This shouldn’t be a big surprise to anyone. The Miami Marlins need an everyday first baseman after trading Justin Bour after the MLB Trade Deadline last season. With no real power hitter in the lineup and a huge hole at one of the corners of the infield, it remains a position that must be filled in Spring Training or before the team heads to Jupiter, Florida in February.
After analyzing each MLB team’s biggest need this offseason, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com targeted the Marlins’ lack of a corner position player. There are names to consider already in the organization, but would this also be a situation where the front office does what it has not done in the past year and sign someone in free agency or make a deal for a potent bat?