The Marlins have designated infielder Isan Diaz for assignment in order to open a spot on the 40-man roster for newly signed Jorge Soler, per a club announcement.
Diaz’s DFA largely closes the book on the blockbuster trade that sent Christian Yelich from Miami to Milwaukee. Diaz was one of four prospects received by the Marlins, joining outfielders Lewis Brinson and Monte Harrison and righty Jordan Yamamoto in the deal. Brinson, the most highly regarded of the bunch, was designated for assignment in November, became a free agent and inked a minor league deal with the Astros after the lockout. Miami designated Harrison for assignment just last week. Yamamoto was traded to the Mets for now-21-year-old infielder Federico Polanco last offseason. Polanco hit .236/.301/.324 in A-ball this past season.
A highly touted prospect himself at the time of that blockbuster Yelich trade, Diaz has received plenty of chances with the Fish but has simply yet to produce at the big league level. He’s logged time in each of the past three seasons, topping 200 plate appearances in both 2019 and 2021, but the 25-year-old has only a .185/.275/.287 batting line to show for his time at the MLB level. Diaz has played both second base (735 innings) and third base (278 inning) with the Marlins but has registered sub-par defensive marks at both positions.
For all his struggles in the big leagues, Diaz does have a solid 10.6% walk rate, albeit against a more concerning 27.8% strikeout rate. He’s also been consistently productive in the upper minors, evidenced by a career .272/.359/.514 with 34 home runs, 33 doubles and seven triples in 706 Triple-A plate appearances. Diaz has a minor league option year remaining, so perhaps a rebuilding club with some infield opportunities might consider taking a low-risk look. The Marlins will have a week to trade Diaz or place him on outright waivers, at which point any team would be able to claim him (based on reverse order of last year’s overall MLB standings).
NOT THE FINAL PIECE OF THE YELICH DEAL
Worst return in history
Pittsburgh sends Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows, and Shane Baz to TB for Chris Archer. Two years later, Chris Archer is back on TB’s roster.
Please for the sake of God stop reminding us
Those guys didn’t win the NL mvp. So I’m gonna say marlins one upped y’all
Did Archer net the Pirates -6 WAR?
White Sox has the cake for the worst all- time. Up there with Babe Ruth.
F. Tatis for James Shields.
They needed to do something with Shields after Bartolo took him deep at Petco.
i said that from day one . marlins fans / jeter fans said got give a change to work/ chew me out calling it for what i seen.
i remember Michael Hill was on his way to south Africa when deal was getting done. . Lewis Brinson was a thrown in at last minutes . after getting playing time for brewers . and after that they was trying to get anyone to take him.
Stop pretending to be a Marlins fan and throwing this false information out there.
Mike Hill made that trade. That was the last trade Jeter and ownership trusted him to do. After that, everything went through a committee led by Gary Denbo.
Go troll and spread your misinformation in another fan base.
Know how I know you’re a mental midget? You like all your posts immediately after posting them.
The Marlins return on the Yelich deal will go down as one of the worst trades ever. This is why the smart GM’s don’t hug prospects and make trades to win now.
Once again, thank you Mike Hill. I never thought you could top your classic trade of Miggy to the Tigers, but you did with this one. You couldn’t even get one usable player.
Now let’s go down some memory lane of Mike “Yes Man” Hill’s time in Miami:
Miggy Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis for garbage and Cameron Maybin who was just a serviceable platoon/4th OF and Andrew Miller who the Marlins insisted on trying to make a starter (interestingly who Mike Hill replaced with Brad Hand in the rotation after the trade).
Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen (Olsen once considered more talented than Josh Johnson) for the great Emilio Bonifacio.
Mike Jacobs after a 30-HR season straight up for Leo “I got a fake name” Nunez.
In the trade that sent Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle Jose Reyes, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio to Toronto, after the Blue Jays agreed to giving Adeiny Hechevarria, Henderson Alvarez and Anthony DeSclafani as part of the trade, the Blue Jays gave Hill the choice of either prospect pairings to complete the trade between Jake Marisnick and Justin Nicolino or Travis d’Anaud and Noah Syndergaard. Despite needing a young catcher and already having young OFs in Stanton, Yelich and Ozuna up or MLB-ready, Hill decided that the pairing of Nicolino and Marishnick was too good to pass up on. I’ll add more about Marishnick and Ozuna below in the non-trade stuff.
Yelich (the final trade he was trusted to do on his own).
Contract Extension: Despite clear indicators of talent differential, chose to give Ricky Nolasco an extension over Anibal Sanchez.
Hill and Larry Beinfest insisted on playing Marisnick over Marcell Ozuna despite every indicator who the better player was. Ozuna had to be Ozuna for Hill accepted that he should not be playing behind Marisnick.
And this is just a quick run of the genius Mike “Yes Man” Hill.
Ahhhh, the memories. Now that Isan is gone, hopefully we’re finally completely on to a new era.
Go Kim Ng! Go Marlins!
Oh yeah, and let’s not forget those great trades of Chris Paddack, Anthony DeSclafani and Luis Castillo! Thank you Mike Hill!
Wow, you have a lot of time on your hands. You should get out socially.
Most of this is Loria stuff, some of it was Beinfest, some of it was Hill, some of it was Jeter, and a lot of terrible stuff left out/with some info not entirely on point as well (things that were worse than you said), but it also would take a long time to go through everything in just the last 20 years, so we’ll call it good enough
You can go back, on this site, to the 1.5 years before they made this trade, when it happened, and the time since, and you’ll see me talking about it (and others), but honestly at this point, it is what it is, as has been with so much with this organization, and I prefer to just embrace the stupidity
Final-freaking-ly! Yeah, we lost that trade miserably. Fine. Stop crying a river and move on!
For example, Max Meyer outdueled Max Scherzer yesterday. Get a closer and move on.
“Outdueled” in spring training?
Your special needs is showing.
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Christian Yelich bWAR in Milwaukee: 15.9
Diaz, Brinson, Harrison, Yamamoto combined in Miami: -5.8
Yeah I think that trade is one that old school fans and new school fans will agree on without needing to present ANY numbers or other evidence. This will go down as one of the more one-sided deals of all time.
Reminiscent of the Donaldson to Toronto deal. One side gets an MVP, the other side gets a lot of prospects doomed to failure. At least Kendall Graveman eventually found himself. So maybe there is still hope for Diaz, Brinson, Harrison, and Yamamoto.
Brinson and Diaz have had 500+ PAs at the MLB level, and have an OPS+ of 54 and 52 respectively. No one with that level of production has ever come back to anything approaching league average.
@hiflew
Yes, all fans agree that trade was a disaster. Maybe only Mike “Yes Man” Hill stands behind it.
When looking at that trade, eye ball test, philosophical test, basic stats, alphabet numerical analytical stats, sniff test, social media logic test, emotional test, Republican test, Democrat test, Mensa test, Coloring Books test, etc. etc. etc. tests all have the same results and opinions on that trade.
I’ve been told by the Marlins that they did it b/c Yelich asked them to be traded…even though he was on a team friendly deal, with 5 years of control remaining. Essentially, they just wanted him gone b/c he didnt want to be there. This is 1 of a few things I was told a couple of years ago that made me fully understand exactly what organization the Marlins still are/were, even post Loria, if for whatever reason I didnt already know…which I did, but once you hear their reasoning behind certain stuff directly from them, there is no way to pretend anymore
And just to clarify, and reiterate, I said they needed to trade everyone for almost 2 years, at that point, but that was everyone besides Yelich, Realmuto, and Stanton, at least at that point in time. So I was both not happy with trading Yelich in the first place, and was outraged by the return, even though I had unfortunately jokingly predicted it a few months earlier, sitting next to Keith Law at the futures game…2 guys with volatile skillsets, with upside, but raw, 1 guy who was always unheralded but had half a good season in A ball, and a possible backend SP….
You are correct as to the reason the Marlins traded Yelich. It was about the same with Realmuto and Ozuna.
Yelich was indeed already signed to a nice team-friendly extension, but he made it clear that he wanted out because he didn’t want to be part of a rebuild.
With Ozuna and Realmuto, they were offered extensions, but both refused.
With Ozuna, the reason was that he and his agent wanted to test free agency.
With Realmuto, he wanted out as well, also because he didn’t want to be part of a rebuild.
The Marlins intention after the sale was to rebuild around Yelich and Realmuto, which Ozuna could’ve been a part of if he accepted their extension offer. In the end, they had to trade them along with the previously intended trades of Stanton and Dee Gordon to get away from those contracts.
Of note, they were also stuck with Wei Yin Chen and Martin Prado’s contracts, which affected things because those guys couldn’t be moved. Loria left a mess.
I was the number 1 person trying to trade Ozuna and Gordon for over a year before It happened, so i never questioned any decision involving moving them. That being said, the Marlins got lucky that Alcantara significantly has improved since then, where he looked like a reliever with maybe mid-rotation upside, and now he is a near TOR SP. I didnt expect that, which is why I wanted other people in the trade (including Gallen). Side note, I was also told by the Marlins that they traded Gallen b/c they had Neidart
As for Yelich, my point remains that if you have someone signed for 5 years, and he asks to be traded b/c of a potential rebuild, you dont have to trade him. At the time, I also said that if you do trade him, it better be for a ridiculous return, which wasnt even close to what they got…well, actually, I guess it was
@formerlyz
Good points. But remember, Mike “Yes Man” Hill was our GM. He hasn’t found a trade discussion that he can’t screw up.
Project Wolverine and Derek Jeter getting it done.
Bad trade but in fairness how did thr Fish know that Yellich was going to take steroids and temporqrily become Superman, sign for generational wealth, and then stop taking them for health reasons? Thus, explaining why he hasn’t been the same player since signing the big deal. Oops, did I say that out loud?
Your special needs is showing.
Omg , how could you dare suspect a major league player would take PED’s pre contract. ?
You’re coping
@rememberthecoop
In all fairness, even if the Marlins knew, that still may not have made a difference in any decision with Yelich.
See Stanton’s contract. At least we got out of that.
You got out of that contract for what? Financial flexibility? You haven’t spent any money so why does it matter? You’d think you’re part of the ownership group the way you pound your chest about that trade. It’s weird.
People like you act like it was some big “win” to get out of Stanton’s contract, when in reality he would still be the top draw to the ballpark for your sorry excuse of a fanbase.
Someone will sign him to a minor league deal.
Yelich is a special talent and the Marlins could’ve gotten a lot more for him at the time of the deal. Brinson, Harrison and Diaz all had their red flags at the time of the deal.
I don’t recall any Marlins fan excited about anyone involved in that deal.
i do when i call it out as a bad trade on Fish Stripes.
people defended it . an said it had to be done . when loria and co. extended Yelich till 2021 with a option for 2022
i remember Michael Hill was on his way to south Africa when deal was getting done. . Lewis Brinson was a thrown in at last minutes . after getting playing time for brewers . and after that they was trying to get anyone to take him.
Stop lying and stop pretending to be a Marlins fan. Go troll and spread you misinformation in another fan base.
Mike Hill made that trade. It was the last trade Jeter and ownership trusted him with. After that trade, everything was done in a committee led by Gary Denbo.
Seriously, your trolling and lying is so obvious.
@stretch222
But remember, that was the last trade that Mike “Yes Man” Hill handled on his own. Since then, it was all done in Jeter’s committee.
And unfortunately Jeter didn’t see what Hill was about before that trade.
He should latch on with someone’s triple A team soon.
Compare that to the return they got for Ozuna, where Alcantara now heads their rotation and Gallen was flipped for Chisholm.
Hit a homer off DeGrom in his first game. Parents went nuts. Clips went viral.
Talking heads treated him like a HOFer to be I recall.
Basically only moment he had.
Oh well , better than I did at least 🙂
Sad day, The day i bit of “American Pie”. Wish him well. For whatever reasons Marlins are awful when making trades. Exhibit 1. Stanton nothing to show for and they are still paying the Yankees some money,, Yelich last peace just left the building, Ozuna at least Alcantara but they traded to soon Gallen even thought Jazz is good they could have hold on to Gallen and would have taken a bout load. Anyway do not forget the Cabrera trade. Hopefully in the future they will not make the same mistakes even thought I heard rumors about trading Bleday and Myers for Reynold, please do not. Also more recently, they spend close to a 100 mil on Soler and Garcia, they could have had Castellanos for that sum of money He would have made a huge difference in the lie up. But that is the new regime mentality as always is about quantity not quality. They needed one bit bat, and add some from the left side like Rosario and then you can say definitely that is a good lineup. Now the saddest part the wasting of so much pitching talent, with a mediocre offense.. So, “American Pie”, And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken,
And they were singin’ bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry… Keep swimming Nemo keep swimming…
Uh, you need to remove the Stanton trade from the bad trade side. We had to pay something. It is far better that we only had to pay $35 million instead of all of that remaining contract. Ask Yankees fans if they feel they got the better end of that trade.
Oh yeah, and this gives me another chance to mention about how Jeter supposedly gifted Stanton to the Yankees. That’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Uh, you need to remove the Stanton trade from the bad trade side. We had to pay something. It is far better that we only had to pay $35 million instead of all of that remaining contract. wrong i remember trade . was one reason jeter was gone the $35 million . and remember the over paid second baseman marlins receive. that no team wanted. every one thought get trade . than jeter /yankees fan fail in love with..
Ask Yankees fans lol you can cause they destroy Stanton trying to turn his hit like judge. . who park you think Stanton hit more hr in?
. Yankee Stadium, on the other hand, was tied as the second-most-favorable park in baseball vs marlins park rank 24 favorable for hitter.
Stanton should do better . why Ask Yankees fans is a joke . on money they should make back. on sale related to Stanton
gaints offer to pay full contract
You seriously need Hooked on Phonics.
As for the Giants trade, Stanton had a Full No Trade thanks to Mike Hill and his boss Jeffery Loria. Stanton refused the trade to the Giants. He also refused a trade to the Cardinals…both attempted to Hill without consulting with Stanton. Denbo, due to his knowledge of the Yankees had to step in on that deal and got it done because Stanton agreed to waive his no-trade to the Yankees.
Again, stop pretending to be a Marlins fan and throwing all this misinformation out there. Us Marlins fans have figured you out already. Move on.
You got out of that contract for what? Financial flexibility? You haven’t spent any money so why does it matter? You’d think you’re part of the ownership group the way you pound your chest about that trade. It’s weird.
People like you act like it was some big “win” to get out of Stanton’s contract, when in reality he would still be the top draw to the ballpark for your sorry excuse of a fanbase.
When the yelich trade happened, I remember immediately blasting it as a terrible trade. I always said that, the staton, and Ozuna trades were (as a collective whole) terrible. The Ozuna one turned out ok, staton is on the bad side of debatable considering nothing impactful actually came from trading an mvp, but this yelich trade one the one every marlins fans barked back at me saying it was prob the greatest trade of all time. I’d get absolutely ripped for it by them. Then year after year, I kept sipping my tea… their fans continued to bark with such ridiculous crap. And officially, today, we can say this was one of the worse trades in mlb history. To have soooo much talent in return of 2 mvps and a really good player (Ozuna) and to only get legitimate production form like 1 of those guys at the mlb lvl. That’s telling on how bad that organization has been run for a while. At least a few of them should have been serviceable mlb players… didn’t even have to be elite, just serviceable. Classic marlins
Uh, we love the Stanton trade and love the Ozuna trade.
Ozuna in completion got us Alvantara and Jazz, and the extra piece of Dan Castano. Sierra was a nice bench piece while we had him.
Stanton is the gift that keeps on giving…especially since all the idiots said that Jeter gifted him to the Yankees. To me, that was Jeter’s greatest accomplishment in his time with the Marlins. Thank you Jeter! I wish you could have given the Yankees more gifts like that. Completely helped the Marlins.
no Uh, we love the Stanton trade i hates cause Starlin Castro was never traded and $ 35 million jeter agreeto pay…
Stop pretending to be a Marlins fan. We all discovered you already. Move on.
You’re a joke.
“Wahhhhhh! Someone disagrees with my opinion!”
You got out of that contract for what? Financial flexibility? You haven’t spent any money so why does it matter? You’d think you’re part of the ownership group the way you pound your chest about that trade. It’s weird.
People like you act like it was some big “win” to get out of Stanton’s contract, when in reality he would still be the top draw to the ballpark for your sorry excuse of a fanbase.
Ya I dont get that sentiment either. I still feel that I’ve been proven right about that making no sense. Everyone said I was wrong other players would get that type of money. Everyone said they needed to get rid of Stanton, but it made no sense. and still makes no sense. I was wrong that he would opt out, but he only didnt opt out b/c he wanted to be there, not b/c he couldn’t risk it. The other things that have surrounded it since then also make it worse. They took back Castro’s deal and didnt even get anything for him either, and paid them to take Stanton’s deal, and then still didnt get a couple of more prospects on top of Devers and Guzman, who would have been the 4th guy you get in that type of a deal, not the headliner
The staton trade provide zero real value to the marlins because they did nothing with the “money saved”… they might as well have kept the him and gotten whatever value he had, as they have yet to get any value from anyone else. The staton trade, officially goes down as one of the worse in franchise history and it’s not even up for debate.
Um, no Stanton is not one of the worst trades in Marlins history. His contract given to him by Loria was one of the worst in franchise history. But at least we were luckily able to move it.
He won an mvp and was at least a mlb quality starter for the marlins. That’s literally better than 95% of the marlins players to ever exist in franchise history. You can say what you want, but that contract wasn’t bad, especially since they did zip with that “money saved”
Marlins and their fans can keep living in agony, pretending like the moves they have made are good, purposely blinding themselves from reality. That franchise, albeit 2 miracle champs, have been ultra bottom feeders almost 95% of the years they have been in existence. They have been an embarrassment to Miami and quite honestly, an embarrassment to baseball. They are bad for the sport. Florida is a baseball rich state and an important part of maintaining the popularity of the sport. It’s pathetic that the marlins continue to operate the way they do and refusing to attempt to compete in an another competitive landscape in baseball.
2 miracle championships?
The Marlins were expected to be a playoff team in 1997. Far from a miracle, especially after they owned your Braves all year that year.
2003 was a miracle season. That obviously can’t be argued. But it’s also a great thing as well historically when you consider how rare teams and seasons like that occur in MLB and all of sports. At the moment, there have only been three over the last seven decades (1969 Mets; 1988 Dodgers; 2003 Marlins).
As for the rest of your bashes, we’ll see how things work because the Marlins are building a nice team. I also hope that they do this realignment thing very soon so we can all have fun with the Braves, Marlins, Rays and expansion team battling in the Southeast Division of the Eastern League.
For the sake of baseball, I truly hope that the marlins start actually caring for the game and stop embarrassing the sport. If that means the Braves have more competitive seasons with them, that’s fine by mean. But as far as I’m concerned, these bottom feeders are bad for baseball and should be disbanded and/or given to a ownership or fan base that actually cares.