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• Marlins RHP Nathan Eovaldi starting Saturday for Jupiter

  Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi, out since March 24 with a right shoulder inflammation, is getting closer to joining the Marlins. Eovladio is scheduled to start a rehab assignment Saturday with Class A Jupiter. He will start the game and throw 60-70 pitches. Right-hander Kevin Slowey, who left Wednesday’s game in the [...]
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• Steve Cishek is not the only Marlins closer

  Is Steve Cishek out of the closer’s job? With Miami leading 2-1 in the eighth inning tonight, manager Mike Redmond had Chad Qualls warming up to pitch the ninth inning. After the game, Redmond was asked: Who’s your closer? “We’re going to use everybody,” he replied. “We’re going to use [...]
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• Matt Diaz makes it a baker’s dozen Marlins on the disabled list this year

  Outfielder Matt Diaz was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left knee bone bruise today (retroactive to Sunday), becoming the 11th Marlins player on the DL. Miami called up Jordan Brown from Class AAA New Orleans. The Marlins have had 13 different players serve 14 stints on the [...]
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• Catcher Miguel Olivo’s greatest hits include a duet with Marlins teammate Matt Diaz

  Marlins catcher Miguel Olivo is one tough customer. At 6-0 and 235 pounds, he is built like a tank — and certainly not what you’d want to collide with on a play at home plate. Standing in the dugout before a game the other day, Olivo was talking about some [...]
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• Former Marlins OF Cody Ross reflects on the surprising 2006 season

  The Marlins go into the tonight’s game 11-31 – the same record they had in 2006 after 42 games. In their 43rd game, the 2006 team started a four-game winning streak and went on to play competitive baseball into September. That team was 73-71 on Sept. 11 and 74-73 on [...]
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• Miami Marlins designate Jon Rauch for assignment, call up Duane Below

  Relief pitcher Jon Rauch allowed two more runs tonight in Miami’s 9-2 loss to Arizona. After the game, he was designated for assignment. Rauch, who signed a $1 million contract with Miami, has a 7.56 ERA in 15 appearances. The Marlins will call up left-haner Duane Below from the Class [...]
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• Miami Marlins rookie Jose Fernandez draws King Felix comparison

  Catcher Jeff Mathis makes his Marlins debut tonight and he will catch rookie Jose Fernandez. Fernandez faces the Reds for the second time this year — and the first time since they five runs in four innings against him April 18 in an 11-1 loss in Cincinnati. If Fernandez pounds [...]
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• Miami Marlins use same lineup in back to back games for first time

  Jorge Milian filling in again tonight at Marlins Park. Here’s his report: It took nearly one-quarter of the season but the Marlins finally played with the same starting lineup in consecutive games for the first time on Wednesday. “The stars aligned right,” Redmond joked prior to tonight’s game against Cincinnati. [...]
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• Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis activated from the disabled list

  Here’s today’s Marlins report from Palm Beach Post staff writer Jorge Milian, who is filling in for me today and Tuesday at Marlins Park: As expected, the Marlins activated Jeff Mathis from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday and will go with three catchers on the roster. Mathis, acquired from [...]
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• Not all Miami Marlins are tickled pink about Mother’s Day baseballs

  Marlins players will swing pink bats and wear pink wristbands and pink shoes at Dodger Stadium as part of an annual Mother’s Day tradition by Major League Baseball to raise awareness of breast cancer. Today, there’s a new item being added on the field during games — baseballs with pink [...]
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