Season Super Game Thread

[fish16]

JT and Strailey is all i care about. Prado really doesn't have a spot except utility off the bench. Anderson has been good.

I think there is a spot for Prado to get 2-4 starts a week across various positions, the higher end of 4 being if he is still capable of playing the OF like he has previously in his career. He can give Castro, Anderson, and Dietrich all a day off each week and pinch hit the other games.

JT is missed badly though and his injury has been handled pretty poorly cause all i had hear was that it was nothing serious and clearly it was.

Riddle is just building back arm strength apparently and other than that he is healthy.

Straily was also supposed to be a quick thing and clearly it was underreported as well. Straily is above average as hell but its still crazy how much this team misses just a solid starter once every 5 games.

[Lee Stone]

JT and Strailey is all i care about. Prado really doesn't have a spot except utility off the bench. Anderson has been good.

Prado is being paid $28+M over the next two seasons - if he can stand up and waddle, he'll be playing. Third or first base are his only real options. I believe Anderson will be sent down if Prado is healthy - but that may never be the case. Rivera is probably a better utility option than Riddle, who did himself no real favors last season. * money matters - why the hell else would Ziegler be pitching at all, let alone closing.

[emkayseven]

No chance Anderson is sent down if he keeps hitting. None. He's the lone bright spot. They'll use Prado as a super utility type guy until someone gets injured - which always seems to happen anyway. Or they'll play Prado or Dietrich in RF, the other in LF, shift Maybin or Lee to CF and demote Brinson which they do need to do not just for performance but also to save some service time.

Don't think money has anything to do with Prado - old regime, yes, but I think current regime would rather give the spot to someone who may be part of the future (see: cutting Volquez and eating the money)

[Nick]

I think the new regime might feel compelled to play Prado because that's the only shot they'll have of being able to shed any of that salary before his contract is up. I think the perfect scenario would be Castro plays well, we trade him some time during the summer. Prado takes over at 2nd after that, and plays well enough that we're able to trade him during the offseason. An unlikely scenario, but I wouldn't be surprised if they try it.

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(see: cutting Volquez and eating the money)

Wasn't this the last year on Volquez's contract? And he's not coming back this year, so they were eating that money either way.

[AdamRavs]

I think the new regime might feel compelled to play Prado because that's the only shot they'll have of being able to shed any of that salary before his contract is up. I think the perfect scenario would be Castro plays well, we trade him some time during the summer. Prado takes over at 2nd after that, and plays well enough that we're able to trade him during the offseason. An unlikely scenario, but I wouldn't be surprised if they try it.

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Wasn't this the last year on Volquez's contract? And he's not coming back this year, so they were eating that money either way.

Wasn't Volquez's money covered by insurance though?

[fish16]

they wont send anderson down, but, and this is a big if, if prado can still play all of 3b, 2b, and LF (most questionable given his injuries), he can still play a super utility role and start 3/6 days by just giving rest to Castro, Anderson, and Dietrich one day a week. That and injuries are inevitable, whether its him getting injured again or one of those guys. Im not worried about prado inevitably finding some sort of role.

[Lee Stone]

I think the new regime might feel compelled to play Prado because that's the only shot they'll have of being able to shed any of that salary before his contract is up. I think the perfect scenario would be Castro plays well, we trade him some time during the summer. Prado takes over at 2nd after that, and plays well enough that we're able to trade him during the offseason. An unlikely scenario, but I wouldn't be surprised if they try it.

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Wasn't this the last year on Volquez's contract? And he's not coming back this year, so they were eating that money either way.

Yes and yes.

[Nick]

Wasn't Volquez's money covered by insurance though?

You might be right, I don't know.

[rmc523]

I think there is a spot for Prado to get 2-4 starts a week across various positions, the higher end of 4 being if he is still capable of playing the OF like he has previously in his career. He can give Castro, Anderson, and Dietrich all a day off each week and pinch hit the other games.

JT is missed badly though and his injury has been handled pretty poorly cause all i had hear was that it was nothing serious and clearly it was.

Riddle is just building back arm strength apparently and other than that he is healthy.

Straily was also supposed to be a quick thing and clearly it was underreported as well. Straily is above average as hell but its still crazy how much this team misses just a solid starter once every 5 games.

Sounds like they didn't change the training staff at all. For the last few years on a variety of guys, it's always been a "oh we'll give him a few days rest, it's not too bad", only for him to be out half the year.

[fish16]

Sounds like they didn't change the training staff at all. For the last few years on a variety of guys, it's always been a "oh we'll give him a few days rest, it's not too bad", only for him to be out half the year.

that would be one thing that pisses me off, as someone who everyone claims will just explain everything away for the new ownership, the training staff was something that everyone can agree needed to be overhauled. the whole way we've dealt with young arms especially has been so beyond annoying its hard to put into words.

[rmc523]

Apparently we released Brian Ellington?

[Nick]

Marlins Baseball: It's Rough Dude

[fish16]

Marlins Baseball: It's Rough Dude

i see you with the reverse jinx. well played. Good thing we didnt banish Bour off to rookie ball based on his first week.

[Nick]

I did it.

[fish16]

is it just me or does MAttingly love using our worst relievers and especially using them for multiple innings and is incredibly hesitant to put in our best relievers.