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  1. He's not a bad option but he is probably looking for like $12-13 mil, and it's pretty clear this team can't/won't pay that
  2. Tim Anderson would be a great sign as a buy low candidate. I don't understand why we haven't at least tried on him.
  3. I am not at all surprised Bellinger is still a FA. I get that he had a good year, but since those couple of years with the Dodgers, his power has completely vanished. If he regresses at all you are stuck with a really expensive bust. I'm pretty convinced whatever team signs him will regret it.
  4. Unless someone really breaks out this year, this is going to probably be the worst Marlins lineup in a long, long time. I really hope Jazz stays healthy and can play close to a full season because I like him, but for this team to not be a 4th or 5th place team for most of the year you are counting on him and a lot of other guys to all overperform. That's very unlikely to happen. The signal from the Marlins FO is that despite making the playoffs, ownership is either unable or unwilling to spend to build on that. Kim Ng being shown the door pretty quickly after what was a very successful season said a lot. I'm starting to wonder if they are going to go back into rebuilding soon. The farm is really barren and I just don't see how this team, as constructed, is going to be anywhere close to playoff contention. The rumors about them trading someone like Edward Cabrera or Jesus Luzardo have been pretty consistent most of the offseason. It's really sad that I am at the point where I would like to have someone like Loria back, if for no other reason than sometimes he would actually open his pocketbook.
  5. I think this may be the deadest Marlins offseason in my memory. You trade for Christian Bethancourt and a couple of guys who are probably going to be on the Jacksonville to Miami shuttle most of the year, and that's it. Meanwhile, your 2nd best hitter from last season is a FA and hasn't even been contacted by the team.
  6. I know that teams generally don't draft for need, but I've been surprised with how many pitchers they've drafted this year and so far no catchers at all. We don't really have any catching prospects in the org of note except for Joe Mack.
  7. It sure sounds like he's going to end up getting released. He has to be one of the biggest international signing busts ever.
  8. That Conforto deal is basically a 1 year deal. It's still absurd that we can't even get someone like that down here. I'm assuming at this point that we maybe get a trade where they trade away one of those starters for prospects and that is probably the extent of the offseason moves. There's nobody really left on the FA market besides guys who are pretty much cooked like Hosmer.
  9. I'm not going to blame Ng for this. She works for ownership, and if they are not giving her more money to spend, or players don't want to come here, that's out of her control I am getting concerned about the farm system though. Max Meyer's going to miss all of 2023, Jake Eder is going to miss a chunk of this year, who knows if Sixto is ever going to pitch much again, etc. Say what you will about Loria's regime, they did a very good job developing talent.
  10. So is ownership just taking a nap until the new year or what I think we're the only team that has not signed a single MLB FA. Even the Pirates and A's have signed a few, and those teams aren't pretending to win.
  11. Interesting that the Cubs took Horton over Cam Collier. Most pre-draft mocks had them taking Collier. No one had them taking Horton.
  12. Kumar Rocker at 3 is the big one that I find the most interesting. Before the draft the thought was that one of the potential playoff teams would be on him mid to late 1st round.
  13. Yeah nothing wrong with that. They were clearly looking at more developed hitters, which makes sense.
  14. Frazier has had a bunch of medical issues the last few years and while they can certainly give him a shot, apparently the issues he's had with headaches could not be solved by the team doctors so I wouldn't expect much out of him
  15. I disagree with him about Meyer but most of the rest is pretty much on-point. Bleday should be doing way better than he did this year. Obviously Mesa has been a big expensive bust, but everyone knows that already. Burdick looks promising. There's just not much going on as far as hitting prospects in this system. Meanwhile they have tons of pitching, and a very young Eury Perez dominated Low A at 18 years old and got moved up to High A and still looked great. I'm glad at least Jesus/Jazz/Lewin are working out, because outside of that this lineup is trash.
  16. The Yelich trade may end up being the worst, which I would never have expected after the Cabrera trade Yamamoto's already gone, from what I hear Harrison is probably done after this year, which just leaves Diaz and Brinson. Both have been awful at the MLB level. No indication whatsoever that any of these guys stick in MLB at all. At least Miller eventually figured it out, and while Maybin did not play well with the Marlins, he has had a decent career. Add in the fact that Yelich was on a very team friendly contract, and yeah, just a disaster.
  17. Meyer had 10Ks tonight in his AAA debut
  18. We would be getting fleeced there. Bart isn't looking like he's going to be super special yet, and you're talking about trading a controlled, effective SP. Considering the injury issues some guys like Edward Cabrera and now Sixto have been dealing with, I would think the Marlins would be extremely reluctant to trade any of their younger guys right now. I don't really have an issue trading guys like Aguilar, Cooper, etc. who are not going to be long-term solutions and could potentially provide a return now. Obviously this team is not going anywhere yet. I do think they need to prioritize younger hitters if they start to trade some of these veterans, as the farm is kind of low on hitters, and the top hitting prospects in the farm aren't really wowing anyone yet this year.
  19. This team needs bats badly and replacing coaches isn't going to fix that. A lot of the guys they have been running out there the last 2-3 seasons have just not performed.
  20. This team really needed to add another bat and they only picked up Adam Duvall which isn't going to cut it
  21. I mean the baseball rumor mill has been pretty quiet overall. I think part of the reason is that it's unclear when the season is going to start. I don't believe ST will start on time. If the Marlins are serious about bullpen help, Brad Hand is probably the best cost-effective option out there.
  22. I'm extremely confused as to how they ended up with a collectible like that
  23. Villar/Aguilar is a great no risk, high reward group of moves
  24. They should absolutely snatch up Villar. I have no idea what the Orioles are doing waiving a 4 WAR guy when their offense is already abysmal. But Angelos is notoriously cheap.
  25. Sorry, but we can't sign Castellanos because he would block Noted Prospect Lewis Brinson from hitting .180 again
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