While we have done a good job of celebrating what the Miami Marlins have done this off-season in free agency and with trades that will benefit the team for the future, a few moves by their National League East counterparts have me a bit concerned.
I was ready to handover the National League MVP to J.T. Realmuto prior to last season. Given that the last two MVP award winners played for the Marlins prior to their award-winning seasons – meaning Giancarlo Stanton before he joined the New York Yankees and Christian Yelich before he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers – it seemed only fair to expect another trophy being placed on the mantle of a former Marlins slugger.