Henderson Alvarez

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Marlins' reliever Ryan Webb is off to a much better start than he got off to last year. Webb took a career-best 14 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings streak into Thursday's 3-1 loss to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Marcell Ozuna has played just 14 games since being called up from Class AA Jacksonville, but his throwing arm is getting quite a reputation. Ozuna has three assists, tied with three...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH 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 Toronto during the offseason,...

Like every catcher, Jeff Mathis' body is a catalogue of hard knocks. "I've broke my face, wrists. Nothing compared to the pain that was in my collarbone," said Mathis, who finally became an active member of the Marlins on Tuesday. One of the players...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan might not be happy about it, but he is doing his best to adjust to a new role off the bench. Going into Sunday, he was 6-for-16 as a pinch-hitter,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH With a glaring lack of offense, the Marlins know their best chances of competing will be if they play solid defense. But that hasn't happened yet. Miami went into Monday with 28 errors,...

LOS ANGELES A.J. Ramos on the Marlins' off day in San Diego earlier this week set out to do something few have accomplished. Turned out he didn't have the stomach for it. Before the team departed for Los Angeles Thursday, Ramos and fellow pitchers Tom...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH As the Marlins struggle in a rebuilding year, they haven't been shy about calling up minor leaguers -- even if that has been out of necessity to replace injured players. The next call up...

SAN DIEGO It's going to happen. At some point, probably within the next month to six weeks, the Miami Marlins' mile-long list of injured players will shorten and they'll return to relatively good health. That's when President of Baseball Operations...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH Not much has gone right for the Marlins this year, but one pleasant surprise has been right-fielder Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna, 22, has hit in seven of nine games for the Marlins since being...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Miami Marlins - INSIDE PITCH The Marlins' roster could look a whole lot different by the middle of June than it did when the season opened. Henderson Alvarez, out since March 27 with shoulder inflammation, was...

SAN DIEGO Chris Valaika on Wednesday became the 12th Marlin to go on the disabled list. It might have been 13 if not for catcher Miguel Olivo. In the fifth inning of Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Padres, Olivo noticed Alex Sanabia stretching his groin after...