3 Teams that the Miami Marlins can send Avisail Garcia to

2. DETROIT TIGERS

I've talked about it in the past. Detroit have a bad contract on their hands in SS Javier Baez. Baez is owed $25 million a year for the next two years and then $24 million a year for 2026 and 2027. I'm pretty sure that Detroit would be more than willing to pay a big part of his salary in return for getting him off of the roster.

How about they pay slightly more than half of his salary? The Miami Marlins then pay Baez what the team would've been paying Avisail Garcia for the next two years, plus two more. In return, Detroit pay Avi and The Fish what they would've paid Baez for the next two years, then save money by only paying half of his salary to The Fish.

Javier Baez batted .230/.273/.361 over the last two seasons with Detroit, and with their middle infielders, is taking AB's away from their next core. The Miami Marlins need a SS however and Baez is a very good defender (1.0 dWAR last season), who still has some power at least and is more importantly more useful than Avi. The only issue for Detroit is finding room for Avi.

NEXT: ANOTHER SS OPTION

1. BOSTON RED SOX

Speaking of SS options for the Miami Marlins to consider in a bad contract swap, there's also Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox. Story has batted .227/.287/.398 in the last two seasons with Boston. He was much better with the Colorado Rockies however, having batted .272/.340/.523 from 2016 to 2021.

An older regime signed Trevor Story, so with him largely seen as a bust, could Boston be willing to do a bad contract swap? Story is owed $22.5 million a year in 2024 and 2025. He's owed $25 million a year in both 2026 and 2027. There's a $25 million team option on him for 2028, with a $5 million buyout.

The same logic as with Javier Baez applies here. Boston can save money on Story's contract, while The Fish can improve at SS with some hope for more upside. Just like with Detroit, the question is how does Boston fit Avisail Garcia in their lineup? Well, with the amount of young players in their current OF mix, Avi at least gives them some veteran insurance to work with.

At the end of the day, Avisail Garcia is a bad contract for the Miami Marlins. The best thing to do if money is going to be wasted, is finding a better player to spend it on. An improvement at SS or even a higher upside bat would go a long way towards that. The trading partners mentioned are incentivized by the opportunity to save money while getting rid of their own bad deals.