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You've already mentioned Monte Harrison, but you know who else had an "impressive" power-speed combo? Lewis Brinson. Both players were in the same Yelich trade... the same trade that, at the time, was ALSO mentioned to have players too good to pass up on. Nope. Nuh-uh. I'm not falling for this trap again. I've seen this song and dance before. These players with impressive tools will have one fatal flaw (or more) that'll completely prevent them from contributing anything of value to the team. There's a reason why the Yankees were so eager to get rid of these prospects, and I'm very, very afraid to find out why. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

We go from one pitcher who could benefit from being away from Sutter Health Park to a pitcher who could benefit from being away from Coors Field. In which case, why didn't they just stick with Bido? He has way more upside than Blalock and has an actual track record of success (however little of it there is) Is the 1 extra minor league option even worth it? Neither of these players are long-term Marlins, so why even bother?

If he has the glove and outfield range of Jim Edmonds, while raking as he is now, watch out.

I'd take those numbers with a grain of salt. He pitched half of his games at Sutter Health Park, ballpark with such a significant offensive environment that only Coors Field is considered worse for pitchers. Going from 2.6 HR/9 in Sutter Health Park to 1.5 HR/9 on the road (which is still bad but nowhere close to what his home ballpark splits would suggest) I feel would dramatically affect his overall results. Now, I'm not expecting him to turn into a Jesus Tinoco. He still has concerning metrics, walking more batters on average than in 2024, and striking out signficiantly less batters overall. But I can't help but feel his numbers were inflated largely because of his home ballpark.

What the hell are the Marlins doing? Okay. I can understand trading Edward Cabrera. Trading him means you make room for Robby Snelling. Sandy Alcantara is leaving in free agency next year, so Thomas White will get an opportunity to run away with a starting role if he performs well this year. This trade, however, makes zero sense. Now if Eury Perez gets injured, Robby Snelling underperforms, and/or Braxton Garrett suffers a setback (all of which are realistic scenarios, FYI), what's the contingency plan? Hope that Dax Fulton and Adam Mazur pitches way over their heads? Hope that Janson Junk repeats his unsustainable 2025? This makes zero sense under any context. I was hoping we'd get a 3B prospect, but, not like this... No, Trading Cabrera wasn't going to kill any hopes of this team competing. If anything, this trade might have.

I am also interested in the "off the field concerns" about DLS because as far as I know, there were zero rumblings that came to light about this during the season.

Even Eury Perez didn't perform anywhere as well in 2025 as he did in 2023. He still managed a semi-respectable 4.25 ERA and a 3.67 FIP in spite of his awful stretches, Eury Perez got by on just his stuff alone, even with shaky command. When it comes to returning from surgery, often, command is the last thing that returns. This is true for every pitcher. Sandy Alcantara doesn't post great strikeout numbers. He relies on command. If he doesn't have command of his pitches, he gets cratered by the opposing team. He didn't have command for a large portion of the season last year. This was how his ERA was over 7.00 for much of that season. Braxton Garrett is even more reliant on command than Sandy is. You can see how I'm worried about Braxton Garrett coming off of surgery.

That's because he has spent quite a long time without having any real game action, and post-surgery, we won't know what we we'll get. Expecting a soft-tossing lefty like Garrett to return to form after missing nearly 2 years worth of game action is a pipe dream. I know this is an apples-to-oranges comparison, but Sandy Alcantara missed less time than Garrett, and it took a hair over 3 months of ugly pitching from him to finally find his groove. It takes more time than others for pitchers who rely entirely on command, and out of our starters, there is no starter on our team that is more reliant on command than Braxton Garrett; especially when his average velo is in the bottom 6th percentile in the league. (This was in 2024. I'd expect that number to be even worse this year) I'd keep your expectations reserved on Garrett.

Of the pitchers listed, I'm only interested in Jalen Beeks. We don't need starting pitchers that won't move the needle to block Robby Snelling or Thomas White from reaching the majors. Even if those two need to miss the opening day to delay their service clock, we have Adam Mazur, Ryan Gusto, and Janson Junk to hold the fort until they're ready to go.

Lucas Giolito is alright, but is he worth blocking a Robby Snelling or Thomas White? What we need is a solid corner infielder. We haven't had an solid 3B since 2019 Brian Anderson, and we haven't had a solid 1B since... yikes! Justin Bour from 2017!? Jeez... I have no doubt that Owen Caissie is talented. He OPS'd over .900 twice in the past 3 years. He's a top prospect for a reason. What he brings to the table is not the concern I have. The problem is, trading for him didn't solve our corner infield problem, especially 3B. We legitimately do not have any answers at the hot corner. You can hotfix 1B by just moving Agustin Ramirez there (or Hernandez/Conine if you prefer Ramirez to DH), but there is no hotfix for 3B. Are we just waiting for Graham Pauley or Connor Norby to wake up and suddenly have a realization? Because that's what it's looking like to me.

Alex was there in the days of the Yelich trade. He knew it was terrible from the moment it happened.

This trade is a vote of confidence of Robby Snelling and Thomas White. It's possible this clears the runway so they can take up the mantle. I don't doubt that Owen Caissie is talented (many of y'all are forgetting he OPS'd over .900 twice in recent years), but my bigger concern is... why are they trading for an outfielder? Don't they realize they still have Kemp Alderman? 1B is still a black hole, and I have no faith in Pauley at 3rd, even if his glove is plus. Put in that perspective, this trade is rather perplexing.

This guy's velo isn't impressing anyone. Why is he missing the strike zone so much? > Splitter Oh. Well, there's the answer.

I really hope we don't get Spencer Jones out of this. I don't like his skillset, and we're already set in the outfield, so there's nowhere to put Jones. Especially if Kemp Alderman starts crushing AAA to begin the year and forces the Marlins hand. And as far as I know, that's probably the only high-ceiling prospect the Yankees are willing to part with. (I also don't believe George Lombard Jr is going anywhere.) Who are the Giants and Cubs willing to trade? Maybe they might offer a better package. Do they have any infielders they're willing to trade? Perhaps maybe a 3B? Or a SS that's outgrowing his position, that we could maybe move to 3B?

To be honest, I don't know what the Minnesota Twins are doing. First, not getting a whole lot out of their firesale, then hiring a failure of a manager that contributed to the Pirates clubhouse issues (and continued losing skid since 2017), and now this move. I feel sorry for the Twins fanbase. They deserve better than this.

I'm honestly shocked they were even able to get a return out of Eric Wagaman, given he was our least productive player by a landslide. Honestly, even if Kade Bragg gets clobbered and flames out at AAA before reaching the majors, this is a W trade for us.

Well, first, Ruiz would have to do well at the other notable thing Rickey Henderson was really good at: Getting on base. .296 isn't going to cut it.

I think Gus will be fine at 1B, the problem is will they even try him there? A lot of people say his catcher defensive problems is primarily receiving, but I don't agree with that being the reason not to try him at 1B. Not having the burden of handling pitchers, not having to squat in catcher's gear, and not having to risk taking a foul ball off of a body limb every pitch does wonders to athleticism. I have reason to believe he'll show more improvement at 1B than as a catcher. At least try him there in Spring Training and, if he blows chunks defensively, then just have him be a full-time DH.

He would have been gone regardless, but not within his first year. He probably would've been traded after 2017, just like everyone else was. Which was why i specifically stated the 2013-2017 era Marlins.

I'm sure we probably could have still made that trade happen even without Heaney, but in the hypothetical world where we don't have Dee Gordon, Seager would've been a massive upgrade over Adeiny Hechavarria. Loved Hech's defense but he was definitely not starter material lol.

A former Marlin retired with a fWAR of 11.5. Let's take a trip down memory lane and see who the Marlins selected him over. ...Oh. ...Oh no. -Corey Seager (if he wasn't injury-prone he'd be a guaranteed ticket to Cooperstown) -Michael Wacha (Still pitching quality innings as a starter, even today.) -Marcus Stroman (I'm glad we didn't draft him, he's a literal primadonna, but I'm not going to deny he was actually good.) -Jose Berrios (also still pitching quality innings as a starter, even today.) -Matt Olson (Literally a younger Paul Goldschmidt, and Paul himself is a borderline Cooperstown candidate.) Honorable Mentions: Lucas Giolito (Starting RHP), Lance McCullers Jr (Starting RHP), Mitch Haniger (DH) I'm not even going to mention the later rounds such as Edwin Diaz (3rd Round, Seattle), Max Muncy (5th Round, Oakland), and Josh Hader (19th Round, Baltimore), as those rounds are more or less a crapshoot, so I'm just narrowing it down to the 1st round. But man, those were all players that could've led the 2013-2017 era Marlins to a winning record, if not, the playoffs. Doubly so if it was one of the pitchers listed here, as pitching was a real concern.

Agreed. I think the Marlins improved from addition by subtraction. Imagine coaching an underachieving team, get cut because your team underachieved, and only start complaining about being cut when the team does better without your services.

After having witnessed him implode when given a 6-run lead in the first inning, "Closer" is the last role I think of when I see Max Meyer. He'd be a 7th inning, maybe 8th inning arm at best. .

Oh my, the Marlins finally got veteran relief help. What a christmas miracle. All it took was losing Ronny Henriquez to the cruel Tommy John gods in order to actually get it done. Now they need to address the corner infield spots. They can't be serious about competing if they're relying on Graham Pauley at 3B and Christopher Morel at 1B.

Well, if they weren't in need of veteran relief help (press X to doubt), they sure are now. You can tell an organization is unserious about competing if they still aren't pushing hard for veteran relief help even after this news hits.