Troubling similarities between Marlins' David Robertson, Fernando Rodney trades

[Ely Sussman]

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[Guest kommenter]

At some point the Marlins have to examine whether the organization itself has fundamental flaws. So many excellent players come here and fail spectactularly.

We have the opposite of a winning culture. Despite Skip's BS that won Kim over in his job interview about being committed to winning, he is presiding over a historic collapse. And his only answer is incense in the clubhouse.

In the off season, Bruce should hire outside consultants to look at the culture. Wholesale changes including getting rid of Skip and Kim and their entourages are necessary (but unlikely). Ownership may be at fault and according to actuarial tables, Bruce has at least another decade before going to the great hedge fund in the sky. Adding more payroll, trades and drafts picks to this culture will not work.

[Guest]

Harsh on Ng. And Skip. But, well said about the Fish having the opposite of a winning culture. I blame the owner for limiting resources and thus limiting trade tagets. I think Ng and Skip have done about as good as they could.

OTOH, I hope we never trade for a pitcher from San Diego again. I don't know f their air is different, but they somehow go from decent to awful when they get here. I am refering to Weathers, not Robertson here.

[Ely Sussman]

Weathers was pretty awful in San Diego as well. They didn't make that deal with expectations for him to succeed right away. More development needed that could potentially make him viable rotation depth for 2024.