Marlins looking to trade Andrew Miller?

by craig on Oct 19, 2010 10:30 AM EDT in News and Rumors

Apparently the Marlins are going to shop Andrew Miller in the offseason.

The team will try to trade LHP Andrew Miller.

This isn't a bad move for anyone concerned. BGA just hasn't gotten it done in his time with the Marlins. Being a first round pick, with lots of undeveloped talent, there is always a club out there that thinks: if we can just get him with our pitching coaches we can tap that talent. And maybe they can. A change of scenery might also help the lad.

Miller is out of options so it is best to see what the Marlins can get for him now. Because if they don't try to trade him, eventually he will be DFA'd, and he will, some team will just claim him off waivers and he will be gone. BGA might not have a lot of value at this point, but he is surely worth something.

Andrew by all accounts is a good guy, and while I was once told there is no market for good guys, there is a market for lefties and he is definitely one.

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this makes the Miggy trade hurt more

Beinfest pulls some shrewd moves but that one blows, in hindsight. i just don’t understand the cheapskates. the Twins are a good comparison to the Marlins: smallish market, rely on homegrown talent to compete year after year. you’re telling me considering Hanley is not on a HUGE contract, they couldn’t have held on to Miggy and have a Morneau-Mauer type combo? shoulda traded Uggla at the time. instead, if they keep him they’ll be paying big money thats better spent on the better player: Miggy.

all we have to show for Miggy now is Maybin. yikes

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by BULLieving in Miami on Oct 19, 2010 3:46 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

That's an oversimplification

Cabrera signed an 8 yr/$153M deal. He was heading into his second arbitration season, whereas Hanley was half a year away from heading into his first arb year when he signed his extension. Cabrera didn’t give the Tigers much of a discount, why would we expect him to give the Marlins any consideration?

Uggla will ultimately be making about $8M less annually (if the team is smart about his extension) and won’t be committing to 6-8 years of time. The bottom line is that the budget at the time of the trade wouldn’t allow us to keep Cabrera. Holding onto Cabrera would mean losing Ramirez or Johnson undoubtedly, plus it would have given us less flexibility going forward with such a huge deal.

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by SFiercex4 on Oct 20, 2010 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Marlins Won't Get Squat

Everyone will wait for Miller to get DFA’d because the Marlins ask for too much and not team wants to deal with them. Exactly what happened with Pinto.

by TNTDaddy on Oct 19, 2010 8:46 PM EDT reply actions

my mind is a bit fuzzy,

but werent the Padres asking for either Miller or Sean West in return for Heath Bell a few years back??? I remember the fish having high hopes for them so they turned them down… man I bet we wouldn’t be able to get Bell if we offered BOTH of them now.. what a shame

by xquiles21x on Oct 20, 2010 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

I think it was Miller AND West for Bell at the time

Looking into the future, I don’t know if it would have been worth it given the price Bell would have to be paid in arbitration. Would have been nice now though.

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by SFiercex4 on Oct 20, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions