A line is drawn each summer between buyers and sellers when the MLB trade deadline arrives, and each group has a different goal in mind. For buyers, the focus…
Today’s chapter features three Marlins from yesteryear.
The Miami and Florida Marlins have employed a total of 630 players through their first 28 seasons of major league play. We’re currently in the final bracket comprised of players with 800 or more PA/BF accrued while with the franchise. Players are sorted in ascending bWAR divided by PA/BF. Today’s group of three finished the Marlins’ leg of their careers with slightly positive bWAR values.
Juan Encarnación is a six-foot-two right-handed outfielder from Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic. In 1992, he signed with the Detroit Tigers through free agency at the age of 16.