2022 Marlins Season Preview: Bryan De La Cruz

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesEarlier this spring, news broke that the Marlins optioned Bryan De La Cruz to AAA Jacksonville and that signs were pointing towards him not making the Opening Day roster. Non-roster invitees Delino DeShields Jr. and Roman Quinn were both being looked at to take over his projected fourth outfielder position. That didn’t sit well with me, so I went on a bit of a rant on the next live stream.

Can you blame me for being annoyed at a guy that hit .296 over 199 ABs sitting in AAA? There is very little precedent for a batter posting a 115 wRC+ in the majors (15 percent better than league average) over that large of a sample and beginning the…