Aidan Gruber’s MLB Trade Trees website went live at the beginning of the 2021-22 offseason and my only gripe is that I didn’t discover it sooner (h/t Effectively Wild for interviewing Gruber on Friday’s episode). It is a vital resource for anybody following or covering the Marlins considering the franchise’s propensity to trade for—and eventually, trade away—impact talent. Practically every star player throughout the course of Marlins history was/has been/will be involved in a trade during their careers, and the branches of those “trees” often extend farther than you remembered.
Before he established himself as a Hall of Fame-caliber closer, Trevor Hoffman was an original Marlin.