Offishial News: Amed Rosario, Gio Urshela continuing to "draw interest" from Marlins

[Ely Sussman]

Marlins news roundup for 2/15/24

Here's what you should know with 42 days to go until Marlins Opening Day...

It's time for the first full pitchers and catchers workout of Marlins Spring Training! Follow Kevin Barral and Alex Krutchik for live updates from the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium complex.

🔹 All of the recently DFA'd Marlins players have now found new homes, with Peyton Burdick going to the Orioles on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations. Burdick's inability to make contact will likely preclude him from finding sustained major league success, but I still think the Marlins pulled the plug on him too soon given his power, athleticism and baseball instincts.

🔹 An article draft by Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was accidentally published overnight saying that the Marlins had agreed to trade Edward Cabrera to the Pirates for UTIL Ji Hwan Bae, RHP Braxton Ashcraft and RHP Jun-Seok Shim. Mackey clarified that he had prewritten it in anticipation of a possible trade and that there's no agreement in place yet. Even so, this misfire suggests the negotiations are still active.

🔹 From Craig Mish and Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: infielders Amed Rosario and Gio Urshela have drawn the most interest from the Marlins among the players still available at their positions. In Jesús Luzardo trade talks with Baltimore, the Marlins wanted catching prospect Samuel Basallo, but "Baltimore wasn’t willing to include him in any deal." Mish and Jackson confirms that the Marlins "never got close to a deal" with Jorge Soler, though they did speak with him in the weeks prior to him signing with the Giants. They also report a brief discussion took place with the Royals last season (while Kim Ng was still GM) that would swapped burgeoning young stars Eury Pérez and Bobby Witt Jr.  

 🔹 The Marlins won their arbitration case against Luis Arraez. He'll earn a $10.6M salary this season instead of the $12M he was seeking.

🔹 Congrats to OF Victor Mesa Jr. on earning his United States citizenship. He spoke with Kevin Barral this morning about learning from his more experienced teammates this spring.

🔹 On the latest episode of Fish On First LIVE, Marlins radio announcer Kyle Sielaff expressed confidence in the Marlins' new direction and wrapped up the show with some amusing dating advice (in the spirit of Valentine's Day). FOF LIVE is presented by Berger & Hicks! If you’ve been injured as a result of somebody else’s negligence, give them a call at (305) 670-7050.

🔹 Keith Law of The Athletic ranked his top 20 Marlins prospects. Law is particularly high on 1B Brock Vradenburg (No. 7), INF Yoffry Solano (No. 11) and RHP Nigel Belgrave (No. 19). When initially published, Law ranked INF Erick Lara ninth on the list...the same Erick Lara who was traded to the Rays three months ago. Lara was removed only after I commented on the article about the error.

🔹 Three major storylines that Christina De Nicola of MLB.com will be following this spring: previously injured players being ready to contribute, the playing time split at shortstop and catcher, and what impact the new-look front office will have on camp.

 🔹 Louis Addeo-Weiss analyzed six pitch types used by individual Marlins pitchers that we should be monitoring closely in 2024.

🔹 Isaac Azout has created the ultimate guide to Marlins Spring Training! It'll be updated and expanded annually to provide fans with all the pertinent info they need to make the most out of their visit to Jupiter.

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[One Regend]

Eury Perez for Bobby Witt Jr. Now that's a swap that we could be asking ourselves 5 years from now, about all the what-ifs this swap could have had. Right now, both are rising stars who just got started, so we'll have to see what they will have accomplished 5 years later to truly assess that trade.

[Ely Sussman]

9 hours ago, One Regend said:

Eury Perez for Bobby Witt Jr. Now that's a swap that we could be asking ourselves 5 years from now, about all the what-ifs this swap could have had. Right now, both are rising stars who just got started, so we'll have to see what they will have accomplished 5 years later to truly assess that trade.

There have been some bold challenge trades across the league, but nothing quite like this with both sides sacrificing guys with that combination of talent, youth and immediate MLB production. Too bold to ever come to fruition considering that it would be a fireable offense if you wind up with the inferior player.