Where this 2025 Miami Marlins can rank by season's end

"With just two weeks to go in the 2025 MLB season, the Miami Marlins can still do it all. Savor that fact for a moment, Marlins fans. It's mid-September, possibly late September by the time you are reading this, and your favorite baseball team hasn't been eliminated from anything. They can still have a winning season. They can still make the playoffs! That's certainly a far cry from what most fans predicted coming into this 2025 season, myself included. What a time to be alive! The rebuild is well underway, and ahead of schedule."

"Okay, obviously some pumping of the breaks is necessary there. The Miami Marlins would have to win every remaining game left on the schedule to have a winning season. That's a 12-0 run through a slate that includes the Rockies on the road, the unstoppable Phillies, and the hilariously imploding but still much more talented Mets. Soooo...probably a long shot. As for a playoff run? Baseball Reference gives that less than a mere 0.1% chance of happening. Not zero, but it would involve multiple absurd collapses by teams in front of the Marlins, making up seven games and jumping five teams in standings. Also quite unlikely."

"Still...this could end up being one of the more successful Miami Marlins teams when all is said and done. Already, the 2025 club has put up a better record than 12 other teams in franchise history. With just two more wins though? That would jump up to surpassing 15 other finishes, good for the 17th best Marlins season. That's dangerously close to this club having actually been better than most other Miami teams, and they are already the second best team of the Sherman era. All of this is assuming, of course, you don't really count 2020, although it's hardly a stretch to say that this 2025 team just might have more talent anyway."

With two weeks remaining in the 2025 MLB season, the Miami Marlins still retain mathematical possibilities for a winning record and a postseason berth. Securing a winning season would require winning all 12 remaining games, including road matchups at Colorado and difficult series against the Phillies and Mets, making the task highly unlikely. Baseball Reference assigns under a 0.1% chance for a playoff appearance, since multiple large collapses by teams ahead would be necessary. The 2025 team has already outperformed 12 previous franchise seasons and could move into the upper half of Marlins seasons with a strong finish.

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