Miami Marlins: Three low-cost free agents to target
By Nick Stevens
The Miami Marlins likely won’t make any major moves, but they could improve the roster with these three low-cost options.
The Miami Marlins have already won the offseason by hiring Kim Ng to take over the role of general manager this winter. It’s obviously going to take some time to see the effects of this historic signing on the field, but the groundwork has been laid for the Miami Marlins to become a contending team in the near future.
When it comes to the 2020-2021 offseason, the Marlins aren’t expected to be major players for any big-name free agent signings. However, there has already been a good amount of roster turnover and while the Marlins may be slower to dive into the offseason market, Kim Ng and Miami leadership have identified the biggest areas of need and have made a few small moves to start addressing those needs.
As previously reported, the bullpen will be the top focus this winter, where Miami has already traded for Adam Cimber from Cleveland and picked up two bullpen options in the Rule 5 draft.
They selected RHP Paul Campbell from Tampa Bay, an intriguing spot-starter/long-relief option if he can stick on the roster, and they traded for RHP Zach Pop, who was selected by Arizona from Baltimore.
Pop is nearly two years recovered from Tommy John surgery, but hasn’t pitched since 2018 after missing 2019 due to surgery and 2020 due to cancellation of the minor league baseball season. He’s a hard-throwing late-inning option with a swing-and-miss slider and could end up being one of the top pickups of the Rule 5 draft.
But the Miami Marlins still have more moves they are going to make, including more bullpen help. Here are three low-cost free agents who could improve the 2021 roster.