What’s the Marlins’ position as far as dealing players before the July 31 trade deadline?
Here’s what we’re hearing from two MLB sources briefed on the situation:
u25aa The Marlins are not actively shopping players, and do not need to trim their $100 million payroll further, but all of their veterans who are into their arbitration or free agent years are considered available: Brad Ziegler, Derek Dietrich, Dan Straily, Justin Bour and Starlin Castro.
The Marlins obviously would have no expectation of anyone trading for Martin Prado (due $13.5 million this season, $15 million in 2019) or Wei-Yin Chen (due $20 million in 2019, $22 million in 2020).