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Marlins Could Be Done Making Significant Moves

By charliewilmoth | December 24, 2016 at 11:10am CDT

With their signings of Brad Ziegler and Junichi Tazawa now complete, the Marlins could be done making significant moves this offseason. Here’s the latest from out of Miami, courtesy of the Sun-Sentinel’s Tim Healey:

  • The Ziegler and Tazawa signings, and the subsequent DFA of Elvis Araujo when the Ziegler deal became official, leave the Marlins’ bullpen heavily right-handed, with Hunter Cervenka as the only lefty reliever remaining on the team’s 40-man. But president of baseball operations Michael Hill doesn’t sound concerned about that. “Handedness didn’t come into play as much as finding the highest quality [reliever],” Hill says. Even Cervenka is not guaranteed a spot in the bullpen, with Hill saying Cervenka will compete for a spot in camp. Teams typically carry at least one lefty reliever, although not carrying any is hardly unprecedented, since many righties can be effective against opposite-handed batters — the 2004 Angels, for example, had perhaps baseball’s best bullpen that year despite receiving just two total innings of lefty relief. And Tazawa, for example, has been quite effective against lefties in his career.
  • The bullpen has become increasingly crowded, and the Marlins have discussed whether to go with a seven-man bullpen or expand it to eight.
  • The Marlins also are not overly concerned about finding a platoon partner for lefty-hitting first baseman Justin Bour, Hill says. “There’s not that clear-cut complement at first base, but I think in the growth and maturation of Justin Bour,” Hill says. “[Manager Don Mattingly has] talked about trying to challenge him more and expose him more to left-handed pitching.” The 28-year-old Bour has hit .223/.273/.291 in 103 career plate appearances against southpaws. The team could, however, give righty-hitting catcher J.T. Realmuto occasional plate appearances at first, potentially giving the Marlins the chance to sit Bour against some lefties. “If there is a way to deepen our bench, we’ll look at it,” says Hill. “But I think as we sit right now, we would be comfortable as we are currently situated.”
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  1. slugger82685

    9 years ago

    Didn’t realize any of the moves they have made were considered “significant”

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    • mike156

      9 years ago

      Reminds me of the earlier post about Cashman being angry about the Marlins driving up Chapman’s price. .You knew Loria was doing it for window-dressing, but if he’s making offers for Jansen and Chapman, regardless of his sincerity, it’s going to impact the market.

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      • RunDMC

        9 years ago

        NYY bickering about spending money — what a waste of time. They obtained Chapman originally from CIN for a reduced price from the domestic incident he was cleared of, then ultimately sold him for a high price to CHC getting one of the top-ranked prospects in the game (Torres)…and now they’re bickering over a reported $15M more they’re saying they had to pay because of MIA…?

        First market problems. Get over yourselves, Cash Man.

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        • RunDMC

          9 years ago

          **Sorry for the soap box rant.

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        • mike156

          9 years ago

          Don’t sweat the rant. My real point was that Marlins are first and foremost about maximizing their returns–and a lot of that comes from other people’s pockets (the tax payer and the bigger market teams). When Loria bids, he’s almost certainly doing it for show, and I think that drives other GM’s crazy. Cashman just said something about it, but I’ll bet he’s not alone with the feeling.

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  2. metseventually 2

    9 years ago

    Those are significant moves?

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    • jayceincase

      9 years ago

      Their most significant moves were driving the price up for closers!

      Reply
  3. stryk3istrukuout

    9 years ago

    In other news, the Marlins also announced opening day is in the spring

    Reply
  4. reflect

    9 years ago

    Marlins fans announce they could be done watching significant teams.

    Reply
  5. everlastingdave

    9 years ago

    Sure. I mean, it’s not like you needed multiple average-to-good SPs and instead signed Volquez and Locke. I’m probably pretty sure it’ll all work out for the best.

    Reply
  6. chieftoto

    9 years ago

    When did they start?

    Reply
  7. formerlyz

    9 years ago

    So we’re just not going to add another SP. Not even Nova on an AAV of $8 million. That was expected, really. Just more Loria going half way and then complaiming that he tried when it doesn’t work…what a joke of an organization. July/August can’t come quickly enough. Give us more Loria getting out info

    Reply
  8. nailz#4life

    9 years ago

    Get ready for a 5th place finish after a Stanton trade at mid season! #That’s significant

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    • The Oregonian

      9 years ago

      Why would someone take on Stanton’s contract? He’s not thought of as highly as when he inked that onerous deal, and it’s backloaded to boot. Really can’t picture him opting out.

      Reply
  9. nailz#4life

    9 years ago

    What about Vlad Jr. in the package???

    Reply
  10. Wild05fan 2

    9 years ago

    They did nothing after all that talk we were hearing. probably not the time anyway, that SP isn’t going to win them anything next year in that division.

    Reply
  11. jd396

    9 years ago

    If the Marlins want there’s about a hundred RH guys who can play first with Bour out there on the cheap.

    Reply
  12. Solaris611

    9 years ago

    The message from the front office is clear: We’re now shifting into the familiar mode of attempting to convince ourselves that we’re where we wanna be, and all unaddressed needs will be done so internally because that’s worked so well in the past.

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