It may not have been what everyone wanted to hear when the media met with Derek Jeter on Monday, one day ahead of Marlins pitchers and catchers reporting for Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida.
This is still a team in the process of building a foundation for a winning franchise. Putting any kind of timetable on when this organization will contend for mediocrity, let alone a playoff berth is still a work in progress. After a year that saw the team plummet to become one of the worst in Major League Baseball in 2018, the reality of another losing season has already sunk in.