Johnny Cueto has no purpose on the Marlins roster

[Ely Sussman]

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[Guest Thomas Joseph]

The Marlins are just hoping against hope that there's some value to squeeze out of Cueto. It's a symptom of the financial condition, understandable to me and other Marlins fans. It is, of course, the same pall cast over Garcia's status. No team in the Marlins' position in the standings would throw Garcia back in the mix, upsetting the team's chemistry. We'll see on both players. I hope Sherman and Ng don't put unnecessary obstacles in the way of this playoff run. I bet they cut bait on both and, to further indicate a strategic change, push hard for realistic deadline additions. Marlins - don't squander this opportunity for both on-field success and fan goodwill.

[Guest kommenter]

It amazes me that after this long writing about the team Ely either does not understand or refuses to acknoledge who Bruce Sherman really is and how it affects the team. He is a longtime vulture hedge fund manager who, before owning the Marlins, never had any interest in baseball. His sole interest in the team is financial.

He has never released a player still under contract and never will because of how cheap he is. Even Stevie Wonder can see that Avisail and Cueto are finished. But because Sherman is still paying for them, the Marlins are going to play them and like it. This is not Skip's call or Kim's, it is solely on Bruce. And no amount of whining from internet comentators is going to change things.

[Ely Sussman]

Just last season, they released Aguilar in August with $1.8M owed to him and that was despite him being a well-liked teammate and a mildly useful player.

[Guest kommenter]

They released Aguilar near the end of the season with only a month left to play, the Fish 17 games under 500 and just $1.6 million salary still owed. Fans had been clamoring for his release all season. If you read Kim's comments at the time they timed it so another team could sign him for his bat for the post season and pick up part of his salary.

By contrast, for Cueto, we still have half of the season left, so about $3 mm. Until he went back on the roster, insurance was paying his salary.

Its even worse with Garcia with another $6 million owed this year and $12 mil for the next two years.

So yeah, Sherman is cheap whether you want to admit it or not. A real owner would have released Aguilar sooner and Cueto now.