In 2023, the Miami Marlins returned to the postseason for the second time since 2003 (although in 2020 they were present in the shortened season due to COVID-19). This is an achievement that the office Kim Ng can be attributed with great excitement. However, the sports manager left, her replacement arrived and much of what she built ended up being handed over to other organizations at the 2024 deadline in the MLB.
Peter Bendix He is the current president of sports operations for the MarlinsHis style of releasing stars is framed in the history of the team.
Not even a year has passed, and five star players from the postseason team have new uniforms. Jon Berti was traded to the New York Yankees last offseason; Jorge Soler signed with the San Francisco Giants in free agency; four more left in the extended offseason liquidation that began in May and ended on trade deadline day this year.
The Marlins had started the season with a 9-25 record when newly hired Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix decided to call it a year and trade Luis Arraez to the San Diego Padres.
At the time, Bendix told reporters it was a “tough kind of move to make” and that he knew it sent “a tough message in the short term.” If the GM saw the team as having no hope of competing at the start of the season, nothing would be a surprise by the end of July.
Marlins fans probably don’t miss Josh Bell, who stopped in Arizona to replace Christian Walker, but did replace Jazz Chisholm Jr.26, who hit four towering homers in his first three games with the Yankees. Plus, Bryan De La Cruz is now in Pittsburgh. And those are just the position players.
The Marlins also traded closer Tanner Scott and center reliever Bryan Hoeing to San Diego, gave a reliable left-handed starter like Trevor Rogers to the Oriolestraded right-handed reliever Huáscar Brazobán to the New York Mets, sent left-handed reliever AJ Puk went to Arizona and JT Chargois went to Seattle.
Now is when the financial part of the Miami team comes in, with all the highest paid players leaving and being left with a payroll of $14.7 million.
Conventional MLB wisdom has it that the team left without pieces is the “deadline winner.” But whether the Marlins won those deals depends much more on whether the new front office can actually develop the “tremendous amount of prospects” they acquired with an eye toward the future.
