The core of the next great Miami Marlins team will have to come up through the farm system. That’s reality for a low-revenue MLB franchise, a painful reality in recent years when they failed to develop a competent pitching staff around their All-Star/MVP-caliber position players. Without any impact talent in the pipeline, they were stuck on the treadmill of mediocrity.
New Marlins leadership smashed the reset button last offseason, flipping their most recognizable faces for controllable players and re-engaging the Latin American market.