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  1. One Regend
    He isn't. If Norby was bad at 3rd base defensively, Bride is dreadful at 3rd base. That is a situation that will have to be resolved externally, as there are exactly zero in-house solutions.
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    The hope is that DLS fares way better than Monte Harrison/Isan Diaz/Lewis Brinson did at the plate. And Ramirez is not a catcher; trying to force him into a catcher's role is a fool's errand. I think what Bendix tried to do is pick up these 1B/DH prospects and hope at least one of them turns out. The Marlins have been dead last in OPS for the past 6 years and that needed to change. I would've rather picked up a middle infielder instead, but teams won't trade shortstop prospects, and the only middle infielders teams feel like trading are 5'7 infielders with 15-20 HR bats that won't be sustainable.
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    I get that we're tired of losing, but this needed to happen. We were going absolutely nowhere with the Jazz player core. Yes, minor league teams that don't score isn't fun, but what is even less fun is a major league team that doesn't score. (the 2018-2023 era) That's what ultimately doomed them. Here's to hoping the offensive prospects we received actually develops. The best we can hope for is building at least a major league average offense and a killers row rotation.
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    This is entirely by design. I wanted them to strip this team down to the bone, and leave no survivors. They did exactly that. The only valuable guys they couldn't get rid of were guys that still had multiple controllable years and were coming off of a major injury that they still need to prove won't hamper them moving forward. They were in desperate need of a youth movement after all of their prospects flamed out in 2021, and they are finally in one. I expect to see DLS and Agustin Ramirez in the lineup at some point in 2025.
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    I don't see the Marlins trading Sandy Alcantara yet. It makes no sense to move him when he's coming off surgery. They'd have to bank on him tossing a semi-respectable pitching line in 2025 before they consider moving him. I do see Jesus Luzardo gone at the trade deadline though, if he performs anywhere close to his 2023 pitching line.
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    I don't like any of these candidates. At all. No disrespect to any of these players, as some of them might end up being role players, but none of these prospects are what I call "franchise-changing". We needed a franchise-changing prospect. We needed Ethan Holliday. None of these players are anywhere close.
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    The MLB Lottery results only prove to us that the Marlins can't have anything nice in the world. What a joke. When the Cardinals, who are an organizational mess in their own right, picks higher than a team that deliberately threw away the entire season just for a chance at transcendent talent, you know your team is snakebitten. I'm not going to watch or follow the 2025 MLB Draft. None of the projected 7th slot prospects are worth following, in my honest opinion. The Marlins Brass are going to try to hype it up, like usual, but I'm not going to buy it. We needed an Ethan Holliday. Now we're not going to get him, or anyone that's on his level.
  8. One Regend
    But my question is, will Vargas actually stick at SS? Our current solution to SS right now is Xavier Edwards, and that just can't fly. Defensively, he's a 2B at best, and that's a very generous claim -- He could be following the Luis Arraez path of being a 1B/DH. The next best option at SS would be Otto Lopez and Lopez leaves a lot to be desired offensively. We just don't have anyone -- either on the 40 man roster or in the lower levels -- that can take charge at SS and not be a liability one way or another. Jake Burger needed to be traded though. We have a logjam at 1B, with Jonah Bride, DLS, and Agustin Ramirez all likely to be battling for that spot in the lineup. (Agustin Ramirez is not a catcher. You can't convince me otherwise.) Whether it pans out for us, we have yet to see. We got a surprising value out of someone who doesn't get on base, doesn't play defense, strikes out a lot, and only gets value out of HRs.
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    I find that a noodle arm in center field is leagues worse than a noodle arm at short. At least you still have a double play opportunity if someone reaches 1st on Xavier Edwards noodle arm at short. There's nothing worse than giving up extra bases because the center fielder's arm is DH tier.
  10. One Regend
    That trade is absolutely terrible for a completely different reason. While we didn't give up a HOF talent like we did Miguel Cabrera, at least the players in that trade netted us a cumulatitve net positive fWAR. Not a single player from the Yelich trade returned a positive fWAR for us. Not one.
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    I highly disagree with Jo Adell. There's other project players we could look at, and Jo Adell should be nowhere close to being worth considering. If you had PTSD of seeing Lewis Brinson taking 1056 PAs for Miami from 2018-2021, you're going to be reliving those moments because Jo Adell is literally the same exact player but with far worse defensive value. You'd be getting equal value (or better) by bringing up Victor Mesa Jr to patrol the outfield instead. Gavin Williams similarly makes no sense. You're giving up on a player like Victor Mesa Jr to get a #4 pitcher for... what reason exactly? Losing years of control for a guy that could potentially be a building piece in return for acquiring a guy with not a whole lot of upside is detrimental to the bigger picture. You're better off just letting Victor Mesa Jr play in the outfield for us and let us see what he can do. This year is a lost cause. This team needs a full scale rebuild, not a small retool. If we kept doing small retools every year, we'd finish 77-85 every year. Sure, it's not a 62-100 record but we'd be going nowhere every year. At least with having a few stinker 100+ loss seasons, we could stockpile enough talent to one day shock the world with a playoff run. (Provided, we ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT TALENT)
  12. One Regend
    The question I have to ask is, Connor Norby or Xavier Edwards at 2B? Xavier Edwards is not a SS and brute forcing him into that position is a fool's errand. He plays better at 2B, but realistically, I can see a future where he'll end up following the Luis Arraez route of being a 1B/DH with zero power. Otto Lopez is a bench player on paper, yes, but he is by far our best defensive player at SS. In fact, dare I say, the only viable defensive player at SS. I don't know what that says more about: His defensive ability, or our depth (or lack thereof) at SS. Norby might not have the defense Otto Lopez has at 2B but at least he can hit. And to me, this team needs that thump in the lineup BADLY.
  13. One Regend
    If anything, this is the perfect opportunity to shop Braxton Garrett and Jesus Luzardo. I'm down on Garrett's longterm viability, so selling high on him now makes sense, with arbitration looming for him, and Jesus Luzardo is in his last arb year.
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    I loved what Hanley could do at the plate, but dear god, I say this with very loose quotes: He was a First Baseman/DH being played at Shortstop. Hell, that's putting it nicely. His defense was absolutely abhorrent no matter where he was put on the field. I really feel like, if he were to have his prime years in today's era of baseball, he would have thrived with the universal DH: He wouldn't be a negative on defense since he's not taking the field anyways, and he'd have less injury risk. He was hamstrung from being mostly in the National League where there was no DH, and by the time he made his way to the American League, his career was already far into the rearview mirror.
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    I'm not sure you saw my message in the Jun-Seok Shim thread, but I still find it wild that the Marlins thought that the centerpiece of the trade should be a guy I would consider to be Tyler Kolek 2.0. Look at both of their career trajectories. They're eerily similar. I'm expecting this trade to be nothing-nothing by the end of the day. Shim isn't getting past High-A, and Garrett Forrester isn't going to reach the majors. (If he does, it's likely as a few innings out of the bullpen, and then the following immediate DFA)
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    I wasn't a big fan of Paul Severino in the first place. To me, he and Todd Hollandsworth seemed like "placeholders" for sorts. The type of people you put in the booth for one single season to assess better options over the course of the year. Except, Severino stayed in the booth for 6 years too long. And while some have warmed up to him over the years, I quite frankly haven't. I know Rich Waltz is an easy answer here for who I want to take Severino's place, but if we can't have him, then we should look elsewhere. Is Dontrelle Willis still on contract with the Dodgers? He would fit Miami perfectly.
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    I can maybe see Hanley Ramirez eclipse the 5% threshold, but I don't see him lasting past the second ballot. He had a 5-year run where he was consistently among the league's best. That might be just enough to allow him to not be a one-and-done. But the others? Yeah, no shot.
  18. One Regend
    So, let me put two and two together. -Once a very highly hyped and very highly regarded prospect. -Once had a fastball that hit triple digits. -Fastball velo dipped immediately upon being pressed a workload. -Had a major surgery. -Completely lost their already fringy command after surgery. -Their already fringy velo dipped even further after surgery. -Hasn't gone past High-A thus far. -Hasn't actually lived up to the hype thus far. We literally just traded for Tyler Kolek 2.0. I have very low expectations for how Jun-Seok Shim will turn out based on these gatherings, but these signs and similarities are not giving me very much hope that things will turn out differently.
  19. One Regend
    Least surprising outcome. The Marlins protected their best prospects, and they're going to need said prospects for their current rebuild. At least two of the three prospects were considered must-keep. Jared Serna was just a bonus, honestly. -You don't gamble with not protecting a potential cornerstone player who led the entirety of MiLB in Home Runs. -You don't gamble with not protecting a guy with very high whiff rates and good run prevention metrics (FIP) that is fresh off of Tommy John who is ruled to be healthy in the entirety of 2024, ESPECIALLY not as a lefty. Troy Johnston was really the only real loss here, and the Marlins made it pretty clear they don't want his services, after the Agustin Ramirez and Deyvision De Los Santos trades. If he somehow doesn't get selected in Rule 5, I expect him to be a MiLB Free Agent by the end of Spring. Should've promoted him when you needed him, Marlins...
  20. One Regend
    I wish StatCast was around back in the early 2000s, because I can't tell you for certain what Castillo's arm strength was at 2nd base, but I can tell you for sure, I don't remember Luis Castillo ever having a noodle arm at 2nd like Xavier Edwards does. That noodle arm of Edwards is seriously concerning, and it makes me wonder if he'll end up going the Luis Arraez route of profiling as a 1B/DH. Edwards can get to the ball quicker than most other infielders and might have good instincts and range, but it's not going to matter if his arm strength leaves an negative impact on the field. The fact the Marlins are bullheadedly insisting on starting him at shortstop is baffling to say the least. I know the Marlins don't have any other viable SS alternatives in the farm system, but that too is an alarming cause. I didn't think it would matter at the time, but now I'm feeling the loss of Nasim Nunez. He's not going to be a good hitter, but at least he'd play great defense.
  21. One Regend
    A 5'8 infielder who profiles more at 2nd base, with power numbers that we should probably ignore. This sounds strangely familiar. This sounds like just about every infielder we have right now.
  22. One Regend
    The Marlins have been dealing with a major lack of development with their farm system as of late, and the large number of "too-old-to-be-a-prospect" players proves this in spades: -Troy Johnston (27.4) -M.D. Johnson (27.4) -Tyler Eckberg (27.2) -Patrick Monteverde (27.1) -Bennett Hostetler (27.1) -Paul McIntosh (27.0) -Zach Zubia (27.0) -Adam Laskey (26.7) I'll be surprised if any of these players remain in their system in 2025. If they do, maybe it might be time to cut bait here, and bring some fresh prospects in to replace them. Outside of Troy Johnston, none of these players really did anything to force the Marlins hand.
  23. One Regend
    To me, a manager's job is to put players in the best position to succeed in. Skip Schumaker did a masterful job at this in 2023, even in spite of how extremely flawed that roster was. And while 2024 was a complete and utter failure, I don't think any other manager would have done a better job with the roster Schumaker had. That team was a total trainwreck no matter who managed the team. Could've had Prime Whitey Herzog manage the team and that team still would have lost 100 games. The question is, can this team catch lightning in a bottle twice in a row? Because filling Schumaker's shoes is going to be a tough follow-up act. I have a feeling McCullough might be able to do it, but I do have my concerns, still.
  24. One Regend
    Chris Coghlan's rookie season was a mirage. He basically BABIPed his way into Rookie of the Year honors (not that his competition was lighting the world on fire either, which definitely helped his case) and gave fans a false sense of what his true talents were. Once the league adjusted to him, he just couldn't perform. And injuries didn't help in this regard either. He was, in my opinion, another one of those "hits for average and does nothing else for the team" type of players. Once he stopped doing that, he had no value. He had no defensive home, so his defense wasn't great. He had no power. He wasn't a burner on the bases. All he had was his hit tool, and once that was gone, so was he.
  25. One Regend
    If you think this article was defending the Jeter era, then you are out of your mind. I'm not even going to respond to the fact that you focused only on Jazz Chisholm Jr's postseason stats and completely ignored his regular season stats, and utterly glossed over the fact that the Yankees don't win the division without him. But go on about your "Jazz is a terrible player" rhetoric you've always spewed since our days on FishStripes.
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