It’s hard for me to look at the Miami Marlins current roster and to think that anyone other than Don Mattingly or Derek Jeter are the face of this franchise.
That isn’t an indictment on the state of this organization, rather it’s noteworthy because with all of the young talent within the organization, there is no one player who stands out as the “face” of the new-look Marlins.
With J.T. Realmuto now in Philadelphia, this team lost its most marketable player and its brightest star, who steps in and assumes the role of the one player everyone knows, the one that fans across the baseball landscape can identify.