Offishial news, 11/1/23: First offseason roster moves; Soler lawsuit

[Ely Sussman]

View full article

[Guest Leo Armbrister]

I am not surprised that the Marlins have a bad record for trades. When you trade from a position of weakness you are at a disadvantage. With limited financial resources you have to consider a players salary as a major consideration regarding what players you can afford to trade for. You also often have to raid your minor league talent to get a quality player in a trade.

[Guest Kommenter]

The Atlanta Braves, and all other major sports teams, have disclaimers fans must sign in order to attend a game. Mayra Norris agreed to release the Braves, Soler and all other parties from liability in the event of injury and further to take all disputes to arbitration. Even if she prevails in Cobb County court, the Braves should continue appealing to set precedent. Ironically, the same Cobb County that employs the judge owns the stadium and is covered by the waiver. The Braves should countersue Cobb County for negligient stadium design and see if they seek to excercise the disclaimer. In a similar case a Cook County, IL ruled the waiver illegal, so we will see if she prevails. Cobb County also rabid Braves fan territory so a good chance the jury is doing the Tomohawk chop during the case.

[Ely Sussman]

Right. If a separate graph was made of "most money saved via trades" during that same period, the Marlins would be near the top. They have repeatedly put themselves in the unfortunate spot of making big deals that are closer to salary dumps than actual baseball transactions.