Fish Stripes · May 12, 2022
Time to worry? Marlins’ big offensive acquisitions are still struggling
Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García were supposed to be huge improvements for the 2022 Marlins’ lineup. Overall, the team is off to a better offensive start than 2021—they have a 103 wRC+ through the first 31 games compared to a 87 wRC+ through the same period last year.
However, Soler and García have had very little to do with that. They entered Wednesday with a 0.4 bWAR and -0.2 bWAR, respectively. The Marlins devoted most of their offseason spending to the pair of veteran outfielders with the expectation that they would be everyday players, which has made their underperformance impossible to ignore.