Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix spoke to reporters, together with Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald, earlier right this moment to debate final night time’s blockbuster commerce of infielder Luis Arraez to the Padres and the Marlins’ outlook shifting ahead after the deal.
In his feedback, Bendix indicated that he and the remainder of the group is “very upset” in regards to the crew’s brutal 9-25 begin to the 2024 season and acknowledged that the crew is “unlikely” to make the playoffs this 12 months after doing so for the primary time in a full season since 2003 final 12 months.
“We’re very upset,” Bendix stated, per McPherson. “I do know the gamers are very upset. All people right here may be very upset about that. However it is usually one thing that we are able to’t change proper now.”
In gentle of the membership’s difficult path to the postseason, Bendix stated that he felt the deal supply by the Padres was “too good to stroll previous,” with Craig Mish of the Miami Herald including that Bendix famous he was involved that the deal could not have nonetheless been on the desk had the Marlins waited till later within the calendar to make the transfer. Bendix’s willingness to strike early on the commerce market extends again to 2021 throughout his time as GM of the Rays, when the membership traded shortstop Willy Adames to the Brewers as a part of the opposite Might blockbuster in latest reminiscence.
Bendix went on to reward the return the membership obtained for Arraez companies, which consists of 2023 first-rounder Dillon Head, Double-A outfielder Jakob Marsee, Double-A primary baseman Nathan Martorella, and reliever Woo-Suk Go. Each Head and Marsee rank within the prime 10 on lists of prime Padres prospects from each Baseball America and MLB.com, although Go is a longtime skilled on a two-year, $4.5MM take care of seven KBO seasons below his belt regardless of not but having made his massive league debut.
Given the truth that not one of the gamers becoming a member of the Marlins in return for Arraez have performed above the Double-A stage in stateside ball, it’s truthful to marvel what kind of timeline for competitiveness Miami brass envisions for the membership. Bendix averted specifics throughout his dialog with reporters, nonetheless. Whereas he made clear all through his feedback that the membership’s long-term purpose is to win “90-plus video games year-in and year-out”, he refused to label the membership’s present trajectory a “rebuild” whereas concurrently noting that there isn’t a “definitive timeline” for a return to competitiveness.
That foggy outlook seems to increase to the membership’s plans going ahead. Whereas Bendix made clear that the Arraez transfer was the primary in a “collection of inauspicious choices” the membership can be making in service of a longer-term outlook, he didn’t get into specifics about what different gamers the membership may look to buy from the large league roster. For his half, Bendix appears to haven’t any want to decide to retaining any of the large league membership’s present gamers. The membership’s prime baseball ops official indicated to Andy Slater of Fox Sports activities 640 that he “doesn’t know what to anticipate” when requested whether or not or not 2022 All Star Jazz Chisholm Jr. who’s simply 26 years outdated and is below crew management via the top of the 2026 season, would stay within the group via the top of the season.
Pending free brokers reminiscent of first baseman Josh Bell, shortstop Tim Anderson, and left-hander Tanner Scott all look like good bets to maneuver in some unspecified time in the future this season given Bendix’s acknowledged plan to prioritize future worth over the present season, however Arraez’s departure and Bendix’s unwillingness to decide to Chisholm each point out that the membership is just not averse to dealing extra controllable gamers as nicely. Wanting past Chisholm, the Marlins ceaselessly flirted with dealing from their beginning rotation over the winter and it’s straightforward to think about any of Jesus Luzardo, Edward Cabrera, and Braxton Garrett being made obtainable this summer time ought to they be wholesome and efficient sufficient to command a big return. MLBTR’s Anthony Franco explored the membership’s commerce candidates intimately earlier this week, previous to the Arraez deal.