Florida Marlins News

Florida Marlins left-hander Dontrelle Willis became a first-time father Tuesday evening when his wife, Natalee, gave birth to a 6-pound, 6-ounce girl. Adrianna Rose and her mother were doing fine, the team said. Willis was the winning pitcher Monday night against Atlanta, then headed to the hospital to join his wife.

Count on Dontrelle Willis for an unorthodox delivery. Awaiting the imminent birth of his first child, Willis went about his business Monday, pitching 6 2-3 innings and hitting a standup triple to help the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7. Willis (4-1) became the NL’s first four-game winner.

Dontrelle Willis prepared to take the mound Monday night as his wife prepared to deliver the couple’s first child. Before the game, Willis said doctors were expected to soon induce labor. He said he had received 50 phone calls and 32 text messages Monday from people inquiring about the delivery. The Florida Marlins’ left-hander took [...]

Dan Uggla homered twice and drove in six runs, and Miguel Cabrera hit a drive into the upper deck to help the Florida Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 12-6 Sunday. Wes Obermueller earned his first major league victory in almost two years and Josh Willingham also homered for Florida. Uggla had three hits.

ANAHEIM, Ca. – The Angels’ Bartolo Colon is one of the lucky ones, back on the mound while many other elite pitchers remain sidelined.

The Florida Marlins optioned right-hander Scott Tyler to Double-A Carolina on Saturday night, two days after he was called up to the majors. The Marlins plan to recall right-hander Wes Obermueller from Triple-A Albuquerque to start against Washington on Sunday. Obermueller is 0-1 with a 2.45 ERA in three starts for the Isotopes.

Forbes magazine is out with its annual report on the business of baseball and the big news isn’t that the New York Yankees would have broken even last year if they didn’t have to pay A-Rod’s salary. The Yankees are the loss leaders of major league baseball, willing to give up some now to [...]

Chris Snelling singled off first baseman Mike Jacobs’ glove to score Ryan Church from second in the 14th inning and the Washington Nationals beat the Florida Marlins 6-5 on Friday night. Church singled to right off of Lee Gardner to lead off the 14th inning and stole second. On Snelling’s two-out single, second baseman Jason [...]

Florida Marlins slugger Miguel Cabrera was held out of the starting lineup Friday because of a sore right oblique, but he and manager Fredi Gonzalez said the injury didn’t appear serious. Cabrera, who skipped batting practice, said Gonzalez talked him out of trying to play. “I had to put my foot down,” Gonzalez said.

The Mets powered their way into first-place with some help from Chicago’s Rich Hill. As Orlando Hernandez and Carlos Beltran were leading New York to an 11-3 victory over the Marlins on Thursday night, Hill was shutting down the Atlanta Braves. New York and Atlanta swapped places atop the NL East standings on their [...]