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Cardinals Return Rule 5 Pick Matt Pushard To Marlins - MLB Trade Rumors

This will be a call stands

This infield in BS needs to stop.

Probably whoever Bruce can pay the least.

Me either. They probably invented it for the Marlins lol.

Figured I'd make a catchall thread for random injuries, promotions, DFAs etc instead of a new one for them all.... Marlins To Select Zach Brzykcy - MLB Trade Rumors The Marlins will select the contract of right-hander Zach Brzykcy prior to tomorrow’s game with the Nationals, Fish On First’s Kevin Barral reports. Miami will have to open a spot on both the 26-man and 40-man rosters for Brzykcy, but 40-man space could be found by moving Andrew Nardi to the 60-day IL, since Nardi will miss for three months due to a stress reaction his left ribcage. Right-hander Josh Ekness could potentially be headed to the 15-day IL, as Ekness was seen on crutches during the Marlins’ team team train ride from New York to Washington today. (Hat tip to reporter Noah Berger and MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola.) Marlins Place Janson Junk On 15-Day IL, Recall Josh White - MLB Trade Rumors The Marlins placed right-hander Janson Junk on the 15-day injured list with right shin inflammation, according to Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. Right-hander Josh White was called up from Triple-A in a corresponding move, and White will be making his big league debut whenever he appears in a game. Eury Pérez To Miss Eight Weeks With Gracilis Strain - MLB Trade Rumors The Marlins announced that right-hander Eury Pérez has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 28th, with a right gracilis strain. His recovery will last eight weeks, per Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. Fellow righty Josh Ekness has been recalled to take his roster spot. The Fish also reinstated infielder Leo Jimenez from the seven-day concussion-related IL and optioned infielder Graham Pauley.

Someday they'll learn they don't have as much depth as they think lol.

It’s the same story every year…

Yeah I don’t know. Because they get a reported $75M off the bat from MLB revenue sharing. And our payroll has been barely that lately. They obviously have expenses with running the park but they also have revenues from games even if they’re not much with a near empty park most of the time.

LOL......I wasn't even trying to do this, but, I copied the preview to copy the details in it, and then the whole article appeared when I hit paste....see below. To quickly answer your question - two families with residences in SFL, they don't know who, though. The Miami Marlins quietly sold a minority stake in the club this spring to help pay down debt. The deal for about 15% of the team was at a valuation of $1.55 billion, according to two people familiar with the details. Another source said the valuation was closer to $1.4 billion. The buyers were two families with residences in South Florida, although Sportico could not ascertain their identities. Representatives for the Marlins, MLB and BDT & MSD Partners, the sell-side banker in the deal, declined to comment on the transaction. The move arrives during a critical year for MLB, with its collective bargaining agreement expiring in December and many owners pushing for a hard cap-and-floor system, akin to the other three biggest North American sports leagues. On Wednesday, the union made the first formal proposal in CBA talks, and MLB countered with its initial plan Thursday that included a $245.3 million cap in 2027. Owners lament franchise valuation growth that has lagged those in other sports leagues, with the lack of a salary cap often pinned as a reason. The collapse of the RSN model is an equally major drag on valuations. MLB team values are up 39% over the past four years, same as MLS, but well behind the doubling of team values in the NHL (124%), NBA (113%) and NFL (103%). Revenue multiples, which bankers and investors lean on to value teams, are 7.2x on average in MLB, well behind the NBA (13.5x), NFL (10.3x), MLS (9.2x) and NHL (8.4x). In April, private equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones reached a deal to buy the San Diego Padres for $3.9 billion, which shattered the record for an MLB franchise sale, previously set when Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets for $2.42 billion in 2020. The Marlins LP deal was finalized before the Padres sale. The Padres are one of the strongest businesses in MLB with 2025 attendance of 3.44 million—second-highest in baseball behind the Los Angeles Dodgers—and gross revenue of $530 million. The Marlins sit on the other end of baseball’s financial spectrum. The club had MLB’s third-lowest attendance in 2025, ahead of only teams playing in a minor league park (Athletics) and spring training facility (Tampa Bay Rays). The Marlins last finished better than No. 27 in attendance in 2012 when they opened their $634 million, largely taxpayer-funded LoanDepot Park. The Marlins have historically been one of baseball’s biggest revenue-sharing recipients, including roughly $75 million last year from big-market clubs. The Marlins were also caught up in the demise of Main Street Sports Group and loss of their local media deal. Last year, the Dodgers generated about 8x the local gross revenue of Miami before revenue sharing. In 2017, Bruce Sherman led a group that paid $1.2 billion for the Marlins. Derek Jeter was originally part of the consortium with a 4% stake, and he served as CEO before he left the organization in 2022. In addition to the Marlins’ attendance woes, the team has struggled on the field with only a pair of winning seasons the last 15 years, including a playoff appearance during the 60-game 2020 season played without fans in attendance. And despite rock-bottom payrolls, the Marlins have posted heavy losses leading to a significant debt burden. Miami ranked No. 30 in Sportico’s MLB team valuations at $1.45 billion and have ranked last in all six yearly editions.

Interesting. Unfortunately, can't read the whole article. If only Bruce would sell to someone that can afford the team......he's probably scared of the MLB proposed $171M payroll floor lol.

Marlins, Amos Willingham Agree To Minor League Deal - MLB Trade Rumors

This was posted in its own thread for some reason, but I'm adding it here to keep it consolidated: MLB Submits Initial Counterproposal To MLBPA - MLB Trade Rumors One day after the Major League Baseball Players Association released the details of its initial proposal on a new collective bargaining agreement to the public, the league submitted a counteroffer to the union, as expected. While MLB did not formally disclose the details to the public, ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reports that the league’s proposal contained a hard salary cap set at $245.3MM and a salary floor set at $171.2MM. The Athletic’s Evan Drellich adds that the league is proposing an even 50-50 split in revenues. It’s not entirely clear how that can coexist with the more concrete numbers the league also suggested. In the event of a percentage-based revenue sharing split, the cap and floor would be fluid and dependent on revenues. We’ve seen that fluidity play out in other leagues. NBA players, for instance, were only paid 90.9% of their reported salaries for the 2024-25 season after the league’s revenues came in under projections. (The NBA’s bargaining agreement calls for 51% of league revenue to go to players.) The NBA held 10% of player salaries in escrow to begin the season, and 91% of that money wound up going back into teams’ pockets rather than to the players. It’s possible that the $245.3MM cap and $171.2MM floor are just based on current projections for the 2026 season, but specific details surrounding the proposal have not fully come to light. Rogers further notes that MLB’s proposed floor includes player benefits (insurance, transportation costs, etc.). Player benefits are already factored into each team’s luxury-tax ledger to the tune of about $18MM per year. It’s not clear whether the $1.667MM each team contributes yearly to the leaguewide pre-arbitration bonus pool are factored into that spending floor as well, but that sum does count toward a team’s CBT calculation. If both player benefits and pre-arb bonus pool contributions count toward the floor, that $171.2MM floor proposal (however it’s been calculated) would realistically call for closer to $150MM of spending toward player salaries.

MLBPA put out their proposal. MLB will reportedly put out theirs today or tomorrow. MLBPA details below: MLBPA Releases Details Of Collective Bargaining Proposal - MLB Trade Rumors Many of the details involve the adjusting of measures already in place, in a pro-player direction. For instance, the union proposes raising the minimum salary to $1.5MM, almost double this year’s $780K minimum. It would continue to go up to $1.65MM, $1.825MM, $2MM and $2.2MM in subsequent seasons. They also propose expanding the $50MM pre-arbitration bonus pool to $180MM. The Super Two designation that currently goes to 22% of players between two and three years of service would jump to a 44% cutoff. The minimum tender in arbitration would be $3MM. The service time needed for free agency, which is currently six years, would drop to five years for players at least 30 years old. However, teams could keep such players for a sixth year by offering them a contract with a salary that averages out the 125 highest-paid players in the league, which is the same calculus for the current qualifying offer. (Passan relayed those details in a subsequent post.) Those measures would all directly benefit players financially. They also propose measures that would help players indirectly, by improving the abilities for club to spend. The threshold of the competitive balance tax would jump from $244MM to $300MM, then $315MM, $330MM, $345MM and $360MM in subsequent seasons. Non-monetary penalties, such as the impact on draft picks, would be eliminated. The qualifying offer would be eliminated, along with the penalties for clubs who sign free agents, though the bonuses for lower revenue clubs who lose free agents would be increased. The draft lottery would be expanded to further disincentivize tanking. The rules to address service time manipulation would be expanded. There would be a “competitive integrity tax” for any team that does not spend $150MM. This would be an inverse to the competitive balance tax, which is already in place. Currently, baseball effectively has a soft cap in the form of that tax. Some teams blow past it but face penalties, both in the form of the payments and the impact of picks being pushed later in the draft. There’s not really a soft floor, as teams who receive revenue-sharing payments don’t really have conditions attached. The Athletics did lose their revenue-sharing status for a while and they seemed to spend a bit more on players recently because they didn’t want to go down that road again, but no other club has been similarly motivated. The A’s reportedly had to get their CBT number up to $105MM to avoid a grievance but several other clubs have carried CBT numbers well below that without any consequences. As mentioned, many elements of the proposal involve significant changes to the revenue-sharing system. Under this proposal, teams would actually send out less stadium revenue but there would be a notable increase in terms of the sharing of broadcast revenue. Lower revenue clubs would receive at least $240MM annually but with conditions. Teams who do not spend the revenue-sharing money would be subject to penalties. Teams that do spend that money would receive bonuses if they make the playoffs or have a winning record. These revenue-sharing details are significant because they are presumably a counter to a salary cap. The league is expected to push for a cap, something they have wanted for decades and have pushed for in the past. Some fans like the idea of a cap because of the economic imbalances in the game. The clubs with greater revenue and higher payrolls have had a lot of success in recent years, with the Dodgers being an oft-cited example. The teams have pushed farther apart recently in terms of broadcast revenue. The clubs in large markets are generally doing fine while many of the smaller clubs have seen their broadcast deals collapse. The league has stepped in and is now handling broadcasts for almost half the league. That setup can reach more viewers via streaming but generally leads to less revenue. With these revenue-sharing elements, the players appear to be trying to address competitive balance in a way that does not involve a cap. They directly address the broadcast revenue imbalance and would broadly be giving the smaller clubs a greater ability to spend. They also put conditions on the money, so that lower-revenue clubs can’t just pocket what they get from other teams, which is a concern in the current setup. As mentioned, MLB will make their opening proposal tomorrow, but they have already gone public to oppose what the players have proposed. MLB spokesperson Glen Caplin released a statement, with Drellich among those to relay it, effectively saying that MLB’s position is that this proposal makes competitive balance worse and not better.

That's what's so frustrating.....it's always about next year. For years on end......when will they actually try? It makes it hard to support the team. I feel like it's one thing if your ownership/front office tries and it just doesn't work (Mets), but it always feels like we don't even bother trying, they cross their fingers and hope, and then it obviously doesn't work either.......then we get fed the whole "trust the process", "wait until next year", "next few years" over and over and over. So, the Marlins have the most steals in the league at 68, and are actually 2nd at 21 caught stealing......I'd have thought we'd be in the "lead" by a landslide in that stat.....

Yeah I was tuning into some games.....not anymore They've reduced the TV package price to like $80 now to try to entice people to sign up.

I figured that the day it was announced.

Marlins Acquire Rece Hinds - MLB Trade Rumors The Marlins and Reds announced that they have made a trade sending outfielder Rece Hinds from Cincinnati to Miami. The Marlins optioned him to Triple-A Jacksonville and transferred left-hander Robby Snelling to the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man spot. The Reds, who designated Hinds for assignment a few days ago, receive minor league right-hander Zach McCambley in return. The Marlins also recalled infielder Graham Pauley and placed infielder Leo Jiménez on the seven-day injured list with concussion symptoms.

Maybe someone should tell the Marlins.

MLB 2026: Miami Marlins going to extremes to fix franchise - ESPN The Miami Marlins turned heads across Major League Baseball in September when they became the first team to call pitches from the dugout, but that was merely the tip of the iceberg. Long before that, they had done away with traditional bullpen sessions and soft-toss batting practices and replaced them with hyper-competitive alternatives, part of an organizational push to persistently challenge players. Practically every team seeks more pitch velocity and bat speed, but perhaps none other is as unabashed about building it in-season. Base stealing is back in vogue, but Marlins minor leaguers take more risks than anyone. For decades, the Marlins have been defined by fire sales, empty seats and last-place finishes. But they are now gaining a reputation as arguably the sport's most cutting-edge organization, a distinction their circumstances might have forced upon them. In order to survive against teams with far more resources, the Marlins believe they have to be different. Aggressively so. "We have to innovate," Marlins general manager Gabe Kapler said. "We do not have a choice." The Marlins spent $108 million to revamp their spring training facility, which they unveiled earlier this year, and are constructing pitching and hitting labs that will sit adjacent to it. It will be a massive boost, but not a novel one. In an era when information is so prevalent, and every team is up to speed on analytics, can teams still find legitimate advantages on the margins? The Marlins are betting on it. "I think a lot of people say baserunning is important," Marlins director of player development Rachel Balkovec said, "but having a true system around it is something that our organization has done really well." On July 4, 2024, the Marlins' rookie-ball team in the Florida Complex League stole 13 bases in a single game, a number that hasn't been matched in the major leagues since 1914. That team accumulated 208 steals that year, 64 more than the runner-up. The following year, the Marlins' five domestic affiliates combined for 1,233 stolen bases. No other organization came close. One of their prospects, Class A Beloit outfielder Emaarion Boyd, stole six bases without recording a single hit that April. "We basically have kind of a green light for a lot of people," Balkovec said. "We believe baserunning and base stealing is a skill that you can develop. It's not just, 'You're fast.'" Taking chances often leads to making outs, and Marlins minor leaguers have been no strangers to that. Their five affiliates were caught stealing a whopping 324 times last season. Among the 150 minor league teams that dot the United States, three Marlins affiliates ranked within the top eight in most times picked off. It's all part of a larger organizational mantra: Don't be afraid to fail. The Marlins are not completely fearless, Kapler notes. They merely understand the need to constantly overcome it. He and Bendix have worked to create a culture of experimentation, believing that if something fails -- like postgame practices, which were tried a handful of times with minor leaguers last year but didn't catch on -- they're operating with the right aggression. It's not just a mantra. There's a lot more at the link above. The baserunning thing is on purpose - run a lot, and that may come with a lot of outs.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/marlins-notes-garrett-white-alderman.html The Marlins are optioning lefty Braxton Garrett back to Triple-A Jacksonville, reports Christina De Nicola of MLB.com. They’ll make a corresponding move tomorrow. (meaning today 5/20)

aka, wait another 10 years and we'll be good* *maybe

It just feels like assessment year after assessment year.....at a certain point you have to keep some people and actually try.