Good points. I was surprised the Astros stayed pat, but that FO doesn't miss too much. As for the Marlins, it's understandably tough for long-time fans given history, but Bendix is methodical in his plans. Is he baseball's next Boy Wonder? I'm fascinated watching the process unfold in Miami. Like the Expos, Miami must create a drafting and developmental powerhouse to compete long-term. 2023 was a unicorn season. There's no future in trying to draw to inside straights. 🍻
@@thomasjoseph3488 I'm a little surprised some of the bigger moves didn't happen, but then again that seems to happen every year. Should lead to a fun off-season. Hopefully your Marlins can develop the talent for a more sustained run in the next few years.
The Marlins had to blow the team up. They weren't getting anything done with that player core. Their best chance to do anything was 2023, and that was a unicorn year. Keeping the band together wasn't going to do anything but put mediocrity on a pedestal, and something needed to change. All you need to do is look at the Marlins drafting, developing, and trade record from 2018 to 2023. They did nothing right on those fronts. It's going to be a painful next few years, but I think they did the right thing. Instead, the 3rd down should've been the Rockies. There's nothing like a team projected to lose 111 games that does nothing at the trade deadline. At least the Marlins got back a large package of prospects with serious upside. The Rockies flat out didn't do anything. That's worse than a fire sale. At least the fire sale helps the team in the long haul, even it comes with the following painful rebuilding years.
@@GaIeforce I can go with that. The issue I take with the Marlins is they do this every time they have any success. Trying to actually build a sustainable winning team would be nice to see. At least they do occasionally win. The Rockies just seem to accept mediocrity now. Although outside of maybe trading Ryan McMahon they have no real talent to trade.
@@3up3down I get that, but their success in 2023 was a fluke. They got by with an unsustainable model, and all you have to do is look at their underlying metrics. They can't hit, they can't field, they aren't good baserunners, and they were entirely carried by career years from their rotation and their bullpen. I've watched nearly every game and they werre as embarrassing to watch as it was unbelievably fun. I'm glad they shattered the 20 full season postseason drought, but I saw them as an early exit team in the playoffs before the playoffs began. That was their peak. It hurts having to blow it up after just reaching the postseason, but this is what a team has to do when they trade Christian Yelich for 4 players all of whom produced a negative fWAR. This is what happens when a team trades J.T. Realmuto for damaged goods, floatsam, and jetsam. This is what happens when a team drafts JJ Bleday over CJ Abrams, Josh Jung, Corbin Carroll, and Anthony Volpe. This is what happens when a team drafts Jacob Berry over Brooks Lee. This is what happens when a team drafts Noble Meyer over Kyle Teel. Those mistakes all add up, and this is the culminating result.
@@GaIeforce all of those past results is why I am scared for Marlins fans at this deadline. The catcher from the Yankees looks promising. The prospects from the Padres are ranked highly for that system, but none are having a particularly good year. Snelling can't seem to find the plate consistently. I really hope for the sake of the organization they can develop some more. I guess the next question is how long until Alcantara and Luzardo are healthy enough to be traded. Maybe it will be Eury Perez leading the next race for the playoffs
@@3up3down They've since gutted the scouting director and the backing GM behind the transactions of 2018-2023, so all we can do as fans is hope that Peter Bendix & Frank Pilliere do a better job at evaluating talent than DJ Svihlik and Gary Denbo did. I do like Agustin Ramirez and Deyvision De Los Santos, and Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby was a sneaky grab for a pitcher who hasn't had elite production in 3 years and would have likely gotten non-tendered, so that's at least a good start.
Good points. I was surprised the Astros stayed pat, but that FO doesn't miss too much. As for the Marlins, it's understandably tough for long-time fans given history, but Bendix is methodical in his plans. Is he baseball's next Boy Wonder? I'm fascinated watching the process unfold in Miami. Like the Expos, Miami must create a drafting and developmental powerhouse to compete long-term. 2023 was a unicorn season. There's no future in trying to draw to inside straights. 🍻
@@thomasjoseph3488 I'm a little surprised some of the bigger moves didn't happen, but then again that seems to happen every year. Should lead to a fun off-season. Hopefully your Marlins can develop the talent for a more sustained run in the next few years.
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The Marlins had to blow the team up. They weren't getting anything done with that player core. Their best chance to do anything was 2023, and that was a unicorn year. Keeping the band together wasn't going to do anything but put mediocrity on a pedestal, and something needed to change. All you need to do is look at the Marlins drafting, developing, and trade record from 2018 to 2023. They did nothing right on those fronts. It's going to be a painful next few years, but I think they did the right thing.
Instead, the 3rd down should've been the Rockies. There's nothing like a team projected to lose 111 games that does nothing at the trade deadline. At least the Marlins got back a large package of prospects with serious upside. The Rockies flat out didn't do anything. That's worse than a fire sale. At least the fire sale helps the team in the long haul, even it comes with the following painful rebuilding years.
@@GaIeforce I can go with that. The issue I take with the Marlins is they do this every time they have any success. Trying to actually build a sustainable winning team would be nice to see. At least they do occasionally win. The Rockies just seem to accept mediocrity now. Although outside of maybe trading Ryan McMahon they have no real talent to trade.
@@3up3down I get that, but their success in 2023 was a fluke. They got by with an unsustainable model, and all you have to do is look at their underlying metrics. They can't hit, they can't field, they aren't good baserunners, and they were entirely carried by career years from their rotation and their bullpen. I've watched nearly every game and they werre as embarrassing to watch as it was unbelievably fun. I'm glad they shattered the 20 full season postseason drought, but I saw them as an early exit team in the playoffs before the playoffs began. That was their peak.
It hurts having to blow it up after just reaching the postseason, but this is what a team has to do when they trade Christian Yelich for 4 players all of whom produced a negative fWAR. This is what happens when a team trades J.T. Realmuto for damaged goods, floatsam, and jetsam. This is what happens when a team drafts JJ Bleday over CJ Abrams, Josh Jung, Corbin Carroll, and Anthony Volpe. This is what happens when a team drafts Jacob Berry over Brooks Lee. This is what happens when a team drafts Noble Meyer over Kyle Teel. Those mistakes all add up, and this is the culminating result.
@@GaIeforce all of those past results is why I am scared for Marlins fans at this deadline. The catcher from the Yankees looks promising. The prospects from the Padres are ranked highly for that system, but none are having a particularly good year. Snelling can't seem to find the plate consistently. I really hope for the sake of the organization they can develop some more. I guess the next question is how long until Alcantara and Luzardo are healthy enough to be traded. Maybe it will be Eury Perez leading the next race for the playoffs
@@3up3down They've since gutted the scouting director and the backing GM behind the transactions of 2018-2023, so all we can do as fans is hope that Peter Bendix & Frank Pilliere do a better job at evaluating talent than DJ Svihlik and Gary Denbo did. I do like Agustin Ramirez and Deyvision De Los Santos, and Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby was a sneaky grab for a pitcher who hasn't had elite production in 3 years and would have likely gotten non-tendered, so that's at least a good start.