Young Marlins experience growing pains in series-opening loss

MIAMI – The 2026 Marlins don’t find themselves in the postseason picture this deep into the season without young talent providing significant production. At the same time, it’s understood that growing pains are an inevitable part of the equation. That inexperience showed in Friday night’s 6-1 loss to the Cubs at loanDepot park, as Miami (71-71) remained three games behind Arizona (74-68) for the third and final National League Wild Card spot with 20 games remaining. The Padres (73-67) were hosting the Yankees late in San Diego. “Having young players come up here and contribute is and has been and…