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You guys ever let yourselves consider that the reason the Marlins are confidently shopping Uggla and aren't making any aggressive moves to replace him at 2B is because they have a lot of faith in Bonifacio's ability? You guys remember Cody Ross? The guy who was in 4 different organizations before the Marlins acquired him. You know, before Ross became a solid everyday player. He was terrible in his early twenties trying to breakthrough. The Marlins showed a lot of patience in him and it paid off. You guys remember Dan Meyer? The minor league free agent that had been mediocre his entire time with the A's organization. The rest of the league gave up on Meyer's upside, the Marlins didn't. He turned out to be a valuable set up guy for us last year. You guys remember Jorge Cantu? A guy who wasn't even in the major leagues anymore. The front office had faith in his ability, gave him a chance--and in the process--unearthed another valuable major league infielder. You guys remember John Baker? Another A's castoff no team wanted, but the Marlins seemingly plucked him out of thin air and now he's firmly entrenched in the major leagues. These are just some recent names off the top of my head -- but each one of these guys played a significant role last year. And each one of these guys were given up on too quickly by their respective teams. If the players the Marlins have been able to acquire (for virtually nothing), were good bets to perform in the majors, the Marlins wouldn't have been able to get them at the cost they did. Another way to look at this: We've gone into seasons with big unknowns at positions that none of us were excited about "oh crap, we're counting on Cantu at 3B this year" ... then Cantu goes on to hit 30 HRs and 100 RBI. Same for Uggla before his 2006. Bonifacio struggled last year and everybody wants to give up on him as an everyday player -- all the while the front office is steadfast in their belief in him -- thinking that he can materialize into a solid major league 2b with more experience. How many times have we disagreed with the moves the front office has made only to be pleasantly surprised afterwards? We've been here before.

Yes because the front office, and coaching staff don't know more about Coghlan's ability than you do.

good catch -- i completely overlooked it it also looks like it received a considerable amount of views and feedback.

Most prospect related news and rankings come out this time of year, though. For instance, Baseball America just released its 2010 Marlins Top 10 prospect rankings. I'd love to get a bunch of feedback on that kind of topic if I post it, but since this section exists, I feel obligated to post it in here, where it would likely get overlooked this time of year.

No offense to the site mods or whatever, but I don't see much of a need for a separate minor league forum. Anyway we can combine the two sections so that we can follow both the prospects and the pro team without having to click back and forth between two different sections? I would've sent this in a PM but I wanted to get the rest of the boards feedback on it as well.

As disappointing as it may seem--until Maybin establishes himself in the major leagues--there's room for both Amezega and Carroll.

According to Joe Frisaro http://twitter.com/JoeFrisaro/status/7180683929 we are still firmly entrenched in the Chapman sweepstakes.

I think we have a legitimate shot at getting this guy; if for no other reason than ownership seeing him as a big draw with the local Cuban population. Plus our scouts must really like what they see; this is a pretty big risk--guaranteeing a young pitcher $15M or so--that has no real track record.

I agree with others that like Amezaga. If nothing else, he makes for a good defensive replacement/4th outfielder.

And when will he start to live up to his potential?