The Miami Marlins are ten games above .500 and are unequivocally the hottest team in baseball.Their pitching looks dominant, they are getting timely hits with great baserunning, and their version of home cooking at loanDepot Park is setting all sorts of team records.It seems like nothing can slow down this freight train from South Florida.TRUMP CAN'T HELP BUT TAKE JAB AT METS IN SPEECH WHILE PRAISING BRAVES CEO: 'THEY LOSE ALL THE TIME'Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara (22) acknowledges the fans as they celebrate his 1,002 career strikeouts during the game against the Texas Rangers at loanDepot Park.Jun 23, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; (Jim Rassol)Since then, though, the Marlins have lost 10 straight games and are falling further and further out of the playoff race as the calendar shifts to August.Who on Earth could have seen this coming?Well, me, for one.I tried to warn folks, both at the beginning of the season when the Fightin' Fish were one of the best teams to start the year, and right after their historic June where they seemingly put the rest of the league on notice.What was once a strength of the team, its bullpen, is now blowing games in stupendous fashion, and that timely hitting and high-powered offense seems to have run dry at a time when most true contenders start playing their best baseball.DODGERS COULD ACQUIRE TARIK SKUBAL AT THE TRADE DEADLINE TO AVOID HAVING TO FACE HIM IN PLAYOFFS: REPORTAnd I, along with many other hardened Marlins fans, saw this coming a mile away.It's nothing new in Little Havanna, as anyone who has been a fan from the beginning can attest to.We've had to endure fire sales, epic collapses, freak injuries to MVP-candidates, and even the death of a bright, young franchise cornerstone.Nothing can truly faze a Marlins fan at this point, so when folks outside of the confines of Dade County started singing the praises of the hometown team, true supporters could only roll their eyes and wait for the other shoe to drop.And ...