Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal · 14m14 minutes ago

 

Sources: #Marlins have opened long-term talks with Fernandez, Yelich, Hechavarria. Nothing close; Fernandez, repped by Boras, a longshot.

 

so they're really going to sign hech long term. lol.

 

 

WAIT A SECOND I DIDNT CREATE THIS TOPIC

 

 

Or did you?

 

 

DAMNIT I was going to use that

 

 

This team is gonna lose fans if Stanton and Jose don't re-sign.

 

 

I'd laugh if the only one we sign is Hech.

 

 

I'd laugh if the only one we sign is Hech.

 

I'll cry

 

 

I don't know why people are shocked. Hechavarria will be on this team forever. It's just fact.

 

As for the other names,

 

 

That URL didn't work, I tried it. I am not sure what message you tried to convey DIM.

 

 

I like seeing my username capitalized like that. Makes me appear to be a robot.

 

As for the gif, it's uhh dot dot dot YES, as in Jose/Yelich would be awesome to re-sign. Add Stanton (whichi is obvious), Alvarez and possibly Ozuna to that list and it's the guys I'd like to see re-signed this offseason.

 

But we all know this ends with Hech getting a seven year extension and the rest of the talks being prolonged into the future.

 

 

The Marlins have opened long-term extension talks with injured ace Jose Fernandez,Christian Yelich and Adeiny Hechavarria, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. As Rosenthal notes, nothing is close with any of the three. Fernandez, a client of Scott Boras, is a particularly long shot to be extended. Boras typically encourages his clients to test the open market, and while his players have on rare occasion signed long-term deals before reaching that point (e.g. Carlos Gonzalez and Carlos Gomez), Fernandez isn’t in a great spot to talk contract as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery.

 

It’s not hard to see why Miami would have interest in extending Fernandez, however, as he was among the game’s most dominant young arms before undergoing surgery and figures to get back to that point in the near future. The former first-rounder skipped Double-A and Triple-A entirely and debuted in the Majors as a 20-year-old. While that jump would be difficult for most, Fernandez had no trouble acclimating to the Majors and notched a ludicrous 2.25 ERA with 10.3 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9 through his first 224 1/3 innings. He won Rookie of the Year honors in 2013 and finished third in the NL Cy Young balloting that season.

 

Fernandez is controlled through 2018, although now that he’s missed a season with injury, the Marlins’ decision to have him break camp in 2013 looks even more questionable; Miami could’ve secured another year of team control by leaving him in the minors for just three weeks or so. Of course, if an extension is worked out, that will be a relatively moot point (though still puzzling, in principle).

 

Yelich, 23 in a month, quietly enjoyed a breakout season. Also a former first-round pick, he batted .284/.362/.402 with nine homers, 21 steals and excellent defense in left field. Baseball-Reference valued him at 3.6 WAR, while Fangraphs pegged him for 4.3 WAR. Yelich can be controlled through 2019 and won’t be arbitration eligible for two more years, so there’s no immediate urgency for the Marlins to extend him. He’s repped by Paragon Sports.

 

Hechavarria, 26 next April, is a client of Praver-Shapiro Sports and is a more curious case. While most acknowledge that he has the tools to be an excellent shortstop, most defensive metrics peg him as below-average at shortstop despite his affinity for highlight-reel plays. He’s under control through 2018 and isn’t arbitration eligible until next winter. Hechavarria posted an improved .276/.308/.356 batting line in 2014, though his offense still hasn’t caught up to its minor league levels, where he slashed .327/.376/.446 with eight homers in 606 Triple-A plate appearances.

 

In addition to this group, the Marlins are, of course, trying to extend franchise cornerstoneGiancarlo Stanton. Earlier today, reports indicated that talks are ongoing and the Marlins are aware of and comfortable with the fact that Stanton may cost $28-30MM annually.

 

 

If Hechavarria was the starting SS for 29 other teams, those 29 teams would be desperate to upgrade. The Marlins, however, want to extend him.

 

#thatssomarlins

 

 

10/200 for Hech, nobody said it yet

 

 

I think ∞/∞ is more likely, Admin.

 

 

In his career, Adeiny Hechavarria has been worth -1.6 fWAR.

 

He might get a long term contract.

 

I could play on a Major League Baseball team right now and, much like Hech, cost the team wins.

 

I will do this for the Major League minimum.

 

Please sign me, Marlins.

 

 

I wouldnt be surprised if by the end of an extention he's moved to 2B.

 

How would he be there? Would he be an upgrade?

 

 

I wouldnt be surprised if by the end of an extention he's moved to 2B.

 

How would he be there? Would he be an upgrade?

 

Defensively, I think he'd be amazing at second base, TBH.

 

Offensively ... well, he's Hech.

 

 

Defensively, I think he'd be amazing at second base, TBH.

Offensively ... well, he's Hech.

 

 

 

Sounds like an upgrade!

On another note, cuddyer is off the table.

Ive also heard they were talking to ozuna bout a long term deal.

Ive also heard they were talking to ozuna bout a long term deal.

 

squall's sources?

 

 

On another note, cuddyer is off the table.

 

he's great, but the only thing this team doesn't need is an outfielder.

 

 

On another note, cuddyer is off the table.

 

he's great, but the only thing this team doesn't need is an outfielder.

True. But he could have been moved to 1b.

cuddyer is terrible