1. Miami Marlins
Speaking of surprises so far this season, the Marlins are 53-39 and occupy the top Wild Card spot in the National League at the All-Star break. They’ve also done it without one of their best players, Jazz Chisholm, for a big chunk of it and he’s going to be out again for a bit.
To put it simply, and maybe too mildly, Jean Segura is not cutting it offensively for the Marlins at third base, with a .216/.282/.264 slash-line … and he needed a four-game hitting streak, and three straight multi-hit games, going into the break to get there. He hasn’t been a positive defensively either, with a -0.5 dWAR via Baseball Reference contributing to his overall -1.5 bWAR. Segura has been a detriment and a negative, in virtually any area you can see.
Neil Raymond of FanSided’s Marlin Maniac was in on Candelario as a potential trade target for the Marlins weeks ago. In contrast to Segura, Candelario has posted a 2.7 bWAR so far this season (yes, that’s a difference of over four wins).
There’s no way the Marlins will see anything in Segura’s little hitting streak going into the All-Star break. The options to upgrade at third base between now and the trade deadline start with Candelario.