Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  We are pleased to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Miami Marlins.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Marlins won 79 games and finished third in the National League East.  Despite the franchise’s relatively brief existence, there were no new Marlins, with the exception of two players returning under the new algorithm.

As always, we present our top five, which saw changes due to the new algorithm.

1. Giancarlo Stanton
2. Hanley Ramirez
3. Josh Johnson
4. Miguel Cabrera
5. Luis Castillo

You can find the entire list here.

Of note, Cabrera and Castillo flipped the #4 and #5 spots.

Active Pitcher, Sandy Alcantara, remains at #7.

Due to the changing algorithm, Antonio Alfonseca and Pat Rapp returned to the list at #48 and #49, respectively.

This took out Edgar Renteria and Jesus Luzardo from the list.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

The Marlins plucked Antonio Alfonseca, a right-handed prospect plucked from the Montreal Expos organization in the minor league phase of the draft. While he was physically unique, possessing six fingers on each hand due to polydactyly, he operated on the mound with a heavy, specialized sinker that made him one of the most polarizing closers of his era.

In 1997, Alfonseca achieved team success as a rookie with 6.1 scoreless postseason innings, helping the Marlins win their first World Series. He demonstrated mastery of his sinker in subsequent years, reaching a career-high in 2000, with 45 saves that summer, earning the Rolaids Relief Man Award. Despite a rise in ERA (4.24) and WHIP (1.51), he was a high-leverage clutch pitcher, often escaping trouble to secure wins.

The following year, Alfonseca recorded 28 saves in 2001 despite back pain. In early 2002, the organization traded him to the Chicago Cubs in a six-player trade including Matt Clement and Dontrelle Willis.  He would, however, return in 2005 for one final brief stint.

Alfonseca had 102 Saves for the Marlins and finished 193 Games.