It’s the dawn of a new era for the Miami Marlins.
Gone are the days of penny-pinching, cost-cutting moves.
At least that’s what former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, now the Marlins CEO, indicated, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel:
“I expect this offseason to be active for us, whether that’s talking with free agents or exploring some other moves,” Jeter said. “But for the first time, really since we’ve been here as an ownership group, I expect to be pretty active — or I should say, have active conversations. There’s two sides to it.”
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The Marlins entered the 2021 season with great expectations after qualifying for the playoffs last year as a wild-card team. But Miami took a giant leap backward this year, finishing in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 67-95.
“No one’s happy. No one should be happy,” Jeter said. “Especially the players, coming off what they were able to accomplish last year, getting a taste in the postseason. I think the expectations were a little bit higher coming into this year. Anytime you go through a season like this you have to sit down, you have to evaluate, reevaluate, and see how we’re going to get better in the offseason for next year.”
The person charged with the task of improving the Marlins’ roster for 2022 is general manager Kim Ng. But she can only do so much when given financial restraints by Jeter. So will that change this winter? “We’ll see,” Jeter said.
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Mike Rosenstein may be reached at mrosenstein@njadvancemedia.com.
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