The Florida Marlins place Chris Coghlan on the D.L.
The Florida Marlins will be without 25-year old lefty swinging starting LF Chris Coghlan for the next six to eight weeks as he tore his meniscus in his left knee. He hurt himself trying to nail Wes Helms with a pie in the face after a walkoff victory. What a dumb way to hurt yourself and your team. Coghlan has played in 91 games for the Marlins this year and he is 96 of 358 (.268 avg, .718 OPS) with 60 runs scored, 5 homers, 28 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. The Marlins have recalled 22-year old lefty swinging outfielder Logan Morrison to replace Coghlan as the starting LF. Morrison was the Marlins’ #2 rated prospect heading into this season according to Baseball America. Marlins’ fans have been clamoring for his recall and now we will get to see what he can do. Morrison has played in 73 games in A+AAA-ball this season and he is 81 of 259 (.313 avg, .925 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 6 homers and 47 RBIs. Morrison has now played in 462 games in his five years in the minors and he is 483 of 1,652 (.292 avg, .849 OPS) with 245 runs scored, 53 homers, 274 RBIs and 22 stolen bases.