PHILADELPHIA -- Even though the Marlins will finish with the third-highest win total in franchise history, Larry Beinfest said the organization is ``disappointed'' that the club failed to reach the playoffs.

``I don't want to sound like we're terribly disappointed or unhappy because that's not the case,'' said Beinfest, the Marlins' president of baseball operations. ``But you never want to be satisfied not making [the playoffs].''

Beinfest pointed to uneven seasons by some of the starting pitchers, along with a high-scoring offense that wasn't consistent enough, as the primary reasons for the team's inability to make the postseason.

``You look back at the year and there's a lot of things you can say `there's three or four wins there,' '' Beinfest said in an end-of-season discussion with reporters who cover the team on a daily basis. ``If you look back at the whole year, you can say that's a win there and that's a win there. But that's baseball. That's happening everywhere. So I don't think we can definitely say `if we would have done this we would have made it.' ''

Beinfest said he and his staff would start addressing offseason roster moves after they receive a 2010 payroll figure from owner Jeffrey Loria.

OTHER END OF YEAR DISCUSSION

• Starter Ricky Nolasco's slow start and subsequent demotion to the minors ``completely floored us,'' Beinfest said.

• Beinfest said that the organization feels corner infielder Gaby Sanchez and minor-league first baseman/left fielder Logan Morrison are ``ready'' for the majors and would battle for jobs in spring training.

COACHES AWAITING CONTRACTS

Contracts for next season have not yet been extended to members of the coaching staff.

Those decisions would be made after the season, Beinfest said.

Manager Fredi Gonzalez, who is under contract through the 2011 season, said the coaches have done a good job and he wants them back.

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