3 players the Miami Marlins could target by trade?

The Miami Marlins have a pretty bad offense to say the least, so it’s natural to want The Fish to acquire some big bats. It’s technically a part of a plan for us to build an annual contender. There are some players that I often see mentioned as trade candidates. Is it possible for us to acquire them? Will their current teams be willing to trade them? Let’s look at these trade candidates and analyze the potential of a trade.

The Miami Marlins have three players that they can potentially target in a trade.

3. TIM ANDERSON

Tim Anderson has been named a potential Miami Marlins target. It makes some sense, as the Chicago White Sox are unlikely to make the playoffs this season, and he can be a free agent after this and next season, unless they pick up his team options ($12.5 million and $14 million). I think that it’s safe to say that Chicago will pick up those options.

Tim Anderson is batting .301/.339/.395 this season (he’s currently injured), and is a career .288/.316/.442 hitter. Anderson would be an upgrade over our current SS Miguel Rojas offensively, and would be great as our new lead-off hitter.

So what could the Miami Marlins trade to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Anderson? How about…. Nothing. Don’t get me wrong, Anderson would be a great fit for the Miami Marlins, I just don’t see why the Chicago White Sox would trade him. They may not go to the playoffs this season, but they will surely be trying to make them next season. Anderson is also pretty cheap, so you can’t even make a financial argument for them to trade him.

Tim Anderson would be a great fit on the Miami Marlins, but I don’t see why the Chicago White Sox would trade him. They’re trying to contend, he’s a key player for them and is pretty cheap.

3. SHOHEI OHTANI

Shohei Ohtani! The two-way superstar is not only an annual MVP contender as a hitter, but is capable of winning the Cy Young award as well. There’s very few players out there who can do as good as him, you have to go back to Babe Ruth to find two-way players on that level. Ohtani is a free agent after next season and is unlikely to stay in Anaheim. Could the Miami Marlins acquire him?

A lot depends on whether the Los Angeles Angels will even shop Ohtani. Unlike Boston and Chicago, they’re not expecting to contend next season, or at least shouldn’t be realistically. Even if they think they they can make the playoffs, it’s unlikely they’ll do it anything other than a Wildcard team. They’re also likely to just receive a draft pick for Shohei Ohtani and his departure.

The Los Angeles Angels could be open to moving Ohtani, and that means that the Miami Marlins should be in the mix. There is one issue though… can we sign him to an extension? It’s important to remember that we can afford him, and only Bruce Sherman’s willingness to pay him is in the way of us offering him a record-breaking deal. Of course the bigger issue is that he might not want to sign with us, and might want to test the free agent market.

The Miami Marlins should be in the mix if Shohei Ohtani is made available. Will we acquire him? Unfortunately probably not, but the Los Angeles Angels might not even end up shoooing him. We’re not going to get Devers or Anderson, but we can at least dream of a shot at Ohtani.