Should Miami Marlins Add A-Rod?

Third Condition: A-Rod Buys In  

Lastly, would Rodriguez come here with a healthy understanding of his role? He would have to go above and beyond in any negotiations to make that clear before he could possibly be considered. If he’d be coming in with any kind of entitlement, that could really mess with the clubhouse dynamic that has been built to this point. It’s the dynamic you’ve seen on display since the All-Star break, the one that ensured Ichiro didn’t start every game until reaching 3000. Everyone on that roster is there for a specific reason, all boiling down to contributing to the common cause of success for the 2016 Miami Marlins.

However, if Rodriguez would be happy to give first base a shot, if he’d be happy to largely be a pinch-hitting specialist, than he has a knowledge base that no one else on the August scrap heap of discards can come close to matching. Essentially a player-coach, it’s just that much more baseball wisdom being served up for the Marlins young core.  They’ve been 2 for 2 so far with Bonds and Ichiro; consider my benefit of the doubt earned when it comes to the club bringing in famous faces to impact and inspire.

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