MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Major League Baseball’s GM Meetings are in progress in Orlando, and the future of Miami Marlins’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton is becoming an increasingly hot topic.
With the Marlins, under new ownership, expected to shed nearly $50 Million in payroll – trading Stanton and his massive contract sounds like a no-brainer from a financial standpoint (although the baseball merits of this can surely be argued. Trading your team’s best player can only help you long term if you get the right pieces in return.)
The biggest obstacle for the Marlins front office to get a deal done could come from Stanton himself.