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From the Atlanta Braves’ Viewpoint: the Off-season in Review (Marlins)

By Alan Carpenter

Nov 2, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly (center) talks with president baseball operations Michael Hill (left) and president David Samson (right) after a press conference at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 2, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly (center) talks with president baseball operations Michael Hill (left) and president David Samson (right) after a press conference at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 2, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly (center) talks with president baseball operations Michael Hill (left) and president David Samson (right) after a press conference at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 2, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly (center) talks with president baseball operations Michael Hill (left) and president David Samson (right) after a press conference at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

Miami Marlins’ Off-Season:  All Net and No Fish

This is the first is a series of looks at the off-seasons of the Braves’ rivals in the NL East.  Today we start with the Miami Marlins.

  • 2015 RESULT:  71-91 (.438), 3RD PLACE
  • Opening Day Payroll:  $69.0 million (MLB Rank:  30)
  • Final 40-man Payroll:  $63.1 million (MLB Rank:  30)
  • Owner:  Jeffrey Loria
  • Manager:  Don Mattingly
  • President, Baseball Operations:  Michael Hill
  • Assistant General Managers:  Mike Berger, Brian Chattin (there is no ‘GM’)
  • Fun fact:  the highest paid player on the team is… Martin Prado ($11 million).  Stanton’s big money doesn’t really kick into gear until 2018.

It is hard to say that the Marlins are ‘done’ re-tooling their team over the Fall and now into the Winter months.  Frankly, there truly hasn’t been much going on at all besides getting their Management and Front Office situations settled.

As this is being written, though, the team seems to be poised to complete its most significant move of the entire off-season in signing Edwin Jackson for the 2016 season.  Even with this, the agreement is historically typical of the Marlins:  cheap.  2016 will be the last year of Jackson’s prior deal with the Cubs, and thus the Marlins are merely paying him the league minimum while Chicago is still stuck with the remainder of his $13 million salary.

Beyond that?  Here’s the transactions Miami has completed since October:

JAN – SIGNED SP Edwin Jackson (pending physical)
DEC – (RE-)SIGNED C Jeff Mathis
OCT – TRADED RHP Trevor Williams to Pirates for RHP Richard Mitchell

Minor league contracts:
– RHP Dustin McGowan
– RHP Dylan Axelrod
– LHP Troy Patton
– 2B Robert Andino
– SS Peter Mooney
– RHP Hunter Adkins
– SS Raymond Rodriguez
– RHP Felipe Gonzalez
– CF Junior Sosa
– LF Destin Hood
– CD Kenny Wilson
– C Francisco Arcia
– 1B Xavier Scruggs
– RHP Paul Clemens
– RHP D.J. Johnson
– C Matt Martin
– CF Justin Maxwell
– RHP Elkin Alcala

Free Agents Lost:
– RHP Henderson Alvarez
– RHP Aaron Crow
– 3B Don Kelly
– 3B Casey McGehee
– LHP Chris Narveson

Waiver Claims:
– Nefi Ogando (Phillies)
– Mike Strong (Brewers)
– Tim Berry (Orioles)

That’s it – literally nothing that appears to be of significance… at least on the field.

The field itself will change, though.  No, that monstrosity in Center Field will remain.  The fences are coming in and coming down.  The corners will stay as before, but the CF fence is coming in 11 feet (to 407) and the fence height is coming down…. from 13′ to 5-1/2′ in places.  This won’t matter to guys like Stanton, but it might help a number of others, Prado among them.

Next: They Didn't Go Entirely Quietly

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