There is a new twist to the Giancarlo Stanton trade talks, the Marlins willingness to keep Stanton and trade away the rest of the stars:
According to two sources with knowledge of discussions, the Marlins informed Stanton in October that if he refused to waive his no-trade rights and accept a trade, he would remain a Marlin and team officials would look to trade off other top players to reduce payroll.
While it wasn’t presented to Stanton as an ultimatum, one source said, it shows that the Marlins aren’t without leverage in their efforts to deal Stanton and relieve them of the financial burden he brings. Stanton has said he doesn’t wish to be part of a rebuild.
So which would be better for the Marlins, keeping one superstar and building around him, or keeping a few good players and building around them? If the Marlins can get a number of good, near MLB ready players for the others, in a couple of years with Stanton they could be very good. A good GM could fill in the pieces pretty quickly.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2hZtVYu
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