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dannibalcorpse · 10-19-2022, 12:44 AM

With the arbitration period starting, it was time for Jackie Daytona to see what he could do to try and build on what most observers agree was a mildly optimistic 78-84 season.

Bruce Sherman was more or less happy with the season - he wanted to keep it near .500, which is just about where the Marlins finished. He wants more of the same, with more butts in the seats for 2023, and would like to see the team do a little better in the batting average department. The good news is he’s raised the budget, giving Jackie Daytona about $89M in payroll this offseason, after running about $75M in salaries for 2022. Progress is progress, can’t complain about that!

On to the transactions!

-November 6th: Jorge Soler declined to exercise his opt-out, guaranteeing himself a $15M salary for 2023 with a $9M player option for 2024. He hit .223/.332/.436 with 25 HR & 76 RBI in 145 games last season.

-November 6th: The first big domino of the Marlins offseason tipped when they traded Joey Wendle back to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Wendle was nothing very special for the Marlins this year - .254/.312/.353, good for an 88 OPS+ with 4 HR & 28 RBI in 457 PAs. He was due at least a modest raise from his $3.5M salary in arbitration this year, so he was an easy choice to move out. His versatility will be a plus for the Rays, who always seem to be churning out a steady stream of Ben Zobrist types.

Coming down I-75 to Miami are a trio of mid/low-tier prospects. The headliner is righty reliever Colby White, a 24 year old who sits 95-97 with a plus fastball and an elite slider. He’s coming off TJ surgery that will keep him out until May at this point, but had progressed to a small cup of coffee in AAA before his injury - it’s very likely he can make his MLB debut before the end of 2023.

Also acquired from Tampa were C Luis Trevino & IF Tristan Gray - Trevino is depth with a slight chance of MLB time as a catcher, after going .276/.330/480 with 5 HR in 111 PAs. Gray is a dollar store version of Joey Wendle - a lefty bat with experience at all 4 infield spots with the ability to play on the grass if you need him. He split 2022 between Double-A & Triple-A, putting up a .223/.329/.410 line with 14 HR in 357 PAs. Both of those guys are a little bit of a longshot to make the bigs, but they give some stronger depth in the upper minors.

AWARDS:
-Jacob Stallings won his second consecutive Gold Glove at catcher. Probably explains why the fan interest spiked a little after he signed his extension for 2023 despite putting up a .220/.289/.289 with 2 HR in 486 PAs this past year.

-Dinelson Lamet won reliever of the year, but Dylan Floro finished in a tie for 4th with 2 first-place votes. Tanner Scott also received a 3rd place vote. Pablo Lopez got a couple down-ballot Cy Young Votes as well, finishing 7th in that race behind unanimous winner Corbin Burnes.

November 30: A huge trade between the Marlins and Cincinnati came down the wire today, with 8 players looking for new addresses.

The Marlins sent out to Cincinnati:
LHP Richard Bleier (4-4, 2 SV, 4.67 ERA in 73 G/96.1 IP in 2022)
RHP Elieser Hernandez (7-2, 4.45 ERA in 12 GS/64.2 IP with 62:13 K:BB ratio & 15 HR allowed)
LHP Sean Guenther (1-2, 4.56 ERA in 37 G/23.1 IP with 29:12 K:BB ratio in Triple-A Jacksonville)
UT Jon Berti (.262/.362/.325, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 12/19 SB in 222 PAs)
RHP Patrick Monteverde (1-3, 8.13 ERA in 31 IP in Rookie Ball - big stat is 56:24 K:BB ratio in those 31 innings)

The Marlins received:
3B Mike Moustakas (.282/.341/.497 with 31 HR, 113 RBI in 668 PAs for Cincy in 2022) - the Reds will also retain 20% of his 2023 salary. Brian Anderson hit .214/.309/.393 with 14 HRs last year with mediocre defense, so he was non-tendered - leaving a perfect hole for Moose to walk through. He’ll cost $14.4M this season with a club option at $20M if he can repeat his 2022 performance next season.

RHP Alexis Diaz: Plus-plus fastball & slider but limited to 8 innings combined between Triple-A & MLB last year. Losing Bleier & Hernandez from the pitching staff creates a need for a few more bodies, and he’ll get a shot at seeing if he can do a halfway decent imitation of his big brother Edwin.

C Chris Okey: Not just a throw-in - the 27 year old Okey has bounced around the minors the past few years not getting a ton of playing time, but he’ll have a shot in the Marlins org. He’s got iffy contact but MLB-ready power paired with a good eye, plus defense, and great leadership. At the very least he has a shot at getting ABs as the first catcher up in case of injury.

With free agency just around the corner, most of the decisions the Marlins made on their arbitration-eligible players made sense - RHPs Pablo Lopez, Dylan Floro, C Jacob Stallings, & LHP Tanner Scott were locks to come back, while LHP Jesus Luzardo was cheap enough to bring back ($1.1M). The non-tenders were pretty much the players you'd expect: 3B Brian Anderson & 1B/OF Garrett Cooper were getting more expensive and hadn't been very productive in 2022, so they were easy to move on from; UT Willians Astudillo was a man without a home defensively and without a bat big enough to carry that deficiency; and relievers Brandon Kintzler, Cole Sulser, & Shawn Armstrong were varying levels of ineffective.

10-19-2022, 12:44 AM	#10
dannibalcorpse Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 175	Novermber 2022 With the arbitration period starting, it was time for Jackie Daytona to see what he could do to try and build on what most observers agree was a mildly optimistic 78-84 season. Bruce Sherman was more or less happy with the season - he wanted to keep it near .500, which is just about where the Marlins finished. He wants more of the same, with more butts in the seats for 2023, and would like to see the team do a little better in the batting average department. The good news is he’s raised the budget, giving Jackie Daytona about $89M in payroll this offseason, after running about $75M in salaries for 2022. Progress is progress, can’t complain about that! On to the transactions! -November 6th: Jorge Soler declined to exercise his opt-out, guaranteeing himself a $15M salary for 2023 with a $9M player option for 2024. He hit .223/.332/.436 with 25 HR & 76 RBI in 145 games last season. -November 6th: The first big domino of the Marlins offseason tipped when they traded Joey Wendle back to the Tampa Bay Rays. Wendle was nothing very special for the Marlins this year - .254/.312/.353, good for an 88 OPS+ with 4 HR & 28 RBI in 457 PAs. He was due at least a modest raise from his $3.5M salary in arbitration this year, so he was an easy choice to move out. His versatility will be a plus for the Rays, who always seem to be churning out a steady stream of Ben Zobrist types. Coming down I-75 to Miami are a trio of mid/low-tier prospects. The headliner is righty reliever Colby White, a 24 year old who sits 95-97 with a plus fastball and an elite slider. He’s coming off TJ surgery that will keep him out until May at this point, but had progressed to a small cup of coffee in AAA before his injury - it’s very likely he can make his MLB debut before the end of 2023. Also acquired from Tampa were C Luis Trevino & IF Tristan Gray - Trevino is depth with a slight chance of MLB time as a catcher, after going .276/.330/480 with 5 HR in 111 PAs. Gray is a dollar store version of Joey Wendle - a lefty bat with experience at all 4 infield spots with the ability to play on the grass if you need him. He split 2022 between Double-A & Triple-A, putting up a .223/.329/.410 line with 14 HR in 357 PAs. Both of those guys are a little bit of a longshot to make the bigs, but they give some stronger depth in the upper minors. AWARDS: -Jacob Stallings won his second consecutive Gold Glove at catcher. Probably explains why the fan interest spiked a little after he signed his extension for 2023 despite putting up a .220/.289/.289 with 2 HR in 486 PAs this past year. -Dinelson Lamet won reliever of the year, but Dylan Floro finished in a tie for 4th with 2 first-place votes. Tanner Scott also received a 3rd place vote. Pablo Lopez got a couple down-ballot Cy Young Votes as well, finishing 7th in that race behind unanimous winner Corbin Burnes. November 30: A huge trade between the Marlins and Cincinnati came down the wire today, with 8 players looking for new addresses. The Marlins sent out to Cincinnati: LHP Richard Bleier (4-4, 2 SV, 4.67 ERA in 73 G/96.1 IP in 2022) RHP Elieser Hernandez (7-2, 4.45 ERA in 12 GS/64.2 IP with 62:13 K:BB ratio & 15 HR allowed) LHP Sean Guenther (1-2, 4.56 ERA in 37 G/23.1 IP with 29:12 K:BB ratio in Triple-A Jacksonville) UT Jon Berti (.262/.362/.325, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 12/19 SB in 222 PAs) RHP Patrick Monteverde (1-3, 8.13 ERA in 31 IP in Rookie Ball - big stat is 56:24 K:BB ratio in those 31 innings) The Marlins received: 3B Mike Moustakas (.282/.341/.497 with 31 HR, 113 RBI in 668 PAs for Cincy in 2022) - the Reds will also retain 20% of his 2023 salary. Brian Anderson hit .214/.309/.393 with 14 HRs last year with mediocre defense, so he was non-tendered - leaving a perfect hole for Moose to walk through. He’ll cost $14.4M this season with a club option at $20M if he can repeat his 2022 performance next season. RHP Alexis Diaz: Plus-plus fastball & slider but limited to 8 innings combined between Triple-A & MLB last year. Losing Bleier & Hernandez from the pitching staff creates a need for a few more bodies, and he’ll get a shot at seeing if he can do a halfway decent imitation of his big brother Edwin. C Chris Okey: Not just a throw-in - the 27 year old Okey has bounced around the minors the past few years not getting a ton of playing time, but he’ll have a shot in the Marlins org. He’s got iffy contact but MLB-ready power paired with a good eye, plus defense, and great leadership. At the very least he has a shot at getting ABs as the first catcher up in case of injury. With free agency just around the corner, most of the decisions the Marlins made on their arbitration-eligible players made sense - RHPs Pablo Lopez, Dylan Floro, C Jacob Stallings, & LHP Tanner Scott were locks to come back, while LHP Jesus Luzardo was cheap enough to bring back ($1.1M). The non-tenders were pretty much the players you'd expect: 3B Brian Anderson & 1B/OF Garrett Cooper were getting more expensive and hadn't been very productive in 2022, so they were easy to move on from; UT Willians Astudillo was a man without a home defensively and without a bat big enough to carry that deficiency; and relievers Brandon Kintzler, Cole Sulser, & Shawn Armstrong were varying levels of ineffective. __________________ Last edited by dannibalcorpse; 10-19-2022 at 12:46 AM.