"If you had asked any reporter heading into the MLB Winter Meetings, they would have told you that the Miami Marlins were loaded for bear, ready to aggressively spend to improve the club. Yet if you turn those microphones towards anyone actually employed by the Miami Marlins organization...you get a very different message. Shocking, right? That message is now starting to slowly trickle down through the reporters with the strongest Marlins ties as well- that fans should perhaps not expect big things after all. The team has been telling anyone that will listen that they believe they have in house options to solve lineup issues at the corners and in terms of handedness."
"Some of those ideas are better than others, but all of them lead to same conclusion that the Marlins want rival front offices to take: Miami doesn't have to do anything but show up Opening Day with a 26-man roster and cash those sweet, sweet revenue sharing checks. Consequently, the only fireworks from the Marlins so far during these Winter Meetings have been a team announcement that they will actually have fireworks Opening Day."
Reporters expected the Miami Marlins to spend aggressively at the MLB Winter Meetings, but team insiders signaled a different approach. The organization claims it has internal solutions for corner positions and handedness balance. Several minor-league or borderline MLB players were floated as potential role-changers or position converts. The public posture appears designed to indicate that major acquisitions are unnecessary, signaling to rivals that the Marlins may simply field a 26-man roster without big signings. The only notable public spectacle so far was an Opening Day fireworks announcement. The organization has shown recent strength in player development and could still produce surprise contributors.
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