Video: Nick Castellanos on Miami Marlins: 'Players Don't Want to Be There' and Fans Feel Disconnected

[Ely Sussman]

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder and South Florida native Nick Castellanos (who grew up a Marlins fan himself) discussed the state of the Fish on The Chris Rose Rotation.

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[One Regend]

He's not wrong. Why root for a rookie core that's destined to fail?

Bendix traded all of our valuable pieces for prospects that are very one-note. How am I supposed to have hope for the future when our prospect core is very flawed?

Somehow I feel less hopeful for this team's future than I did following 2017's selloff. At least the prospects we acquired back then had loud tools. I can't think of a single tool this prospect core has that would be considered loud. The closest I can maybe think of is Agustin Ramirez, and he's got his own problems.

It hurts watching this team be disassembled and replaced with flotsam and jetsam.

[Slacker Mills]

Flotsam and jetsam. Yep. that's our club.

[1993 fan from start]

On 1/17/2025 at 4:35 PM, One Regend said:

He's not wrong. Why root for a rookie core that's destined to fail?

Bendix traded all of our valuable pieces for prospects that are very one-note. How am I supposed to have hope for the future when our prospect core is very flawed?

Somehow I feel less hopeful for this team's future than I did following 2017's selloff. At least the prospects we acquired back then had loud tools. I can't think of a single tool this prospect core has that would be considered loud. The closest I can maybe think of is Agustin Ramirez, and he's got his own problems.

It hurts watching this team be disassembled and replaced with flotsam and jetsam.

Somehow I feel less hopeful for this team's future than I did following 2017's. lol i have more hope now.   under Bendix then i did with jeter and kim.  always seem like one bad player holding team down, like lewis ,sixto , Avi Garcia,,Jean S. .   i feel like  team moving in better diraction. at lest Agustin Ramirez, CANT BE AS BAD of a  HITTER AS JORGE ALAFRO . BUT DEFENCE  maybe a move to first help..   the farm rank better and team feel like less of  1 run game vitory  inn late inning.      Bendix traded all of our valuable pieces for prospects . at the right time . team was  not going no were without Sandy and Eury Pérez at the time.   two like the wavier moves from last year. we did more of them . better then standing still.   

[1993 fan from start]

i have to disagree with players  don;t want to be in Miami .  with the tax break and it being  in miami. unless he refuring to the dislike of loctaion and cuba feel,,  things like that.. it was not Nick was going to help marlins any how. with his price tag  , numbers and wanting to play for only jeter.   Fans Feel yes Disconnected most do cause of stadium logo color changes . not saying their no postive. The city connnect uniform are not MIAMI related.  Heck Marlins MAN goes to less games now. sad but true. miss fish tank ,outfeild old green colors and clevender.

[One Regend]

19 hours ago, 1993 fan from start said:

Somehow I feel less hopeful for this team's future than I did following 2017's. lol i have more hope now.   under Bendix then i did with jeter and kim.  always seem like one bad player holding team down, like lewis ,sixto , Avi Garcia,,Jean S. .   i feel like  team moving in better diraction. at lest Agustin Ramirez, CANT BE AS BAD of a  HITTER AS JORGE ALAFRO . BUT DEFENCE  maybe a move to first help..   the farm rank better and team feel like less of  1 run game vitory  inn late inning.      Bendix traded all of our valuable pieces for prospects . at the right time . team was  not going no were without Sandy and Eury Pérez at the time.   two like the wavier moves from last year. we did more of them . better then standing still.   

That remains to be seen. Brinson, Alfaro, Monte Harrison all had loud tools. They couldn't do anything with those tools, but they were loud. Jeter sucked at his job, but at least he tried to find talent. I don't know what Bendix is trying to build here, with the glut of 1B/DH prospects and 2B/COF prospects with no offensive impact.

The idea of trading star players do not bother me. This team wasn't going anywhere, even with those players. But if you're going to trade star players, you have to get fair value out of those trades. This is where Bendix drops the ball. Unless you're happy with a bunch of 1B/DH prospects playing out of position and looking like a defensive mess, or you're okay with an Adeiny Hechavarria who can't hit above .250 or get on base over .300, I don't see how you're okay with the trade returns we've got. Bendix's return packages have been mediocre at best, and if I were to assume the worst, downright detrimental to the team's development.

I do appreciate that you have hope in this team's future, and believe me, I wish I could. I just do not see it. Come, 4 years down the line, when Starlyn Caba gets Rule 5'd after 3 ineffective seasons, and Deyvision De Los Santos gets traded for lesser value than they gave up for him because he's being blocked by Agustin Ramirez, and PJ Morlando flames out in AA because nobody wants to play a COF guy who can't field or run and can barely hit, you can circle back to this post and I'll be the first to tell you "I told you so."

But maybe the Marlins can surprise me. Maybe Starlyn Caba can develop his hit tool or plate discipline. Maybe Deyvision De Los Santos can improve his dexterity and be able to handle 3rd base. Maybe PJ Morlando won't look like a guy that should've been drafted in the 2nd Round. Maybe the Marlins coaching somehow becomes good at developing talent on a generational level. Then, and *maybe then*, do I see this team reaching the heights of 1997.

I don't see it happening right now, though.

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

Pfft.