Could The Miami Marlins trade Jazz Chisholm?
Except for the fact the Miami Marlins can’t trade Chisholm … at least not for any package a team might actually offer them.
As in everything related to the Marlins franchise, it all goes back to their history. Particularly, their history of trading away stars just when they were starting to become expensive. Their history of trading away players the South Florida community had embraced. Miguel Cabrera. Hanley Ramirez. Giancarlo Stanton. The cores of 1997 and 2003 championship teams. In the view of the average South Florida baseball fan, it would not be an overestimation to say that Chisholm is already viewed in a similar fashion. If the Marlins did trade him, even if it was a trade that every ESPN analyst praised as an A+ fleecing, the reaction from the community would probably be something much more akin “those same old Marlins” rather than getting excited for next season.
So unless Chisholm can be flipped for Juan Soto or Mike Trout, he’s arguably untradable.
Of course, as mentioned, the best case scenario is that Chisholm is every bit the superstar he bills himself as being. He’s already a must-watch player, and one under club control through 2026. Plenty of time to extend, with plenty of season left in 2023 to help Miami in making that determination. There’s no denying the talent.
Yet there’s also no denying that to this point, the Miami Marlins do indeed have a Jazz Chisholm problem. And it’s one they must find the right solution to.