Miami Marlins: Mike Redmond Is Fired, What Should Be The Next Move(s)?

By Michael Sonbeek |

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Nov 19, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins vice president & general manager Dan Jennings listens during a press conference at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

Shelby Miller was one out away from no-hitting the Marlins on Sunday afternoon. Justin Bour, first pitch swinging, hit a ball into center field for the first hit. Miller ended up giving up two hits, but still got a complete game shutout to put the finishing touches on the Atlanta Braves’ sweep of the Miami Marlins.

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Getting swept by the Braves put the Marlins a 16-22 and in 4th place in the NL East. After Sunday’s two hit performance, Loria had seen enough of Mike Redmond. Redmond the Marlins’ manager for the past two seasons was “dismissed” from his job, along with bench coach Rob Leary.

In his time in Miami, Redmond had a record of 155-207 record. Mike Hill was quoted saying that the team “still has the confidence and that hopefully a new voice would spark the team.”

Loria is no stranger to firing managers. Since 2010 the Marlins have had 0 winning season and 7 managers. Loria gets rid of managers fast when things aren’t going right his club. Joe Girardi saw it, Ozzie Guillen saw it, Freddie Gonzalez saw it and now Redmond is the newest victim.

The Marlins shocked the sports world when they hired Dan Jennings as their manager. Jennings is also the current GM and has minimal coaching his experience. In fact Jennings’ only coaching gig was a high school team three decades ago.

Dan Jennings is now the manager and it’s time to move on from that topic.

What should the Marlins’ next moves be?

Next: Promote Top Starting Pitching Prospects?

Feb 18, 2014; Jupiter, FL, USA; Miami Marlins Justin Nicolino (79) in spring training action at Roger Dean Stadium Mandatory Credit: Brad Barr-USA TODAY Sports

Let’s start with going in-house, the Marlins should give their prospects a shot.

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Justin Nicolino, who the Marlins have high confidence in and valued more than former Marlins’ top prospect Andrew Heaney, is coming close to being “Major League” ready. Nicolino numbers are weird right now, depending if you’re an advance stat geek like most of us on Marlin Maniac or you just like the basic stats, for you basic stat people, Nicolino has an ERA of 1.55 which looks great but has a FIP of 3.63.

FIP measures what a player’s ERA would look like over a given period of time if the pitcher were to have experienced league average results on balls in play and league average timing. A 3.63 FIP is considered to be about average. Nicolino also has a career high BB% at 6.6%.

The Marlins have huge confidence in him so it wouldn’t hurt to try him out and give him a start or two.

Another in-house option is Jose Urena, the Marlins called up Urena earlier in the year for a few games and he pitched well in a small Major League sample size. In AAA he has a 1.19 ERA which is pretty outstanding but that dang FIP! Urena has a below average FIP of 4.08. This should be a concern, but the Marlins aren’t a team that focuses on advanced stats.

Next: Trade for a Closer?

May 17, 2015; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) throws against the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning at Great American Ball Park. The Giants won 9-8. Mandatory Credit: David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports

Trading for a closer:

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It’s no secret that Steve Cishek has struggled and the Marlins could/should do something about it. I’m not talking going all crazy and trading for Jonathan Papelbon because that would make no sense.

Rumors have been around Rafael Soriano possibly signing with the team, but talks have stalled between the two because the Marlins don’t want to overpay.

Two closers I think the Marlins should trade for are Francisco Rodriguez and Aroldis Chapman. Rodriguez was linked to the Marlins in the off-season but a deal never came in place.

What would it take to acquire one of these two? Lets start with K-Rod. For K-Rod the Marlins would probably have to give up a middle of the pack prospect and then a low-end one so I came up with this trade offer:

Miami gets: Francisco Rodriguez

Milwaukee gets: Colby Suggs and Brian Ellington.

Acquiring Chapman would be a huge task for the Marlins and would probably have to give up a top prospect for the relief ace, I also came up with an offer for the Reds.

Miami get: Aroldis Chapman

Cincinnati gets: Tyler Kolek, Nick Wittgren and Kendry Flores.

Any of these two trades would definitely be a solution to the closing problems.

Next: Big Blockbuster?

May 5, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki (2) scores a run past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal (9) in the fifth inning at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Now it’s time to get crazy, I think the Marlins should go after Troy Tulowitzki.

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There have been rumors for about a year now about Tulo wanting out of Colorado and those rumors started to heat up again last week.

So if the Marlins are in full-out win now mode, then why not make the move?

Yes I know Adeiny Hechavarria has made improvements and looks like he is almost becoming the shortstop the Marlins thought he’d be.

However, Tulo would be a huge upgrade for the team and I’m not giving up on Hech either.

In this hypothetical trade offer, I’m hoping the Brewers won’t want anyone on the active roster (which is unlikely), but this is the offer I’d throw at Colorado. (Assuming the other two trades don’t happen)

Miami gets- Tulo

Colorado gets- Tyler Kolek, Jose Urena, Trevor Williams, Derek Dietrich, Justin Nicolino and Adam Conley.

In this scenario the Marlins would move Hech to third base and Martin Prado to first.

Yes, this is fairy tale stuff. The Rockies would no doubt ask the Marlins for Christian Yelich in any Tulo trade and if I’m the Marlins I say “no” to that.

What do you think of all this? Do you like these potential moves or not? Who would you want the Marlins to acquire? Let me know in the comment section below!

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