Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter has seen his fair share of criticism since taking the reins of the franchise in the summer of 2017.
Jeter traded franchise centerpieces Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna in an effort to rebuild, but some of the returns–most notably Lewis Brinson, who was part of the Yelich deal–were deemed questionable.
A little more than two years later, the Marlins find themselves with a ton of payroll space. However, Jeter suggests that the team will continue to exercise caution (via David Wilson of the Miami Herald):.
This offseason, Jeter said, will be a “juggling act.”
“We must be responsible, I think is the best way to put it,” the CEO said. “This is going to be a challenging year for us in terms of we’re going to have to make sure that we’re filling gaps, we’re not blocking the young prospects that we have because we have a lot of them coming and they’re going to be here soon, so we want to make sure that they have that opportunity, but we have to stick with the plan and our plan is to build a system the right way, which we’ve made a lot of progress in two year.
There were positive indicators for the Marlins in 2019 in spite of the fact that they only won 57 games.
Sandy Alcantara and Jordan Yamamoto flashed promise in the rotation, and Miami boasts a hoard of young arms–including Sixto Sanchez–that have yet to come through the system.
The Marlins do need to add some offense. Miami ranked dead-last in the National League in runs scored, homers and OPS, and they could use some veteran hitters on cheap deals in order to bridge the gap.
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