2007 Florida Marlins season
| 2007 Florida Marlins | |
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| Record | 71–91 (.438) |
| Divisional place | 5th |
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| Owner(s) | Jeffrey Loria |
| General manager(s) | Larry Beinfest |
| Manager(s) | Fredi González |
| Local television |
FSN Florida Sun Sports Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton, Craig Minervini |
| Local radio |
WQAM Dave Van Horne, Roxy Bernstein WQBA (Spanish) |
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The Florida Marlins' 2007 season began with the team with the league's lowest payroll trying to improve on their promising 78-84 record in 2006. Despite the success of the team under manager Joe Girardi, he was fired and replaced with Fredi González.
Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said that the team's goal from the start of the season was to compete in the playoffs.
The Marlins had two goals to address during the 2006 offseason: they needed a new closer because '06 closer Joe Borowski signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, and the Marlins saw the need for a new center fielder. They had platooned Eric Reed, Reggie Abercrombie, Chris Aguila, Cody Ross, and Alfredo Amézaga in the position in 2006, with backup shortstop Amézaga making most of the starts at that position later in the season. The Marlins had added some new relief pitchers since 2006, trading Chris Resop to the Los Angeles Angels for Kevin Gregg and shipping prospects Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick to the New York Mets for Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom. Lindstrom has been a closer during his time in the minors and has a fastball that reached 100 mph on radar guns in winter league play during the 2006 offseason. The Marlins saw much competition for their closer role, with Ricky Nolasco, Renyel Pinto, Mike Koplove, Gregg, Lindstrom, and Owens all candidates for the job. In April, newly acquired Jorge Julio was named closer, but on May 13, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Byung-Hyun Kim.
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