Marlins Extend Martin Prado, 3y/$40m

[Nick]

I don't really understand why Phelps didn't go back in the rotation after he came back from the DL.

[AdamRavs]

I don't really understand why Phelps didn't go back in the rotation after he came back from the DL.

I understand it now cause they are out of it. But come ST hopefully he is back in the rotation.

[tjfla]

I'm not ready to say that this team can't contend without Fernandez, especially if that frees up $200m that the team was potentially budgeting for with Fernandez now gone. Obviously a huge loss both emotionally and on the field, but the fact is Jose's impact was still only every five-days and the product he brought can somewhat replaced easier than say if Giancarlo was in that spot.

The team is devoid of pitching right now but Conley is still on the rise, Chen should bounce-back in 2017, Phelps looked dominant as both a SP and RP and I would imagine he'd be a starter full time next year now.

I see a rotation looking like Chen-Conley-Phelps-Koehler-Urena/Nicolino and admittedly is not good enough, but with available SP like Doug Fister, or maybe trading the likes of Dietrich/Ozuna for an arm, the team more or less looks like it did in 2016. With a fully healthy, living Jose Fernandez, I would've expected the team to seriously compete next year but I don't think that his loss dooms the club to 90+ losses next year.

The thing is they didn't have 200 million in the budget for him. The plan was to ship him to Boston on NYY for a SS/3B and arms eventually. Try to contend in 2017 then Jose/Ozuna and others shipped out replaced with a Moncada/Eduardo Rodriguez or like Torres/Sheffield and others

When they supposedly had a deal with Arizona it was for Corbin(SP),Drury(3B),another arm or 2 and more. If they had made that then Ozuna dealt somewhere too

[Nick]

Just stop tj.

[HUGG]

Marlins Extend Martin Prado, 3y/$40m

My biggest issue right now is how/when I'm supposed to be able to separate these men from baseball. Right now, I want every single player on our team to be here forever and don't really care if they win or not. They've all handled themselves with strength and class and I love them all.

I guess it'll slowly get back to normal.

Like, I had (finally) come around on us needing to replace Hechavarria and now instead of him being a bad hitter, this is what we have



How are we supposed to go back?

[MiamiHomer]

I really don't know if/when I will go back to giving any thought to the baseball element of this. This stuff has engulfed me over the last few days where all I'm doing at any free moment is reading about Jose and any story I haven't yet heard about him.

I don't want to imagine how the people in the front office will have to approach this reality.

[emkayseven]

right, like, it might make the most sense to trade Dietrich. He had the idea to leave the hats on the mound. How do you trade him? How do you trade Ozuna who not only lost a teammate but probably has survivors' guilt of not going on the boat with Jose?

[fish16]

this is a business. as touching as all the tributes are, every single one of the players on the team knows this and knows that no matter how hard this has been, this is an under .500 team who just lost their best player. That's not gonna be an issue.

[Mainge]

I mean we're always going to be ass, who gives a shit? Keep these dudes.

[fish16]

I mean we're always going to be ass, who gives a shit? Keep these dudes.

that's a terrible way to run your business. Jose dying is awful. It fucking sucks. That doesnt mean we keep an entire bad team because they went through a tough time.

[fauowls44]

The best way to honor Jose is to build a winning team that all of South Florida gets behind and starts to love baseball the way he did. The players know that keeping this same team together next year is not realistic. Once this season ends, decisions on how to move forward need to be made.

Signing Prado is a good start. This team is in desperate need of pitching and I'm sure they know it. I hope they are prepared to try and fix the rotation. Right now, they have Conley, Chen, Koehler, and possibly Phelps. 2, maybe 3 starters need to be added somehow.

[rmc523]

that's a terrible way to run your business. Jose dying is awful. It fucking sucks. That doesnt mean we keep an entire bad team because they went through a tough time.

When have the Marlins ever been run competently?

[fish16]

When have the Marlins ever been run competently?

true, but on the flip side, when have they ever given into feelings rather than run their team in the way they want to?

[fauowls44]

When have the Marlins ever been run competently?

Now would be a good time to start. I mean, if there was any lesson to be taken from this is that life is short and you may as well go for it while you can...especially since it's fairly likely that Loria will be selling within a few years anyway.

[Mainge]

that's a terrible way to run your business. Jose dying is awful. It fucking sucks. That doesnt mean we keep an entire bad team because they went through a tough time.

I'm just telling you my opinion on the situation. I have no faith in the front office to put together a good team.