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  1. 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)
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    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.
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    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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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...
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    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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. One Regend
    That's a lot of fancy words for "We're not getting anything but the cheapest reclamation projects on the market." To me, this is all just Lip Service. That is all I can say to describe what Peter Bendix just told us. Peter Bendix. Please don't lie to your team's fans. We all know what you're really doing. Just gut the team, give the team no reinforcements, and get the painfully awful season done and overwith. The team isn't going to be competitive in 2025, and it might not even be competitive in 2026. Be honest what your game plan is. It's not like this team was historically ever above fielding unwatchable products on the field. Just get it overwith quickly, and get it out of the system.
  18. One Regend
    He might've had a chance, if the Marlins didn't trade for 1B/DH type prospects like Agustin Ramirez and Deyvision De Los Santos while still having Jake Burger and Jonah Bride on their roster.
  19. One Regend
    Juan Soto alone isn't going to make this team good. We'd need like Juan Soto and like 5-6 other bats... and like 3 starting pitchers... and like 5 bullpen arms. We're so far from being competitive that just one elite bat isn't going to do anything for us. If the Marlins went and got Juan Soto, we'd be like the 2001-2003 Texas Rangers again. One GOATed player and 22 other flotsams and jetsams.
  20. One Regend
    Basically this. I'd rather have a couple stinker years like this past year and probably next year (I can also see us losing 100+ games next year) and then play in the playoffs the next few years after, than perenially hang around slightly under .500 accomplishing exactly nothing every year like we had been from 2004-2017. At least with this game plan, we have a chance to stumble into a World Series championship.
  21. One Regend
    Losing Maldonado was a mistake the Marlins made that the Athletics should benefit from. You don't lose a career MiLB 10.5+ K/9 guy for nothing just because he's reliant on a slider. I need to remind you that this team relied on Steven Okert for three years. If that's the team's excuse for a poor decision, it was a bad excuse.
  22. One Regend
    Hard disagree on the Ozuna trade. The Cardinals got 2 mediocre years out of Ozuna and Ozuna left in Free Agency. Anything after that is irrelevant to the trade. The Marlins won that trade by a landslide.
  23. One Regend
    Honestly, the real loss here was Anthony Maldonado. He had a 3.80 FIP which tells me he pitched better than his bloated ERA and WHIP suggested, A lot of it was bad batted ball luck and one of the worst defenses in baseball behind him letting him down on every play. He also uncharacteristically had a low K/9, scoring 5.2 in his MLB appearances rather than the 10.5+ K/9 he routinely performed in the minors. That was a clear outlier stat and I'll showcase why below. That's a lot of red for someone with results as disastrous as they were. The Athletics should benefit very heavily from the Marlins folly here.
  24. One Regend
    To me, it does not matter what manager is chosen, as long as they're able to maintain control of the clubhouse and make the team play hard. (IE: Don't be the Chicago White Sox) It's going to be a tank year regardless of who's chosen. And 2025 isn't going to be any better. If anything, no matter who gets chosen, they're likely to be fired whenever the team actually gets good, and replaced by an active real manager focused on winning. (Again, don't be the White Sox here.) Either way, it's going to be a brutal next two years. Buckle up.
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    I'm a bit surprised at Munoz being left on waivers. I thought they would have cut Sixto Sanchez instead of exposing him to the waiver wire. I know it was a rough season for Munoz, but they really didn't need to give up on him so soon. He had a good changeup (well good relative to the results he got with the rest of his arsenal) and a slider with potential, and an upper echelon fastball velo. Just a few offseason refinements and he could have had potential for us. Just another instance of the Marlins giving up on a young player too soon.
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