Juan Pierre, left fielder for the Miami Marlins, began his major league career in 2000 in a Colorado Rockies uniform. After playing with the Rockies for three years, Pierre was traded to the Florida Marlins in November, 2002. He then played for three years with the Marlins until they traded him in December, 2005 to the Chicago Cubs.
Placido Polanco, the new third baseman for the Miami Marlins, was first drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994. He made his major league debut with the Cardinals four years later. Polanco played with the Cardinals for four and a half years before he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of July, 2002. Polanco was not an everyday player in his first two years with the Cardinals, but in 2000, he played in 118 games for the team, batting .316 with 102 hits. The following year, he played in 144 games, batted .307 and had 173 hits.
Mike Redmond, the new manager of the newly named Miami Marlins, is, at age of 41, the second youngest manager in the major leagues. Prior to being named manager of the Marlins, Redmond managed for two years in the minor leagues and he had a 13 year career as a major league catcher.