With so much 40 Man Roster and Rule 5 Draft talk this past weekend surrounding the Marlins. I thought it to be appropriate to bring up the greatest Rule 5 pickup in Club History, Dan Uggla.
Uggla couldn't find himself on the Diamondbacks' 40 Man Roster at the end of 2005 (saying something seeing as Arizona was in the midst of 3 consecutive losing Seasons), all while the Fish found themselves the beneficiaries of the D-Back's 40 Man Roster crunch (if you wanna call it that), selecting the Second Basemen from the Desert in that year's Rule 5 Draft. Throw in a complete Team demolition by the Marlins here, a Pokey Reese no-show in Spring Training there, and all of a sudden Dan Uggla is a National League All-Star in 2006.
Let's make this pretty clear, Son Los Marlins is not suggesting a Jefry Yan, or a Bryson Brigman, or even a Griffin Conine will be All-Stars in the year 2022, or even that they'll be selected in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. But our Marlins, unwilling to create Roster space for any of these Players, while maintaining inside the 40 Man the likes of Jorge Alfaro, Lewis Brinson, and so on. Well, it's simply a Marlin thing to do I suppose.
No todo al
rededor de la Franquicia hoy día son malas noticias. Se llego a saber ayer que
los Marlins habían llegado a un acuerdo con un Sandy Alcántara para una extensión
de 5 años. Una extensión que se encarga de los 3 años de Arbitraje con el As de
los Marlins y también le compra 2 Temporadas de Agencia Libre, algo con lo que debe estar muy satisfecho el Club.
$56 Millones
de verdes les costaría a los Marlins durante el contrato, lo má$ que el Régimen actual a dado desde comprar el Equipo en 2017. Mirando cómo vuela el dinero hacía Lanzadores Abridores en Grandes Ligas hoy dia, cre lo o no, podría llegar hasta ser un trato de ahorro para los Marlins, especialmente ésos últimos 2 años del acuerdo. Por su puesto Alcántara tendría que mantener salud y nivel para que éso suceda. Pero el "Sand Man" recibirá seguridad financiera antes de su primer año de Arbitraje.
We mentioned the Sandy-Deal is the largest Contract of this current Ownership's Regime. It's also only the 9th multi year Contract the Marlins as a Franchise have EVER dished out to a Starting Pitcher.
Al Leiter signed a 3 Year $8.6 Million Dollar Free-Agent Contract all the way back in December, 1995. Leiter's Deal was follwed in Free Agency by Kevin Brown (3 Years/$12.6 Million) and Alex Fernandez (5 Years/$35 Million) in 1996.
Fernandez's $35 Million Dollars in '96 was the richest a Pitcher had ever seen at the time. Money well spent seeing as all 3 of the aforementioned played big roles in the Fish Winning the 1997 World Series.
Edinson Volquez 2016 (2 for $22 Million), Wei-Yin Chen 2016 (5 for $80 Million), and Mark Buehrle 2011 (4 for $58 Million) were the last 3 Starters to sign multi-year Deals here in Florida prior to Alcántara.
The 3 of Volquez, Chen, and Buehrle, just as Leiter, Brown, and Fernandez before them, were all Free Agent Contracts, but lets just say, had different results. Chen's Deal may very well be the worst in Franchise History.
Sandy Alcántara joins an even more exclusive list, as only the 3rd Starting Pitcher, joining Josh Johnson (4 Years and $39 Million) & Ricky Nolasco (3 Years and $26.5 Million) in 2010 to have reiceved a multi year Extension by the Marlins.
J.J (An 🔥 absolute ♠️ Ace) experienced major Arm issues in Year number 2 of his Extension, while Ricky continued to take the Ball every 5 Days en route to becoming the Marlins' leader in many Statistical categories.
How will the Sand Man's Multi Year Deal turn out? Let's just say if it's anything like the first 3 of those multi-year Contracts that the Franchise gave to a Starter and it helps lead to a Ring. Well Marlins fans, we'll take it 😉.
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