But under the Miami big top, would the Marlins really trade ace Jose Fernandez now? When they've got him under team control for another three years?
In the three-ring circus that always is just one elephant short of going full Barnum & Bailey under the carnival-barker owner Jeffrey Loria, have things deteriorated so rapidly that Fernandez's teammates at times in 2015 openly rooted for him to get blasted while he was on the mound?
Granted, the Marlins being the Marlins, anything is possible. No other team could—or would—overshadow its own managerial hire (Don Mattingly) with the hiring of a batting coach (Barry Bonds).