The Marlins Are Still Searching for an Identity

Miami remains stuck in baseball purgatory.

In 2025, the Marlins ranked near the bottom of baseball in…many things. Pitching development continues to be their organizational strength — but offense remains a systemic weakness. They never hang on to anyone long enough to see any returns from their development. Except Sandy Alcantara. What does baseball have to do to get Sandy out of Miami?!

The offseason was quiet. Too quiet. They did absolutely nothing. Their biggest acquisitions were Christopher Morel and Pete Fairbanks. A guy who’s a castoff from better organizations, and a guy who’s funny in interviews. That’s it…

Biggest Need Entering 2026:
Everything.

I’m sorry Marlins fans; I have nothing nice to say about your organization. It’s hard to believe that they once had Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna and J.T Realmuto in the same lineup for several years and couldn’t so much as sniffed the Postseason. But just the things they’ve done in the last 5 years are enough to make the baseball world not take them seriously:

• Ran Derek Jeter out of town as CEO, because Jeter wanted to invest in free agents to win, but the owner said no
• Hired Melanie Ng as the first female GM in MLB history, she gets the team to the playoffs for the first time in three years in her first season as GM, then, a year later, she steps down because the organization basically tried to demote her.
• Parted ways with manager Skip Schumaker a year after he won NL Manager of the Year
• WILL NOT trade Sandy Alcantara despite putting no talent around him, EVER.

Have They Addressed It?
No, of course not.

Our Take:
Miami feels directionless. Until ownership commits to meaningful investment of any kind, the Marlins will remain unserious and irrelevant in the NL playoff picture.

FREE SANDY!