CINCINNATI -- The Marlins have no intention of trading their core pieces before the July 31 trade deadline, preferring to leave those decisions to the team’s next owner.
In other words, don’t expect any headline-grabbers over the coming week.
President of baseball operations Michael Hill said Sunday that the Marlins are telling teams they’re not interested in trading Giancarlo Stanton, Justin Bour, Christian Yelich, J.T. Realmuto, Marcell Ozuna and Dan Straily.
“Those guys are core, controllable pieces,” Hill said, acknowledging that the uncertainty about ownership is one of the key reasons for the team’s reluctance to dealing a handful of their marquee players.