JUPITER (CBSMiami/AP) — With new ownership and a new look, the Miami Marlins are ready to leave their losing ways in the past.
For a franchise that has been a perennial loser, Victor Victor Mesa sounds like a winner.
The Marlins can’t be sure, however, because they they’ve never seen Mesa play.
They agreed to a $5.25 million signing bonus last October with the highly touted Cuban defector and can begin to assess the investment Saturday when their spring training season starts.
It has been more than two years since Mesa’s most recent game. The Marlins based their evaluation of him on videotape of his play in Cuba.