Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter took over the Marlins in late 2017 and immediately commenced a rebuild. Some of the first words that Jeter said were, “we want to build an organization that’s sustainable over time.”
Nearly 4 1⁄2 years into this new era, the results look completely different from what we originally projected based on that opening press conference. The COVID pandemic has played a big part in that, cancelling a full minor league season, shortening a major league season and limiting baseball revenue overall—the Marlins had no control over that. But Miami has also made some unique decisions instead of following the same script used by other rebuilding teams.