For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here.
Team #21: Florida Marlins
General Managers(since 1994)
Dave Dombrowski (1994-2001): 563-666
Larry Beinfest (2002-2007): 406-325
Mike Hill (2008-Current): 171-162
Team Performance
| Playoffs | Division Finish | ||||||
| WC | League | Playoff App | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
The Marlins are an interesting example for this project. They only started their franchise in 1993 really, but have already had 2 World Championships, only to dismantle the team in its entirety after the first one. Realistically, they dismantled a fair amount of the team after the 2003 championship as well, but appear to have gotten a better set of returns that time around. All information is drawn from Baseball Reference.
| Position | Name | Acquired | Years with Org. |
Stats with Organization |
Left? |
| C | Brett Hayes | 2005 – 2nd Rd | 5 | 21 gm, .226/.314/.387, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 5 R | Currently with Org. |
| 1B | Adrian Gonzalez | 2000 – 1st Rd (1) | 3 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Traded to TEX – 7/11/03 |
| 2B | Luis Castillo | Int’l FA – 1992 | 13 | 3 All Star Appearances, 3 Gold Gloves 1128 gm, .293/.370/.356, 20 HR, 271 RBI, 281 SB, 675 R |
Free Agency – 11/6/03 |
| 3B | Miguel Cabrera | Int’l FA – 1999 | 8 | 4 All Star Appearances, 2 Silver Sluggers 720 gm, .313/.388/.542, 138 HR, 523 RBI, 17 SB, 449 R |
Traded to DET – 12/4/07 |
| SS | Edgar Renteria | Int’l FA – 1992 | 6 | 1 All Star Appearance 393 gm, .288/.342,/.357, 12 HR, 114 RBi, 89 SB, 237 R |
Traded to STL – 12/14/98 |
| LF | Chris Coghlan | 2006 – 1st Rd (36) | 4 | 2009 NL Rookie of the Year 194 gm, .305/.372/.439, 13 HR, 71 RBI, 15 SB, 127 R |
Currently with Org. |
| CF | Mark Kotsay | 1996 – 1st Rd (9) | 5 | 468 gm, .280/.322/.411, 31 HR, 179 RBI, 39 SB, 221 R | Traded to SD – 3/28/01 |
| RF | Jeremy Hermida | 2002 – 1st Rd (11) | 7 | 516 gm, .265/.344/.425, 62 HR, 237 RBI, 21 SB, 235 R | Traded to BOS – 11/5/09 |
| SP | Josh Beckett | 1999 – 1st Rd (2) | 6 | 2003 World Series MVP 66-35, 4.22 ERA, 763 K, 222 BB, 837.2 IP, 1.230 WHIP |
Traded to BOS – 11/24/05 |
| SP | Josh Johnson | 2002 – 4th Rd | 8 | 1 All Star Appearance 42-18, 3.13 ERA, 523 K, 201 BB, 581.1 IP, 1.240 WHIP |
Currently with Org. |
| SP | Chris Volstad | 2005 – 1st Rd (16) | 5 | 19-23, 4.40 ERA, 212 K, 129 BB, 327.1 IP, 1.390 WHIP | Currently with Org. |
| SP | Nate Robertson | 1999 – 5th Rd | 3+1 | 5-6, 5.18 ERA, 52 K, 35 BB, 83.1 IP, 1.524 WHIP | Traded to DET – 1/11/03 |
| SP | Livan Hernandez | Int’l FA – 1996 | 3 | 24-24, 4.39 ERA, 333 K, 199 BB, 469.2 IP, 1.510 WHIP | Traded to SF – 7/25/99 |
| RP | Chris Leroux | 2005 – 7th Rd | 5 | 0-0, 19 gm, 7.89 ERA, 19 K, 13 BB, 21.2 IP, 1.985 WHIP | Currently with Org. |
| RP | Jeff Fulchino | 2001 – 8th Rd | 6 | 1 gm, 0.1 IP, 1 BB, 3.000 WHIP | Free Agency – 10/29/07 |
| RP | Claudio Vargas | Int’l FA – 1995 | 7 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Traded to MON – 7/11/02 |
| RP | Ronald Belisario | Int’l FA – 1999 | 7 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Free Agency – 10/15/06 |
| RP | Rick Vandenhurk | Int’l FA – 2002 | 8 | 8-9, 5.96 ERA, 152 K, 80 BB, 155.2 IP, 1.632 WHIP | Currently with Org. |
| CL | Taylor Tankersley | 2004 – 1st (27) | 6 | 8-3, 4 SV, 4.19 ERA, 113 K, 67 BB, 111.2 IP, 1.513 WHIP | Currently with Org. |
| BN | Randy Winn (OF) | 1995 – 3rd Rd | 2 | No Major League Appearances with Org. | Expansion Draft – TB – 11/18/97 |
| BN | Gaby Sanchez (1B) | 2005 – 4th Rd | 5 | 93 gm, .291/.359/.469, 9 HR, 35 RBI, 3 SB, 37 R | Currently with Org. |
| BN | Alex Gonzalez (SS) | Int’l FA – 1994 | 11 | 1 All-Star Appearance 896 gm, .245/.291/.391, 81 HR, 375 RBI, 23 SB, 363 R |
Free Agency – 10/27/05 |
| BN | Mike Stanton (OF) | 2007 – 2nd Rd | 3 | 12 gm, .250/.308/375, HR, 9 RBI, 3 SB, 8 R | Currently with Org. |
| BN | Brett Carroll (OF) | 2004 – 10th Rd | 6 | 173 gm, .205/.284/.325, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 2 SB, 46 R | Currently with Org. |
| BN | Josh Willingham (C/OF) | 2000 – 17th Rd | 8 | 416 gm, .266/.361/.472, 63 HR, 219 RBI, 13 SB, 196 R | Traded to WAS – 11/10/08 |
June Amateur Draft
The Marlins have actually done reasonably well in the draft, with Josh Beckett and Josh Johnson being two of the best examples of their development system. Unfortunately, some of the best players that have gone through the system, like Adrian Gonzalez, never made a single appearance with the organization. They have really only missed on 5 of their first round picks to this point, but have only had 21 picks in that time frame. There have also been 4 players who have made a negligible impact in the Majors that were drafted in the first round. Overall, their success in the draft has been reasonable, with quite a few players still incomplete due to a lack of time at the Major League level.
International Free Agency
The Marlins are probably the first team I have reviewed that has been reasonably active in the international markets. Clearly, Miguel Cabrera, Luis Castillo, and Edgar Renteria were all victories for the development system. Unfortunately, the return on these players when they left wasn’t quite the most amazing group of players we have ever seen. But with Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller both still in the system, and 2 World Championships, they’ve done reasonably well with the few players that they have had.
Overall Grade
C. There are some elite players here, one of the first teams with multiple of them. Developing players like Josh Beckett, Josh Johnson, and Miguel Cabrera is good for the overall system ranking, but the bullpen is pretty weak overall, and there are a few players who turned out to play very well, just not for the Marlins themselves.
