Jesús Aguilar was due to become a free agent this upcoming winter, but with 38 regular season games remaining, the Marlins are ready to say goodbye. On Friday, they designated him for assignment (making room for Garrett Cooper to be reinstated from the injured list).
Relative to initial expectations, Aguilar’s Marlins tenure was a decisive success. The Fish acquired him from the Rays via waiver claim in December 2019. It was not a sure thing that he’d start regularly for them or even make the 2020 Opening Day roster.
In the three seasons since then, he led the team in numerous counting stats, including hits (267), home runs (45), runs batted in (176), sacrifice flies (16) and games played (295).