3 Biggest misconceptions about the Marlins under Peter Bendix

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Peter Bendix was hired by the Miami Marlins for a specific reason, but his moves so far have raised some questions. Let's look at some misconceptions about Bendix and some odd narratives that have popped up over the course of this season.

The three biggest misconceptions about Peter Bendix's Miami Marlins regime.

3. Peter Bendix doesn't care about winning.

It seems insane to even have to talk about, but there's this narrative going around that Bendix doesn't actually want The Fish to win! The idea is that he's desperate to sell-off players and that winning isn't a priority for him. That's such a ridiculous narrative that I don't understand where it even comes from.

Why would Peter Bendix want the Miami Marlins to lose? What is the benefit for him in this? If the team never wins much with him in charge, he will not be able to get a job like this anywhere else. He will be seen as terrible at his job. If he has any personal ambitions, then he certainly won't fulfill any of them if he just helps the team lose.

Peter Bendix will only benefit in any way if the team wins. This means that any move that he makes, he makes because he genuinely thinks that this is good for the team. We can analyze whether those moves are good or bad, but he's not making those moves with the hope of it leading to losing. It's important to remember that this narrative is plain silly.

NEXT: Off-season moves.

2. He purposely had a bad off-season, not doing enough.

The Miami Marlins signed the best SS available in free agency: Tim Anderson. He may not have een working out to say the least, but that's something that's completely in hindsight. There was no way to assume in advance that he was going to be such a disaster. Not every signing works out and sadly this one didn't. It's still silly to assume that signing the best available SS in free agency was somehow "not doing enough" to fix the position.

Starting pitching injuries could also not have been predicted, so once again it's odd to have expected Bendix to predict that. There was no room in the rotation to sign anyone else. Furthermore, the oft-cited suggestion is that he should've signed an inning-eater. A so-called inning-eater would not have made much of a difference. The Fish would still have been bad this season.

We don't know which potential trade targets were available either. The easiest thing in the world to do is to just assume that certain players were available, and that the price that you personally think is fair, would've been accepted by the other team. The fact is if a player wasn't traded at all, chances are he was never available in the first place.

NEXT: THAT trade...

1. The Luis Arraez trade.

Probably the biggest knock on Peter Bendix is of course the Luis Arraez trade. The narrative goes that Bendix was in such a rush to sell-off the team, that he moved Arraez to the San Diego Padres for a surprisingly low return. As it turned out soon after, that was the best possible offer that could be had. There were fans who just didn't believe it, thinking that Arraez was highly valuable due to his batting titles.

It's true that Arraez is a great contact hitter, but his poor defense and lack of power severely limit his value. That's something that was seen as a significant issue by other teams, but for some reason was completely ignored by this obviously false narrative. The other part of the narrative is of course that Bendix should not have moved Arraez if the return was so low.

The latter does make some sense, however he's a free agent after next season and was clearly not an extension candidate. It's certainly possible that waiting and keeping him would've made sense, but with the season lost and his being a free agent after next season sealed his fate.

Too little time passed to truly evaluate Peter Bendix, but rest assured he's not trying to hurt the Miami Marlins.

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