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    The latest Miami Marlins free agent and trade rumors, along with notes and tidbits about the team.
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    Brock Beauchamp
    Jon Heyman tweeted today that the Marlins are still in pursuit of a starting shortstop in 2024 and are kicking the tires on Adalberto Mondesi.
    Mondesi, now 28 years old, last played with the Kansas City Royals in 2022. Once a highly-regarded top 50 prospect, Mondesi's bat never materialized against MLB pitchers, leading to a career OPS+ of 82. Mondesi joined the Red Sox in 2023 but suffered an ACL injury and did not play during the regular season.
    The free agent shortstop market is very thin this offseason but with names like Tim Anderson and Elvis Andrus still available, one hoped to see the Marlins reaching a few rungs higher on the ladder than Mondesi.
     
    Brock Beauchamp
    Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald mentioned in a piece today that the Marlins are looking into the free agent shortstop market.
    Admittedly, this is the thinnest market in years with almost all the remaining players looking for one- or two-year contracts. Included in this group is Tim Anderson, Brandon Crawford, and Amed Rosario.
    Tim Anderson is perhaps the most intriguing name on the market, as the former White Sox shortstop had a terrible 2023 (60 OPS+) after posting a 122 OPS+ over the previous four seasons. Anderson is entering his age-31 season in 2024.
    Amed Rosario is in a similar situation to Anderson. After posting a 103 OPS+ over the 2021-2022 seasons with Cleveland, Rosario slid backward with the bat in 2023, posting an 89 OPS+ in split duties between the Guardians and Dodgers. Rosario could very well be looking for a one-year pillow contract, as 2024 is only his age-28 season.
    Ely Sussman
    Trey Mancini is coming to Marlins camp this spring on a minor league deal, as first reported by the New York Post's Jon Heyman (and confirmed by Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald).
    The Marlins have previously signed Matt Andriese, Jonathan Davis, Tristan Gray and several others as non-roster invitees, but Mancini comes with the highest profile. He has slashed .263/.328/.448 (109 wRC+) in 831 games across seven MLB seasons, accruing 6.3 fWAR.
    Best known for reaching his 35-homer peak with the 2019 Baltimore Orioles, Mancini won a World Series title with the 2022 Houston Astros. Last offseason, he signed a two-year, $14M deal with the Chicago Cubs, but got designated for assignment in August. He briefly played in Triple-A for the Cincinnati Reds organization, though they declined to call him up for their September playoff push.
    Mancini's defensive reps have been evenly split between first base and the corner outfield spots (with plenty of DH reps as well). He is below average no matter where you put him.
    Trey Mancini Career Hitting Stats Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2016 24 BAL AL 5 15 14 3 5 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 4 .357 .400 1.071 1.471 274 15 0 1 0 0 0 /DH   2017 25 BAL AL 147 586 543 65 159 26 4 24 78 1 0 33 139 .293 .338 .488 .826 120 265 12 6 0 4 1 73D/H9 RoY-3 2018 26 BAL AL 156 636 582 69 141 23 3 24 58 0 1 44 153 .242 .299 .416 .715 95 242 17 5 0 5 1 73D/H   2019 27 BAL AL 154 679 602 106 175 38 2 35 97 1 0 63 143 .291 .364 .535 .899 134 322 22 9 0 5 3 93D/7H   2020     Did not play in major or minor leagues (Illness) 2021 29 BAL AL 147 616 556 77 142 33 1 21 71 0 0 51 143 .255 .326 .432 .758 106 240 19 8 0 1 4 3D/H   2022 30 TOT AL 143 587 519 56 124 23 1 18 63 0 0 53 135 .239 .319 .391 .710 103 203 12 10 0 5 2 D379/H   2022 30 BAL AL 92 401 354 39 95 16 1 10 41 0 0 35 86 .268 .347 .404 .751 116 143 4 9 0 3 2 D39/7H   2022 30 HOU AL 51 186 165 17 29 7 0 8 22 0 0 18 49 .176 .258 .364 .622 76 60 8 1 0 2 0 D73/H9   2023 31 CHC NL 79 263 235 31 55 12 0 4 28 0 0 21 78 .234 .299 .336 .635 71 79 5 2 0 3 1 3DH/9   7 Yrs 831 3382 3051 407 801 156 11 129 400 2 1 265 795 .263 .328 .448 .775 110 1366 87 41 0 23 12     Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Recent production makes ex-Marlins All-Star Jorge Soler the far more desirable player. That being said, you may be surprised by how eerily similar their career stats are. Both are entering their age-32 season, too.
    Mancini's chances of cracking the Marlins Opening Day roster would be fairly strong if any one of Josh Bell, Jake Burger, Bryan De La Cruz. Avisaíl García or Jesús Sánchez were to suffer a preseason injury. For him to force the issue without a corresponding injury, he'd need to demonstrate that his 2023 power outage (4 HR in 263 PA) was an anomaly.
    Brock Beauchamp
    All quiet on the pitcher front.
    Mark Feinsand of MLB.com wrote this excellent write-up about both the reliever and starting pitcher winter markets. While the reliever free agent market seems to have stalled on Josh Hader (who finally signed with the Astros on Friday afternoon), Feinsand goes on to point out that the starting pitching market hasn't fared much better with several high-profile free agents still on the market, headlined by Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery.
    In a cascading effect, this has caused the starting pitcher trade market to be equally slow, so much so that one NL executive is quoted saying "I don’t think the trade market will be very hot in the next month". The Marlins have a need for offense and some expendable starting pitching. Does a frozen market on the likes of Dylan Cease, Shane Bieber, and Corbin Burnes hurt or help the Marlins' chances to improve their 2024 lineup by maximizing value in one of their starting pitchers this offseason?
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