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Five Players that the Marlins should get this Off-Season

MLB: AUG 28 Dodgers at Rockies

Below I will show you five players the Marlins should or need to get for next season.

Carlos Gonzalez: Need Speed? Need Contact? Need Power? CarGo is the man for all those things. A man that finished 3rd in the NL MVP in 2010 in a real beast and need for this team. Young player of 26 years old that can easily get a 20 HR 100 RBI 30 SB season. A man with a batting average of above .300 and a good contact hitter. CarGo would be a good option if Lee does not return or if LoMo gets traded, we’d put CarGo in LF and Lee or Morrison at 1B.

Joakim Soria: Need a good reliever? Need a good and young pitcher? Soria could be another option. A two- time all star, 28 years old and a really good reliever. He has demonstrated this in his 5 seasons with the Kansas City Royals.

Tyler Clippard: What’s the word I’m looking for, somebody to replace Heath Bell, it’s on my tongue… Tyler Clippard! An all star in 2011 and a young player of 27 years has been really good this season with the Nats, 31 saves and 78 strikeouts, and has only allowed 5 homeruns, Clippard could be another option.

Kyle Seager: Young and good third baseman with a good fielding percentage? Kyle Seager is your man. This year he has proved that he’s good, just like the Mariners expected. An average of over .255, 20 homeruns, and over 85 RBIS. Seager is another good pick. Also he has this year 161 hits, and a fielding percentage of .962 and is ranked 6th in the MLB and 3rd in the AL. 24 years old by the way.

Mike Moutsakas: Another young and good third baseman with a really good fielding percentage? Mike Moutsakas is your man. He became 24 years old this past 9/11 and has had a really good season with the Royals, bad thing is Royals hasn’t been a good playoff team since 1985 when they won the world series. He has 191 hits this season with 23 homeruns and 84 RBI’s. First in the AL in fielding percentage and tied for 2nd in the MLB.

 This article was written by Andres A. Rivas Mavares.

  • jimmy

    Is Cargo a free agent? I thought he signed a long term deal

  • Andres Rivas

    I think, but we can trade Morrison and Nolasco and money.

    • http://www.facebook.com/jigokusabre Robert Kuhl

      LoMo and Ricky had terrible years (though Good Ricky is rearing his head again). I doubt there’s much trade value to be had there. Without a solid 1B replacement, I would rather see the Marlins hang onto LoMo.

  • Marlins_Nation

    He did but they might not be in the playoff run for a while…We could trade for him and try to put Heath Bell involved to get rid of him

    • ludafish

      yeah but the Rockies think he is worth the deal he got, even with this down year, so its not like trading bad contracts.we dont have any good trade chips either

  • http://www.facebook.com/jigokusabre Robert Kuhl

    Cargo? The man hits .257/.314/.423 away from Coors field, averaging 14 HR/ 48 RBI per season. Meh. I don’t think that there’s anything the Marlins should trade away for THAT.

    Also, paying for relievers is a TERRIBLE idea. Did we learn nothing from Heath Bell? Cishek can close. Personally, I think Ricky Nolasco might work well as a closer, too.

    If I were to sign 5 free agents for the Marlins, it would be: Michael Bourn, Russell Martin, Scott Rolen, Kyle Loshe, BJ Upton.

    * Upton and Bourn give defensive prowess and range in that huge OF.
    * Russell Martin gives some pop to the C spot that Buck failed to provide… though given how well Buck/Brantley is doing as a platoon, I might go after Edwin Jackson or Ryan Dempster instead.
    * Scott Rolen is a excellent defensive 3B with respectable numbers that can be acquired without a trade.
    * Loshe (and Dempster/Jackson/Beddard) can sure up a rotation that will likely be without Eovaldi (who will probably pitch his way into NOLA or the ‘pen) and Zambrano.

    • ludafish

      Bourn gives us too many leadoff hitters and he will really command a lot of money but i would be down for BJ, have him bat like 6th and hope he really puts all his talents to use in a different locale. Martin, go look up his numbers again. while he has a high HR total his avg and OPS is very low and he hit most of those homers together in bunches so he isnt an upgrade. Edwin would be great but he wants to stay in WSH so we will see on that one. Loshe is having a career year so its a bit tougher but if you can get him for #2/3 money then i would be all for it. Dempster is too inconsistent, one great year one awful year, repeat. Bedard looks like he lost it….but at least you are suggesting people that we can actually get

  • ludafish

    This list makes no sense. Soria just had TJ surgery so he won’t be himself for a little while. Then you want people who are totally unavailable. WSH would never give us Clippard and Moustakas is untouchable. I would love to get CarGo but they say he is untouchable. Seattle is looking better so I doubt they get rid of anyone so young. You might as well say let’s get David Freeze, Ryan Braun and Miguel Cabrera. Let’s get Craig kimbrel while we are at it…..

  • Garrett

    Wake up kid Cargo and Moustakas aren’t going anywhere.. Of course every team would like them they are studs. Since there not free agents what are we gonna trade for them? We got nothing in the farm that could get a deal done for these players. Let’s get realistic!