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johnsilver
They may be down Alvarez, but hopefully they get back Cossart, who battled vertigo nearly all season and they think have figured out something to fix those issues now that won’t spell doom to his career, what happened to star player Nick Essasky around 25y ago from the same issues.
Brad Hand, along with Tom Koehler can be semi reliable arms in the back end of the rotation and Fernandez is as good as they come. Wasn’t it awfully smart to trade 3y of control they had with Nathan Eovaldi for that lightweight hitting Prado? That deal gets worse every minute after it 1st occurred.
I don’t expect them to sign any medium tiered SP FA, even lower medium tiered starters. bargain bin? Yep. Maybe bring in a Rich Hill type and hope for 10-12 starts before his elbow blows out again, then hope Nicholino or Conley can maybe make due the rest of the way.
Tommy Hutton may retire after this year (just saying) after watching how little is up and coming from the system and how little is put back in. The team needs an entire new ‘pen, outside of Ramos and Capps. The back end of the rotation is questionable and everyone knows Loria isn’t going to spend anything to fix any of it. Just sad.
FLMarlins4LiFE
Prado’s been a much needed leader in the clubhouse and manned the hot corner way. A true vet to help teach the younger players how to play the game the way it should be played..team baseball. Yes it hurt to lose Nathan E. but he was a thrower not a pitcher and the long ball hurt him by the tons. At the time we could afford that deal b/c the rotation was projected to be at some point with Alvarez,cosart,Fernandez,Koehler and the option of hand,niccolino,urena or Conley .. You gotta trade a piece to gain another
Capps,baraclogh, Dunn, are solids to keep as steady a in the pen..Ramos gives me headaches..id explore other options..
#Loriabeingloria on spending money smh.. #Cantsellsoonenough
Afraid he isn’t going anywhere until at least a couple years after the all star game in Miami. Let’s keep are fingers crossed!
Jay_T
Did Honeycutt sign with the Dodgers again? I’ve heard he has be obtained and then I’ve read that Mattingly was trying to bring him with him. A little confused on which story is true.
formerlyz
We’re going to Non-tender Hendo over $4 million?? It’s like every time I think we can’t go any lower…..
And what kind of organization makes an announcement about a player turning down an extension? Seems like a preemptive attempt at explaining why he’s gone in a year or 2/walks in free agency in 3 years. It also kind of seems like an attempt to put some negative light towards Jose to the fan base. I just can’t understand why MLB worked so hard to get rid of other owners, but allows this type of stuff to continue for so long.
johnsilver
It fits the Loria pattern. Alvarez will have 4 full seasons in by the end of 2016 and I really doubt he’s going to be ready to help by then, putting hit arbitration yet again and making a few hundred thousand more than that, so figure 4.2-3m.. Maybe a tad more.
Normal teams would be willing to pay that amount for a solid #2 starter, but would a team that always looks to cut payroll? Even other teams that act cheap? Tampa acts like that also sometimes.