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ARod's Ring
*2 days Later* “Marlins Agree to sign Mike Stanton to a 6 year deal.”
EdinsonPickle
I’ve seen few players who can hit the ball as hard as Stanton. He hits missiles that look like they came off the barrel of a metal bat. If the Marlins don’t lock this guy up at some point, there is something seriously wrong with them.
chrisn313
He is one of my favorite players, and IMO underrated as a rising star. If his eye continues developing like it did last year he will be an absolute force. Love watching him throw lasers and hit missiles.
FS54 2
I don’t believe he is underrated. He is respected everywhere despite his age and lack of experience.
Tony
If I were the Marlins I would sign Mike to a 10 yr 180 million dollar deal right now because fact of the matter his stock will only continue to rise the longer they wait.
MetsMagic
I like this kid a lot and frankly having him in-division scares the crap out of me for years to come. He has as much raw power as anyone and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone hit a ball harder since the Big Hurt, Frank Thomas. It shouldn’t be too hard for him to cut down on the K’s and I can see him smashing 40+ homeruns and having a .900+ OPS year in and year out.
He’s practically the posterchild of high ceiling draft picks. He broke out in 2008 and shot up on prospect lists rapidly. He serves as a good example for rebuilding teams to always take the highest upside in the draft and not the most likely to make the bigs.
Mikeschoolerforever
Yankee fans will start to complain why the Marlins won’t trade him to them cause he will look so good in pinstripes and the marlins will never win.
Serdar Sirin
They haven’t yet?
rsanchez1
Just like Oakland fans complained why the Marlins wouldn’t give up Stanton for Gio.
No, wait, for a team that’s perenially in rebuild mode, that’s the least of Oakland fans’ concerns.
johnsilver
“Just like Oakland fans complained why the Marlins wouldn’t give up Stanton for Gio.”
More like Beane thinking he could get Stanton and then settling for what he did.. One has to wonder what goes through his head sometimes.. He seems brilliant, then like loses it..
rsanchez1
YES! Lock him up NOW. Stanton WILL get too expensive if they wait.
Well, I guess you never know about too expensive, given how loose the Marlins’ pockets were this offseason, but I as a fan would prefer to have Stanton play at Miami for a while.
tigers22
I’m a diehard Tigers fan… but Mikey Stanton is my favorite player in the MLB not on the Tigers.
Kinda like Miggy was when he played for the Marlins. We’ll take Stanton now too, please. (wishful thinking, not meant to be serious).
FowlofCanada
He’s going to need one of those giant novelty pens to sign his contract.
Lunchbox45
2007 was a pretty weak draft, even the first round had a lot of flops.. And marlins swooped in and take him 76th…
Unreal
Adam Moreira
I can understand why the Marlins may be a bit hesitant—two words: Chris Coghlan.
JackPackage
What so they would be hesitant to sign Mike Stanton because an entirely unrelated, young player succumbed to a completely freak (and slightly hilarious) accident?