Miami Marlins: Which prospects should be untouchable in trade talks?

Whenever the MLB lockout ends, the offseason moves such as free agent signings and trades around baseball will likely happen very-quickly. As for what the Miami Marlins might do, a free agent signing could happen, but a significant trade seems more-likely to address areas of need such as centerfield.

When looking at potential deals, the Marlins do have the pieces needed to get any deal done, both at the major and minor league level. While teams will likely demand many of the top names in Miami’s system in those talks, there are also a few teams who could ask for experienced major league options, a group that includes names such as Pablo Lopez and Elieser Hernandez.

When making a significant trade, you could always make the argument that no player or prospect should truly be “untouchable” to get a deal done. However, if you were to make the argument for which Marlins prospects should be untouchable in trade talks of any kind, who is in that group?

Which Miami Marlins prospects should be untouchable in trade talks?

When looking for which Marlins prospects should be untouchable in trade talks, there is one name that you could make an excellent argument for – Eury Perez.

Miami’s current No. 6 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, Perez is coming off a phenomenal first professional season in which the right-hander posted a combined 1.96 ERA across 20 starts in A-Ball.

The right-hander is one of the fastest rising prospects in all of baseball, and enters the 2022 season as a likely Top 100 overall prospect in the game at only 18-years-old. Led by one of the best fastball’s in the Marlins system, the 6-foot-8 Perez is one of the most-exciting arms in the game, and could very easily see the Double-A level early on in the year.

In addition to Perez, you could also make an argument for other notable prospects such as Kahlil Watson and Max Meyer being untouchable, but you could also argue that they are both more-likely to be moved than Perez. When the Miami Marlins eventually make a significant trade, teams will certainly ask for at-least one of these three in a potential deal – which would they move?