Throughout the past year-and-a-half, Marlins leadership has been preaching patience. Cleaning up the mess that they inherited will be a meticulous process, and allowing the temptation of winning now to influence their decisions could hinder or even derail the rebuild.
But within a long-term plan are individual crises. Lewis Brinson desperately needs help and the Marlins are not handling his situation with the appropriate urgency. Revitalizing the former top prospect should be the franchise’s No. 1 priority.
Replacing Brinson on the active roster would inadvertently help the 2019 Marlins win, because it’s hard to imagine any replacement being worse.