Derek Jeter has found a place to live in South Florida, gone around to local businesses to forge new partnerships, and looked for ways to turn the Marlins around, both on and off the field.
But one thing he hasn’t done is talk to Giancarlo Stanton.
“When the time’s right,” Jeter said, “we’ll speak.”
While the Marlins are actively talking to teams interested in trading for the slugger, the team’s new chief executive officer has left discussions with Stanton to president of baseball operations Michael Hill.
“It’s not like it’s radio silence coming from this organization,” said Jeter, who was surrounded by reporters Wednesday at the General Managers Meetings in what were only his second public comments since ownership changed hands in early October.