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He's bench player because he only hit 4 HRs in 360 ABs last season. And he doesn't steal bases either. So no power and no speed. I don't care how good he is defensively a player who's that terrible with the bat is never going to be intentionally given regular ABs.

I don't think he is. Scott was a top ten reliever in all of baseball last season. And Urias did nothing in 2023 to suggest that he'll ever be able to duplicate his 2022 offensive numbers again. He's just a bench bat and would only get significant play on a VERY bad team.

Whoops. That should have read we *don't* need to to pay for saves...

Fangraphs published a in depth analysis on Clase a few weeks ago. Apparently he also had trouble adjusting the pitch clock last season so maybe part of his struggles can be attributed to that as well. Either way I think he's way too expensive and we don't need to overpay for another closer with Kimbrel filling in this season and Bautista taking over the reigns again next season. We just need to pay for saves, we just need another solid RP (ideally). https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-concatenated-case-of-emmanuel-clase/

Another RP bites the dust.

Oomf. That's my mistake. Appreciate the heads up and Mods please delete my original post (since I can't edit it).

Love the idea, but I honestly have no idea what the Marlins are trying to do right now. They currently have eight legitimate candidates for their starting rotation and nine if you count AJ Puk who "wants to start". And they really don't have a legitimate MLB caliber SS currently on their roster. In hindsight Ortiz would have probably made the most sense for them, but I'm even then I just don't think they have the bullpen depth to part with Scott. What they need to do is trade one of those starting pitchers!

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Wow, I had no idea. The was a very interesting and informative read!

Can someone please explain to me why Oakland has an elephant on their hat? I can't think of a more un"Athletic" animal.

Those ABs need to (and should go to) Kjersted and Cowser.

Indeed they are. Or maybe we can call him Ruby for short?

How 'bout Ruben?

Funny note. My first job out of college was with T. Rowe Price so this idea that they might be getting the naming rights to the stadium kinda feels like my life is coming full circle.

I'm imagining you listeing to Nelson Cruz's walk-up music while you type your comments.

It's just silly though. Coming up with suggestions and trade ideas is fine, but at least look at from more than a cave man's perspective (i.e., "good player, must sign").

Garrett's a complete head case and I don't think he's a good enough pitcher to put up with his shenanagins. Hand seems washed and Norris just seems bad. I agree we could use another bullpen arm, but I really don't want to sign a guy just for the sake of signing someone. Hopefully someone emerges in camp or they can pull off a small trade.

Then why are we collectively still even talking about it? Everyone's certainly entitled to their own opinion, but a pet peeve of mine is when folks completely ignore whether or not a player would "actually" be a good fit for our team. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that there's no room for another DH only player on this team. I also stand by my comment that Martinez is only marginal better than Santander. And when you factor in that one of them can actually play the field and other can't that probably bridges the gap between the two. Now if we were to trade Santander for a RP and sign Martinez as a repalcement that would be COMPLETELY different scenario. But as the roster is currently contructed Martinez makes zero sense for this team. ZERO.

Elias specifically said in his presser yesterday that he didn't anticipate any more big moves.

I'm geuinely curious how much better folks think that JD Martinez can be (at age 36) than Santander. Keep in mind OBP isn't really a part of his game anymore so he's basically a HRs / RBIs only guy. I honestly don't see much difference between the two players.

I have. I've also seen his his OBP which was the worst it's been in years. I'm also not naive enough to think that signing a DH only 36 year old player coming off a bounce back year is a good move. At his age even duplicating last season's production is a long shot. JD Martinez hits HRs and drives in runs. That's basically it. Anythony Santander does the the exact same thing, but can actually play in the field (1B/RF). And we need that DH slot to rotate in players like Cowser and Kjerstad who absolutely need to play at the MLB level this season. Signing JD Martinez is the type of move the old regime would have made. It's certainly not one Elias would or should make.

Agreed and the only thing I'll add is that Markakis and Jones were much better and younger players when we intiially extended them (25 and 26). Hays will be turning 29 this summer.

Deep depth? Does that just mean you need an air tank and not a snorkel to get to him?

Neither. We don't need another DH only player and Woodruff is broken and will never be the player he was (see Cory Kluber).