the Marlins since 2003, after spending 10 years prior to that at Viera’s Space Coast Stadium in Viera, FL. Sharing their spring training digs with the ballyhooed franchise of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Miami Marlins will hope all the off-season transactions made to boost the roster on a team that finished 4th in the NL east last season and will hope to mirror the success of their training mates the Redbirds for the 2015 season.
Now let’s take a look at important dates for fans to mark on their calendars:
February 20th: Pitchers and Cather’s report to camp
February 21st: First workout for Pitcher and Catchers
February 21st: Players will be at Marlins Park to attend the Winter Warm-Up festivities
February 24th: Position Players report to camp
February 25th: First Full Team Workout
March 2nd: First exhibition game vs. Florida International University
March 3rd: Second exhibition game vs. University of Miami (FL)
March 5th: First Spring Training game at Roger Dean Stadium vs. St. Louis Cardinals
*Note: All Exhibition/Spring Training games listed have a scheduled start time of 1:05 pm EST
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to watch the young, new and today’s Miami Marlins stars from the beginning. Our march to the 2015 playoffs starts February 20th. See you there!
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