Christian Yelich regrets his tenure with the Marlins never yielded long-term success.
And in an interview with ESPN.com on Tuesday, Yelich said he and several of his former Marlins teammates know exactly when those hopes faded.
“From talking to the guys there — the guys who got traded and some of the guys who are still there — the consensus from our clubhouse is that everything changed after the tragedy with Jose,” Yelich told ESPN. “I think everybody figured our window to win was with him. You have a bona fide ace, a No. 1 starter, and you kind of have something there with that.