Marlins get no waiver claim reinforcements for playoff push

[Ely Sussman]

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[Guest OneRegend]

I'm honestly surprised they haven't pulled the guillotine on Joey Wendle. The way I see it is, the season is over. It's time to let the kids play. There's zero justification in continuing to field a guy with 56 wRC+ and a -0.2 fWAR over a guy hitting like Tony Gwynn in AAA.

 

(The AAA guy I'm referring to is Xavier Edwards, by the way.)

 

Also, let go of Yuli Gurriel and give Troy Johnston a shot. We need to see what he can do at the MLB level, now that the season is lost.

 

My projected september Lineup:

2B: Luis Arraez

CF: Jazz Chisholm Jr.

LF: Jorge Soler

DH: Josh Bell

RF: Jesus Sanchez/Bryan De La Cruz

3B: Jake Burger

1B: Troy Johnston

SS: Xavier Edwards

C: Nick Fortes/Jacob Stallings

[Ely Sussman]

It probably speaks to the total lack of faith in Edwards at SS. It was only this past month that he finally began getting occasional reps there and those have gone poorly.

 

Not impossible for him to someday become adequate at it. For the time being, he just isn't close to helping out there.

[Guest OneRegend]

Even with his inefficiencies at SS, I fail to see how Edwards isn't an upgrade over Joey Wendle. Wendle is a sub-replacement player even with his steady defense.

 

As I said, let the kids play.