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All you need to know about the players the Fish got in Blockbuster deal

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If you thought the “Miguel Cabrera trade” was awful, wait until you hear what the Marlins got for trading Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Emilio Bonifacio and John Buck.

Yunel Escobar – Shortstop

This is worst player the Marlins could have gotten in this trade. He displayed a homophobic slur on the eye-black stickers that he wore while playing against the Boston Red Sox on September 15. This shows that he’s no leader.

Escobar’s numbers aren’t great either. Last season, the 30 year old had a batting average of .253 with 9 homers and 51 RBI’s. The only good thing about Escobar is his fielding. Last year he only committed 12 errors and he’s a .976 fielder. He’s signed through 2013 and he’ll make $5 million next season.

Adeiny Hechavarria - Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Adeiny Hechavarria is a 23 year old shortstop born in Cuba. Last season, he made his major league debut.

He played 41 games, in those games he batted .254 with 2 homers and 15 RBI.

Adeiny Hechavarria is well known for his glove and speed. In Triple-A he hit .312 with 6 home runs and 63 RBI’s.

Henderson Alvarez – Pitcher

Henderson Alvarez, 22, is a right handed pitcher born in Venezuela. He went 9-14 with a 4.85 ERA in 31 starts in his first complete season as a starter.

Alvarez has been with the Blue Jays organization since he was seventeen years old.

His best season in the minors was in 2011, where he had an ERA of 3.18 with 8 wins and 5 losses.

Justin Nicolino – LHP

Justin Nicolino, 20, might be the best player the Marlins got. The left handed pitcher, who was born in Orlando, was considered the fifth-best prospect in the Blue Jays farm system. Nicolino went 10-4 with a 2.46 ERA with 119 strikeouts in 28 games started last season in Single-A.

He won’t be ready yet, but he should be in the majors very soon.

Jake Marisnick – Outfield

Jake Marisnick, 21, played for Marlins new manager Mike Redmond at Single-A Dunedin for half of 2012.

Jake Marisnick finished the 2012 season in Double-A.

He finished with a .249 batting average with 8 homers and 50 RBI’s in the entire minor league season.

Anthony DeSclafani – Pitcher

Along with Justin Nicolino, Anthony DeSclafani is another good player the Marlins got.

In his first year as a professional player, he went 11-3 with a 3.37 ERA and 92 strikeouts at Single A Lansing of the Midwest League in 2012.

Jeff Mathis – Catcher

Last but not least, the veteran catcher Jeff Mathis. Mathis, 29, has spent most of his career as a backup catcher with the Angels and the Blue Jays.

In 2012, Mathis batted .218 with eight homers and 27 RBI in 71 games.

The Marlins got some good players but not good enough for Reyes, Johnson, Buehrle, Bonifacio and Buck.

  • http://www.thajackal.com/ Tha JackaL

    Trading Jose Reyes, and his inflated, and badly given contract was a must for this team moving forward but the trade the way its constructed is very bad. The team got nothing but un proven prospects, and none of these hitters are any good at the major league level. The pitchers might be good… Or might not. They also are prospects. I’d rather have kept Mark, Josh, and let them be our anchors for the rotation.

    Now dealing Bonifacio is some what of a double edge sword… Most of us hated him when we got him, and while he’s become some what of a fan favorite because he was shoved down all our throats the last couple of seasons but he’s grown on a lot of people down here, and it’s weird they are sending him packing. He’s very versatile, and as a UT man he’s someone we should have kept. He’s not a starter but he’s all around good UT guy.

    Either way this is a terrible trade on paper, and on the field…. The Marlins front office keeps showing the fans that they are totally out of touch with how a good trade which helps their team works.

    This is the same sort of bullshit trade we got when we dealt Cabrera away… More junk prospects from a team which knew these guys sucked anyway. In all honesty we got shafted again!

  • Jason

    Might as well traded those players for a bucket of balls. The Marlins could have built around Buerle, Reyes, Johnson and Bonifacio.