4 reasons the Miami Marlins could get Manny Machado

On the off chance the Miami Marlins do sign Manny Machado next offseason, it will be for at least one of these four reasons.

The Miami Marlins won’t be signing Manny Machado next offseason.

Then again, stranger things have probably happened in baseball. As professional sports, and life, so often tell us, anything can happen. So in the interest of due diligence, I thought it best to entertain the possibility the Miami Marlins can pull off this kind of blockbuster move.

Again, it isn’t happening. So strongly do I believe this, that I dedicated three full pages to it over the weekend. And that article didn’t even get into everyone’s favorite MLB storyline right now- the Diamond Sports Group debacle, and how the Marlins (and many other teams) are very likely not getting anywhere remotely close to the television revenue they were promised. Still, there is always the mathematical chance Marlins ownership realizes that they need. to take a page from the Padres playbook and spend in order to get fans to come out. There is also a pretty good chance the Marlins surpass expectations in 2023, in which case they could end up talking themselves into believing they actually are one player away.

If that happens, frugality and reason might go out the window for a season or two. In that event, expect the Marlins to push hard for Manny, and to be relying on at least one of these four arguments in the process:

Manny Machado is from Miami  

And we’re talking Miami, Miami here. This isn’t the pipe dream from last season where Marlins fans convinced themselves Trea Turner might want to come here because he’s from Boynton Beach. Machado was born and raised in Hialeah, and drafted out of a Miami high school. By all accounts, he grew up a Marlins fan and still loves the area. If the money is close, those are the kind of roots that actually could matter in a contract negotiation. Especially when you throw in that lack of a state income tax.