This will be the third installment of my 2021 midseason article series presenting the framework for Marlins trades that could hypothetically happen right now. Those last two words are key, because my ideas tend to age very quickly—it’s no longer realistic to expect the Fish to invest millions of dollars in a rental infielder or flip Garrett Cooper for younger talent (he’s on the injured list with a lumbar strain). But I swear, they made sense in the moment!
In October 2018, the Marlins sent reliever Kyle Barraclough to the Nationals for international bonus pool money.