Confused Miami Marlins provide inadequate reasons about possible trade of Giancarlo Stanton-MLB
The Miami Marlins have said it loud and clear that they will not stop removing their star outfielder, Giancarlo Stanton. The worse is that the reason they are giving for this is contradictory to the outcome of the possible trade of Stanton.
They want to restructure the whole team. While doing so, their first priority is to add young players, both in the Minors and the Majors, as to build up a club which after one or two years becomes contender for the World Series.
Having said this, it is confusing then what the club wants to achieve by sending Stanton to some other organisation, when he himself is one of the youngest players on their roster.
To add to the contradictions of their claims, Stanton boasts such credentials that render him a future Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) winner.
The player that fits ideally in their preparations for winning the World Series down the line should be the last person in the minds of their officials to get rid of.
Unfortunately, at the moment, he is among the frontrunners to receive such a treatment.
Marlins’ assistant general manager, Dan Jennings, said the other day that their objective is to reconstruct the roster and focus on the long-term perspective.
Naturally, that means making quality Minor League acquisitions and unloading aged individuals from the roster.
While Stanton can ensure them some talented prospects, but the fact of the matter is that he is himself a prized prodigy. Losing him for others does not make sense.
To the contrary, the trade of Stanton can prove counter-productive for the Marlins’ long term goals, because prospects that they will be receiving in return can never be better than him.
It will be like breaking a whole into parts and getting all of them to ensure far less than what the former was providing alone in the first place.
To make the situation clear, it will be a perfect scenario, where a kid weeps after he knows that the taste of his candy was more enjoyable if it was not eaten in pieces.
The Marlins should be aware of what they are going to get after trading Stanton. They cannot afford to continue run the organisation whimsically, while putting a shade of darkness before the eyes.
Currently, it appears that they are doing something similar to what is mentioned above.
Jennings has reiterated that the trade of Stanton is not impossible, clarifying that no player is indispensable.
"We've never not listened to a deal on any player. Sometimes I chuckle when I hear people say, 'This guy's untouchable,' and 'That guy's untouchable.' You know what? They may be untouchable until someone either overwhelms you or you get a package back that
makes such a significant improvement on your club going forward. So we've always been willing to listen. I think Larry [Beinfest], he's never said, 'No,' but what we're not going to do is move a player for less than what we value their ability," Dan Jennings
said.
His words clearly depict that the Marlins are heading to an unknown direction. They do not know the outcomes and the reasons of their actions.
They are moving ahead, hoping against hope they find the right path down the road. To be honest, without clear understanding of the future, they cannot block the failures ahead.
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