MLB · NL East · Miami, Florida, US · LoanDepot Park
Two World Series titles, zero pennant-winning seasons, and an ownership history that reads like a cautionary tale—the Marlins are baseball's strangest success story, a franchise that has won it all twice and yet has never figured out how to sustain the magic beyond a single October.
Updated March 21, 2026
The Marlins improved by 17 games in the 2025 standings, the kind of leap that suggests the rebuild is starting to bear fruit. If the young pitching continues to develop and the lineup adds a few more impact bats, Miami could be the NL's most improved team for the second year running.
Miami dealt right-hander Edward Cabrera to Chicago for outfielder Owen Caissie, continuing the franchise's pattern of trading arms for position-player prospects. The Marlins are stockpiling young bats as they try to build a sustainable core.
Miami's front office is leaning into youth, and 2026 will be about player development more than wins. The Marlins are betting that their pipeline of young talent will coalesce into something real by 2027 or 2028, but growing pains are inevitable this season.