Another Marlins Firesale?

A usual game in Miami.

After a surprisingly good season, the Marlins may still be looking to trade all their arbitration-eligible players. Even Uggla is up to be traded. This is the saddest story in sports not including the double "s" stories (steriods and skimming). In a world where baseball is making lots of money and low-payroll teams make money before the season starts, no one should have a $20 million payroll. It shouldn't happen. Why would you come to the games? How many people would you recognize? You gotta spend money to make money, right? It makes me wonder though if the Marlins make money outside of the revenue sharing. How many Marlins hats do you see people wearing? How many people come to games? Are the Marlins losing money by simply operating?

Outside of whether or not it's ethical, there is no doubt the Marlins will once again bring in a load of prospects. Uggla would bring in a boatload. Olsen would bring in a boatload. Willingham, Hermida, and Jacobs will bring in a few good ones. This sale may affect free agency. Especially with all the trades last offseason, teams may choose to deal with Florida instead of buying over-priced free agents. The problem for me may be that Florida will probably not deal with Atlanta because of the dumb "no trading within division" thing. I'd take Hermida, even Uggla. I'm not sure Atlanta has enough because Florida likes major league-ready prospects, and most of Atlanta's good prospects are in A ball.

So, following the pattern, Florida will be surprisingly good again next season, suck the next, and then be surprisingly good again when they then decide to sell all their players off for younger players.