if I am Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter, I am reaching for the phone in the next couple of days to see what it would take to bring veteran Howie Kendrick to South Florida next season.
While it is a bit of a gamble to think a 36-year-old utility player would want to leave Washington after he put together the best season of his career and helped the Nationals win the World Series, it doesn’t hurt to gamble a bit and see if there is some interest.
As Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post wrote on Wednesday night, Kendrick helped give the Nationals a World Series title of the Houston Astros in a series where no home team won and delivered in dramatic fashion.