Possible Marlins position changes and making the case to sign Emilio Pagán

There's no need for them to spend money just for the sake of looking like they're really trying to spend that Luxury Tax money. Instead of spending a lot on a "big name" proven closer the Fish should spend a little less on a couple of middle relief types and keep closing with Ronny Henriquez and Bender if he's healthy. No more Heath Bell type moves, please.

As for moving Griffin Conine to 1st base and Norby to the OF, I think that's a STUPID idea, in other words definitely a Clayton McMoron idea. First of all, we had a very good left hitting 1st baseman in Troy Johnston but these buttholes decided to keep WAGABUM instead. Now they want to screw up the defense even more by asking TWO GUYS to learn new positions which will mean a lot of ERRORS until they figure it out, if they figure it out at all. Marlins love doing this crap, though, making guys play positions they never played before; they have done it FOR YEARS and it's NOT GOOD. Remember Logan Morrison in the OF? How about Garret Jones in the OF? I could go on...

22 hours ago, One Regend said:

I get moving someone to 1B, that's normal. But moving someone to the OF? Come on... even an inexperienced LF is going to be exploited by the opposing team's baserunners. Not a great look for a team dependent on its pitching.

I say this as someone who suggested moving Jorge Alfaro to the OF. I regretted uttering those words back then, and I learned my lesson. Don't make the same mistake twice.

For some reason, (probably because they're too cheap to try to fill needs through free agency) the Marlins have done this for many years (see my post above). But making two such changes is really asking for trouble as it will weaken the defense considerably to have two positions where guys are learning on the fly. Teams like the Fish that are not going to OUT-SLUG opponents cannot afford to do two things: make errors and walk people. With two positions being filled by guys who are just learning, errors are DEFINITELY going to happen. But let's not forget that BentDix and Manager McMoron are not expecting to compete anytime soon. As soon as they got to .500 last year McMoron pulled the plug on the team and started giving them a large dose of Josh Simpson and Zuber, and soon they were 10 games under again. Therefore they might be willing to put up with a lot of errors this year as guys learn new positions. McMoron and BentDix are under no pressure to win here in Miami and they know it. They can have fire sales and rebuilds every 4 or 5 years and nobody will REALLY care. Fish Stripes and butt kissing clowns like Craig Mish won't complain as long as they continue to get press passes and are considered "insiders" and the sports media in Miami doesn't give a damn about baseball. This is a Dolphins town, followed by the Hurricanes, then by The Heat, Panthers, and maybe that soccer team. Baseball is dead last.