Buster Olney says that among other things that a new round of Free Agency will start next week, but unlike in years past, this will be outright cutting of players. He mentioned that as many as 100 good/prospect type players will be on the free market, and that the rich (Yankees, Angels, Red Sox, etc) will only get richer.

 

He made an example of Jeremy Hermida as someone that would be outrighted onto the free agency market. I was always of the mind that we would only trade him to get rid of him. Is Olney onto something here or is it all hot air ?

A lot of teams fear more of the same from the economy and worse, and are not going to repeat their 2009 mistakes next season. No doubt the Marlins will make every effort to find value for Hermida but absent that occuring I can't imagine him winding up at an arbitrator's table this winter, at least not with the Marlins.

 

Earlier I thought a lot of these players would wind up bundled (and I don't mean Hermida and Uggla because that makes no sense on so many levels) with prospects to create some kind of value threshold but more and more it looks like the best way to deal with those underachievers (or overpaid as the circumstances dictate) who otherwise will be rewarded because of a flawed arbitration process, is to cut them and hope your general manager can acquire another team's problem child for more in the range the team wanted to pay in the first place.

it looks like the best way to deal with those underachievers (or overpaid as the circumstances dictate) who otherwise will be rewarded because of a flawed arbitration process, is to cut them and hope your general manager can acquire another team's problem child for more in the range the team wanted to pay in the first place.

 

I like this sentence.

 

Although we did just see a Teahen trade for Getz/Fields, so the White Sox will be heading to arbitration. Hermida falls into the same category of player as Teahen, minus the versatility, so at the end of the day I still can see someone hoping to revive his 2007 for a nominal C+ prospect/young player.

I think you might be right on this one Lou. That was a nice haul for the Royals for a player who has never improved one bit. I'm not a fan of Jeremy Hermida but it appears to me that he has a higher upside than Mark Teahan who has not improved one bit since entering the major leagues. Teahan is one of the most overrated players in the major leagues as he often plays a corner spot (3B, LF or RF) but hits like a middle infielder. The Marlins should make a lot of calls on Hermida and then take the best offer that they get.

The Marlins should make a lot of calls on Hermida and then take the best offer that they get.

 

I'd prefer they take the second best offer.