Off-season moves

[Chad Turner]

Next year, the rebuild will continue, but I think we have a chance to be pretty decent.  Why?  It starts with the rotation.  We’ve used 13 different starters this year, and none of those were named Sandy or Eury. It's been a crazy year with all the injuries.  We now have rookies in AAA that can be pencilled into the lineup.  DLS at 1B, Norby at 2B, and Agustin at C will all be competing for starting spots.  I would bet on Sanoja winning the super-utility role, if not starting CF.  Burger, X, and Sanchez are locked in.  I would think Fortes is our opening day C.  Bride has been a pleasant surprise.  I can still see Myers getting a chance in the OF.  

A LF vet would be my choice for the place to spend the most.  I think Tyler O'Neil would be a nice fit, and could be cheap enough with his injury history.  Maybe 2 years, $14mm with a club option for '27?  Others could be Conforto, Profar, or Winker.  

Obviously the back of the 'pen will have to be addressed.  My dream would be to bring back Tanner Scott and lock him up for 3 years, $30mm.  He's a bulldog.  But I doubt that happens.  We obviously need a closer though.  

I could also see us bring in some cheap vets on 1 year contracts if we don't feel the rookies are ready.  I don't see Ali Sanchez, Nick Gordon, David Hensley, Emmanuel Rivera, Cristian Pache, David Hensley, or Kyle Stowers sticking around.  Vidal Bruján, Otto Lopez, Derek Hill, and Johnny Pereda could still be competing in the spring if they do well the rest of the year. 

The Marlins are 12-13 in the second half with a bunch of scrubs.  Remember when we were predicting a rotation of Sandy, Eury, Brax, Luzardo, and Sixto?  Well they are all on the IL (Weathers too).  And Rogers got traded.  On opening day, our 1-4 hitters were Arraez, Bell, DLC, and Jazz.  All gone.  Our pen?  Scott, Chargois, Brazoban, Hoeing, and Puk got traded.  And we dumped Okert and Berti just before opening day.  Our top FA signings were released (TA and Bethancourt).  My point is, this is the best coaching job I’ve ever seen.  If we don’t retain Skip (and Mel), I’m gonna puke.  Locking Skip up long-term will be our biggest off-season move.  

[One Regend]

I disagree with this view on many fronts. While, yes, we would have a more watchable product on the field, we won't have the prospect capital to make it through next year with injuries in the mix; Nevermind the sustained success beyond next year. Going all in next year would be nice for PR, but a horrible baseball move because we just don't have the prospects nor the talent to hang with the big boys.

We're going to need a few more years of being cellar-dwellars that suck tanks in order to build up the prospect capital to start being a relevant franchise again. Jeter did way too much damage during his regime and this is the opportunity to fix that damage.

It's going to be a long 3 years of being trash, but it needs to be done.