The Marlins have agreed to a deal with free-agent infielder Logan Forsythe, reports Craig Mish of SportsGrid (Twitter link). The PSI Sports Management client was granted his release by the Phillies late in Summer Camp after being informed that he wouldn’t crack the Opening Day roster.
Forsythe, 33, becomes the fourth new addition for the Marlins since half the team’s 30-man roster tested positive for Covid-19 in MLB’s first outbreak. Miami has also claimed right-handers Mike Morin and Justin Shafer and lefty Josh D. Smith off waivers. Their season is currently “paused” until at least next Monday.
The full list of Marlins players who have tested positive isn’t (and may not become) known, but the versatile Forsythe can help them cover at numerous positions. He’s spent the bulk of his career playing second base, but Forsythe also has experience at third base (979 innings), first base (496), shortstop (220) and in the outfield corners (99).
Forsythe spent most of the 2019 season with the Rangers and struggled to a .227/.325/.353 slash in 367 plate appearances. He was a productive everyday bat for the Rays back in 2015-16, but Forsythe has bounced around the league a bit since that time. In all, he’s a .246/.327/.370 hitter in 3502 MLB plate appearances — including a .259/.339/.423 slash in 1164 plate appearances against left-handed pitching.
They’ll claim Bashlor too
And Brantly.
and Cuthbert
And foltynewichz
And James Hoyt
Folty makes too much to be claimed outright. Maybe if he clears waivers.
How about they try to get the old Florida Marlins back together? I think Edgar Renteria is available.
Poor guy
On the plus side, he gets a health plan. He’ll likely need it.
as long as the Phillies are willing to play the Marlins, they should be able to find enough replacements to field a team by Tuesday. not a great one, but a team all the same.
If you put a player in a Marlins uniform, they will automatically play well against the Phillies.
oh i agree. may be better if they avoid playing those games
Their other problem is that not too many teams want to go to Miami to play them. I see New York has offered them a place. Might be an idea.
It’s less about going to Miami and more about not wanting to go near a team with 14+ infected players. The Phillies season is on hold until Saturday at the very least despite everyone testing negative for now. I agree with the move as the Phillies were exposed infected players. This is bad and to be quite frankly, I fully expect another outbreak with another team. Not every team will be able to play 60 games. I think they’ll go to win % to determine playoff spots.
Games maybe need to be played in the middle of nowhere. Remove temptation.
Upgrade a class a field turf and lighting and send the guys somewhere without clubs and strip bars, remove temptation.
“Down in Luckenbach, Texas, ain’t nobody feelin’ no pain”
I didn’t like Forsythe before last season. TBH I thought he was terrible. Now that he has played with the Rangers for a year, I’m just confused on how I should feel about him.
He’s versatile, with a streaky bat. The bad part is that his bat is so good when it’s good, and so bad when it’s bad. When he’s bad, he’s not even good enough to come off the bench in a perfect situation. When he’s good, he could be any team’s 3 hitter. Nevertheless, I’d MUCH rather have Forsythe than Frazier at 1b for Texas right now. IDK if that shows just how bad Frazier is, or how good Forsythe can be…
Good move for Miami though!
Forsythe has always shown flashes of greatness. That’s why he a bench player. They need bodies, Logan fits that description
“Miami To Sign – ya know – Everyone”
And Julio Franco!
Welcome to hell Logan!
He had to test positive for Covi-19 to complete the trade.