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  1. One Regend
    I never understood why the Marlins are so stubborn at developing Agustin Ramirez as a catcher. Even when they sent him to AAA, they still gave him catching assignments. We have a whole season's full of evidence that he is not a catcher at the Major League level, and yet they still inked him to the catcher role because they refused to admit they are wrong about his catching potential, or rather lack of it. He should be taking ground balls at 1B during spring training, or batting practice. They never gave him the opportunity to do that. They continue to chuck him into the fire and keep setting him up for failure in their fruitless endeavor for their distorted vision of him as a catcher of the organization's future. He was just as dreadfully bad this year defensively as he was last year. It's clear he isn't going to improve in that aspect. But making it worse is, he has the ABS system on his side. This means that even with his poor framing ability, he could still rely on ABS to get strikes for his pitchers. He also has coaches in the dugout calling pitches, reducing an additional layer of stress as a catcher. You would think having the ABS system on his side, and having the new method of coaches calling pitches from the dugout, would allow him to focus entirely on improving his ability to block pitches from getting past him. This did not help him whatsosever. If he couldn't improve defensively as a catcher even with those two benefactors, when will he ever? He needs to be working at 1B. Full stop. And the Marlins have a glaring offensive hole at 1B. It's such a simple answer. The Marlins are too prideful of themselves to consider that answer.
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    I didn't agree with signing Tim Anderson back in 2024. I get why they signed him. He was a multiple-time All-Star, he just had an off year, making him a 1-year rebound candidate. And, he was only a couple years shy from being an elite hitter. But, he had concerning advanced metrics during his off year, and he was entering his Age 31 season. Hitters who enter Age 30 or older seasons, and just had a season with bad advanced metrics do not bode well for their incoming performance, and the years following. Not to mention, we had a glut of middle-infielders in our farm system at the time. Not even going to go over Xavier Edwards or Otto Lopez. Months before signing Tim Anderson, we still had Nasim Nunez in our system. (Not saying he would've been an upgrade, but you know, just providing context.) Fun as Luis Arraez was, it was right to trade him. The Marlins weren't going to compete, and Luis Arraez isn't going to chase .400 forever. At some point he's going to show regression to the mean, and when he does, it will be very ugly regression. Best to sell high on him when the stocks are still relatively high. This opened the door for X and Otto, and well, let's just say those two are an upgrade over who we used to have as our middle infielders. I still think Otto Lopez should've been extended in the offseason. He was showing strides at the plate in 2025, and his defense at shortstop was outstanding. Good-hitting shortstops who have elite defense don't grow on trees. The fact they had a lacking 2025-2026 offseason and didn't even bother to open extension talks on Otto Lopez, I feel, was a huge missed opportunity.
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    and austin slater's 1m too essentially what the marlins offseason boiled down to was "welp we got pete fairbanks. that's it. that's the entire offseason." and just checked out of the entire offseason the moment they signed him didn't even extend Eury Perez or Otto Lopez over the offseason man what a dumpster fire of an offseason
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    This is one of those "addition by subtraction" moves. I never understood why they felt it was necessary to bring Chris Paddack when Brax has been their rock for 5 years and Robby Snelling had nothing left to prove in AAA, but they at least admitted there was a problem, instead of brute forcing it for half a season. This move and optioning Agustin Ramirez to AAA were honestly W moves. I sincerely hope they start giving Gus reps at 1B in AAA because at this point in his career, he needs those reps. He should never catch pitchers ever again. If having the ABS system by his side to help him focus more on catching and blocking pitches didn't help him with his garbage defense, I don't know what else will.
  5. One Regend
    honestly this needed to happen 30 games ago agustin ramirez has been by far the worst catcher in baseball by a country mile, and the marlins front office stubbornly convinced themselves that he's their team's catcher. how many runs did we give up because of his passed balls? or wild pitches that could've been blocked by a competant catcher? or the runners that advanced bases because he cant throw base stealers out? he's talented with the bat but watching him play defense behind the plate and give up free runs every game is akin to torture. i've been saying this last year, i've been saying this all offseason, and i've been preaching it this season all year long, the man is built to be a first baseman. stop pretending he's a catcher and move him to where he could actually succeed.
  6. One Regend
    I've always been confused by the decision to have an all-righty starting rotation. At that point you're just begging the opposing lefties to feast on your team. No, having good lefty relief pitching doesn't solve that problem. The Marlins have a habit every 5 or so years, or every time they hit the reset button on the franchise, to sign a guy that, everyone in the baseball industry knows isn't good, and wouldn't even sign him to a league minimum deal, to serve no purpose on the team but block prospects that are more deserving of the 26-man spot from getting their reps at the major league level. The Marlins did this with Cal Quantrill last year, and they triple-dipped this year by signing Christopher Morel, Austin Slater, and Chris Paddack. This year is Wasted Potential: The Season, for the Marlins. It's infuriating to watch.
  7. One Regend
    I'm quite puzzled. Pulling Eury Perez makes sense. Phillies hit a lot of home runs, and Eury Perez is very widely known for giving up too many home runs. But to go to a guy who was literally just called up, with the game being a bloop and a blast away from the Marlins re-taking the lead? Really? Was there no guys in the bullpen with high-leverage experience they could've gone to?
  8. One Regend
    Don Mattingly was decent at keeping the clubhouse together, but you aren't going to win a championship with him at the helm. He might help guide your team to the playoffs, but no further than the Wild Card or XLDS.
  9. One Regend
    I still think Joe Mack should be catching, but I'd be fine with moving Hicks to 1B (with the occasional spot start at catcher to give Mack days off) if he keeps mashing the way he is. But, under those circumstances, never ever let Agustin Ramirez catch games ever again. Either have him exclusively DH or have him take ground balls at 1B so he can prepare as backup for 1B.
  10. One Regend
    As I said previously, Owen Caissie was our best hitter for the first 1 1/2 to 2 weeks of the season. Sending him to AAA would send the wrong message to him. The best course of action is hope he gets out of his current funk and regains the form he had in those beginning weeks of the season, and even better if he maintains it for the rest of the season.
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    I was 100% against the Christopher Morel and Austin Slater signings. You had in-house options that would do exactly what they bring to the table, but much younger and controllable. There was no reason to waste resources in such a matter. I was also against the Ryan Weathers trade, too. There was no reason to sell low on him especially when he gave our team quality innings when he was healthy. He had legit ace upside and we kinda just gave him away for a package of projects that may or may not work out (emphasis on the latter), and that's not something I hold hope for. I'm on the fence of Edward Cabrera. I had a feeling he was going to break out the moment he left the Marlins , because he had so much talent, but he could never put it together with us. Now it's looking like he's putting it together with the Cubs. I wouldn't mind this trade so much if we got a stud prospect out of it. Owen Caissie was our best hitter for the first 2 weeks of the season. Now he's ice-cold, batting .142 with 22 strikeouts and 1 walk in his last 13 games. If he can regain the form he had earlier in the season and maintain that form, I'll be happy with the Edward Cabrera trade. It's a big if, though, since there's 162 games in the season. I'd forgive these awful moves if the front office swallowed their pride and accepted that Agustin Ramirez is not a MLB-caliber catcher and let him field ground balls at 1B during spring training, and if the front office realized just how good Kemp Alderman really is. Maybe you could argue that they're holding Alderman back for service clock, but that doesn't really change the fact that literally anyone in AAA could perform better than the production we were getting out of Austin Slater and whoever we're throwing at 1B.
  12. One Regend
    If I was Clayton McCoullough, I would've made the same move if we had an actually competant bullpen. Max Meyer hasn't proven himself at this level and I also wouldn't trust him beyond 5 innings until he gives me reason to, unless he's against a team like the White Sox or Rockies who are easy 6-7 quality innings no matter who's on the mound. The problem is, the bullpen is a total gasfire. That's what makes this decision iffy.
  13. One Regend
    Actually a lot of that was Farhan Zaidi. Buster Posey inherited all of those problems from Zaidi before him and now he's tasked with fixing this mess.
  14. One Regend
    So how long are they going to continue the Gus charade before they finally realize he's hot garbage behind the dish? Even with ABS helping guide him as a catcher, he's still been absolutely terrible defensively.
  15. One Regend
    Yeah, no, I'm not buying the excuse of cold weather over their poor play. And yes, I also very much didn't like it when the Dolphins & Tua pulled this same dumb excuse. 29 other teams have to play under the same conditions, and about half of them also regularly have home games played in warm weather. They need to stop making excuses and git gud.
  16. One Regend
    I get it. The Marlins didn't show up at all. But does that mean y'all aren't showing up either? 🤣 I'm kidding. Um, yeah. Xavier Edwards hit a 1-out triple in the first inning. Agustin Ramirez makes an unproductive out by striking out looking. (Looking? Really? SWING THE BAT. You have a runner at 3rd with less than 2 outs!!) And the next batter couldn't cash in a single to get the run home. That set the tone for basically the rest of the game.
  17. One Regend
    I have more faith in Max Meyer putting it together than Jacob Berry. And that's saying a lot because Max Meyer isn't impressing me.
  18. One Regend
    Is it too early to call Max Meyer a bust? It probably is, but parts of 5 years and only having 28 games and 142 innings, and having a FIP at 5.13 with a 0.3 fWAR is incredibly underwhelming results for a guy who was drafted 3rd overall, and doesn't particularly inspire confidence about his future. Maybe the COVID pandemic absolutely screwed with the drafting process. But, I don't know. The baseball executive geniuses who chose Max Meyer as 3rd overall are the same guys that drafted JJ Bleday, Khalil Watson, Jacob Berry, and Noble Meyer with their first round selection... and well, let's just say those haven't panned out. (It's a little early on Noble Meyer but the early returns are not looking good right now.)
  19. One Regend
    I mean, really, what other options do they have? They couldn't sign a 1B free agent (Morel doesn't count, I mean a REAL 1B), Griffin Conine's cannon arm and solid outfield defense is being wasted at 1B, and the only other option to convert is Agustin Ramirez and they're too stubborn to admit he's not a catcher at the major league level. Maybe they can roll the tires on DLS. Honestly, that's probably the best case scenario. Make him prove himself. If he fails to do so, I guess Stowers is the backup plan.
  20. One Regend
    We brought Austin Slater to (supposedly) hit left-handed pitching. What does he do for us? -12 wRC+. We have a surplus of outfield talent in the farm system. Why waste money on someone who we knew right from the start was washed up? Just bring a guy from the farm system under the league minimum. Or, better yet, why not play the hot hand? Put your confidence in Owen Caissie. He's been our best bat by far and you're holding him back by sitting him against lefties.
  21. One Regend
    If you're a longball prone pitcher, giving up 3 BBs is too many. Let alone 6! Eury needs to get that control in check. He got off easy today because the Yankees couldn't capitalize. He won't be so lucky next time he does this.
  22. One Regend
    They DFAed Victor Mesa Jr for Garrett Acton... only to DFA Acton literally 2 months later. I get that Victor Mesa Jr was buried on the depth chart after several in-season and offseason trades, but interactions like this make me wonder why they even bothered picking up Acton in the first place.
  23. One Regend
    Yankees win 2 of 3. Jazz is MVP because former marlins love raking against us. Eury Perez is the only reason I'm not considering the Yankees sweepng us.
  24. One Regend
    I like that we are 1st in the NL East right now. However, we have a paper-soft schedule to begin the year and Braves/Mets haven't caught fire yet. As much fun as I'm having watching these games, I know that the Yankees are going to smack us right back to reality soon enough. But it was fun dogpiling on two of the worst teams in baseball.
  25. One Regend
    On the 1-2 pitch that Paddack allowed the grand slam on, I can't help but notice Hicks was setup up high, indicating that he's expecting a fastball. He got a changeup. Was there a miscommunication between Paddack and Hicks? Just by the way he tried to catch the pitch, it looked as though it wasn't the pitch he was expecting to receive.
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