The Marlins and third baseman/outfielder Brian Anderson have discussed a contract extension in the five-year, $30MM range, Craig Mish of Sports Grid reports. Those talks mostly came before the coronavirus shutdown, per Mish, who adds that the two sides’ negotiations will likely pick up again during the upcoming winter.
Once next offseason rolls around, the 27-year-old Anderson will be on track to make his first of three potential trips through arbitration. Having collected league-minimum salaries since he debuted in 2017, Anderson has been a bargain performer and one of the few bright spots for the Marlins during his short career.
Going back to 2018, Anderson has accounted for 6.5 fWAR, slashed .268/.350/.430 (113 wRC+) with 31 home runs in 1,190 plate appearances, and logged a substantial amount of action at the hot corner and in right field. All things considered, it’s no surprise even a small-budget team like Miami would be interested in locking up Anderson for millions per annum. But if Anderson and the Marlins are unable to find common ground in contract talks over the next couple years, he should carry a solid amount of value on the trade market.
Its hard to do as poorly as they did in their major rebuild trades and still be so solid in the farm for that team
I mean, I’d argue trading away 2 mvp, Ozuna, and the best catcher in baseball should easily get you the best farm in baseball. Their are heading the right direction, but if they didn’t make just the worse moves with those guys they would be further along and deeper now
Some bad trades, but I like where they are going. The pitching shows promise and they are more sound fundamentally than, say, the Mets. Mattingly seems to be the right guy, at least for now.
Getting back to trades: In 2018, I thought they should have rented homeboy Manny Machado and added a pitcher. Then they could have made a legitimate at the post-season. It would have been a nice statement by the new regime and might have gained fan support.
Yelich wasn’t an MVP in Miami, they did good in the JTR trade, Stanton was a salary dump and a year rental got them their opening day starter.
Yelich put up 10 fWAR combined over the two seasons prior to being traded. He may not have been an MVP, but he was still one of the best outfielders in baseball.
They do have one of the best farms in baseball. The Yelich trade got them their starting second baseman, an outfielder who came very close to making the team this year and will likely he up and in the starting lineup later this year or next as well a back of the end rotation guy who we will also likely see by the end of the season. Brinson has been disappointing. The Ozuna trade got them their opening day starter and their all star last year, plus they traded Gallen for their short stop of the future who we likely will see in 2021. Stanton deal got them a kid they think could be their future closer and an infielder with absolute major league upside. Why are you judging these trades before the minor leaguers have developed?
Yes, and they got a lot or value at the time. No one expected Brinson to be the worst player in the NL
2 Mvp’s is not painting a clear picture whatsoever-
Marlins got a gift from the heavens getting rid of Stantons contract
Yelich was never a Mvp in Mia, but yes that trade felt lite at the time
Nobody wanted to ink Ozuna this year for multiple years and they absolutely killed that deal
And they got a pretty damn solid return for JTR
Overall Id say they did very well selling the whole lot. Do wish they would have held onto Gallen though
I love people justifying these trades with bad results or salary dumb or yelich wasn’t an mvp yet lol…. it’s comical. Stanton as a salary dumb very well should have brought multiple elite prospects back and ur mad to think otherwise. The guy literally had just won the mvp…. salary dumbs are for off loading trash that they over paid for. At the time, he was literally the furthest thing from trash. His return should have been much greater. The yelich deal was trash, period. You can’t argue that. Ozuna might be the best of the mix and JT is TBD although it’s likely ok enough :/ … I’m not arguing that the marlins didn’t get decent returns…. I’m arguing they should have gotten worlds better returns for those players. Instead of a top 5 farm system, most other franchises would have built a #1 farm system, and that is where the failure is
Miami couldn’t afford a 300M contract, and everyone including Loria who signed off on it. The Marlins reached 3 agreements to trade Stanton, and zero of them included elite prospects going back. You’re silly if you think there was much better trade to make
Isn’t that around what Nick Ahmed got? If so, is that fair? Not saying Ahmed is bad, but Anderson is more versatile with a better bat.
This is a guy the Rangers should make a play for
I would have to agree. Especially if Elvis doesn’t perform this season. Because then we could move IKF to short, and then trade for Anderson to take over third base duties. Maybe we could dump Andrus on them, and just include an extra prospect.
Personally I think Elvis is fine, and I think he will be our shortstop until his contract runs out. First base is what I am thinking about right now. I do not want Frazier being our full-time guy there, and Guzman looks like he is about as mentally capable as Odor (I’m not being rude, I mean they both just get into their own heads). Go get me Josh Bell or Dom Smith. Maybe David Garcia (C), Palumbo (SP), and Davis Wendzel (3b) could be a package for Smith, I’m not sure what Bell would command in a trade though. I love when the trade deadline starts creeping up because now we can see the crazy trade proposals people shoot around.
Lastly, with 16 teams being permitted into the postseason, do you see the Rangers trying to make a few trades so that maybe we can compete in the playoffs?
As soon as he signs, he will be traded before the ink dries.
He’s their best player, they better lock him up now while he’s “cheap”
If Anderson maintains his past performance, he’ll earn $20M in his three arb years. Would it be smart to sign away two free agent years for $10M? And then hit the FA market at 32. Only way I see this beneficial for him is if he gets an opt-out after year three.
Not necessarily. The final number would be around 50 million total over 5 years. Marlins offered 5 years around 35 million but I guarantee you Anderson asked for about 60 million over the 5 year term… An extension makes sense for him for long term security since he may have already topped out as a borderline all-star… no guarantee he’ll be anything more.
Anderson is the type of player to age well, so even if he hits the market at age 32, he could presumably still get a nice 4 year contract at or above the annual value of this hypothetical contract, taking him through age 36. In that scenario he would make around 80-90 million for his career.
Bahahahahaha brain worms
Genius front office traded away Gallen for Chisolm LMAO
To think any team won this trade at this point in time is ignorant. To think this trade was lopsided is simply a troll job.
marlin fan confirmed
Troll confirmed
Imagine trying to troll Marlins fans of all people. Not a whole lot of excitement going on in your life?
Only troll here is you that cant accept Gallen looks awesome while Chisholm doesnt. Could that change? Maybe, but the fish dont have a great track record of late.
Very genius actually. They had no close to ready shortstop in their system. Other than Gallen, system includes HIGHER ceiling players such as Max Meyer, Trevor Rodgers, Braxton Garrett, Sixto Sanchez, Edward Cabrera in addition to Sandy Alcantara, Pablo Lopez and Nick Neidhart.
I think Caleb Smith and Jose Urena will both eventually get traded for even more depth. But point being, it’s hard to find a team wit this much close to ready pitching depth. Especially when those prospects like Garrett and Sanchez are ready to go.
Great deal for Marlins 6ml a year on average, most of the money will probably be backloaded, say 10ml year four and 12ml year five that another team might pay out if they trade him after or during year three. Possibility he’s a Marlin 3yrs for about 8ml, Sounds About Right.
Life of a small market team.
Anderson is exactly the type of player the Marlins need to lock up long term. Personally, I’d offer him 7 years and 80 million with an opt out after year 5. He’s the type of player to age well and has value playing both 3rd base and RF.
Other than that, I’d try to extend some of the younger guys to get some cost certainty. Especially when it comes to the pitching. Personally I am a huge fan of Sandy Alcantara and Pablo Lopez and could see both of those guys becoming key contributors to a playoff caliber rotation…