Fish Unfiltered: Marlins Facing Tough Decisions on Cabrera, Luzardo

[Kevin Barral]

Episode #54

Isaac, Kevin and Ely react to the Marlins' first pitchers and catchers workout and the trade rumors involving their talented starting pitchers.

Isaac Azout and Kevin Barral are joined by Ely Sussman to react to the Marlins' first pitchers and catchers workout and the trade rumors involving their talented starting pitchers.

Can the Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates find common ground on an Edward Cabrera deal? Why does the front office continue to "listen" on Jesús Luzardo offers rather than try to extend him? Is Max Meyer a candidate for the Opening Day roster? Those topics and more are covered on Episode #54.

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[Slacker Mills]

Enough with the Rosario/Anderson talk! Jazz is capable of playing far better SS than either of them and hits a whole lot better. Scouting reports on Jazz touted his defense. All the sudden he was moved to 2B by the Marlins. I've never read anything that actually supports that decision other than that Rojas was seen as a gold glover. Once he left, why didn't Jazz take over?

[Stanley J Makowski]

If the Marlins acquire one of the SS mentioned, how much will it add to extra wins. Let's assume for the sake of this post that it adds 40 RBIs to the team.  I'm assuming that the team got about a combined 40 in 2023. That would be about an average of one and a fraction per week. Compare how that would lead to runs when contrasted with any wins lost through the trade of one of our starters. In sum, the team would be foolish to trade pitching at this time which is the team's strength and the reason why they made the post season last year.

While writing this, I was listening to a pod that discussed trading Cabrera because of his excessive walks. No one mentioned how few hits he gives up at the same time. I think he has overwhelming "stuff", probably best on the staff.

Before any of us speculate on immediate and longer-term solutions, MONEY must be part of the major considerations, especially regarding any long-term commitments. This FO has shown absolutely no inclination to spend funds toward any immediate improvement.