Blake Murphy

So because this is the Miami Marlins and they only have two players on the roster who make more than two point eight million dollars.

The question very quickly turns to, well, who is he going to be pitching for come August 4th?

Now, it was a pretty interesting.

thought experiment last year.

And we kicked this around on the show, and I kicked it around with people at Blue Jays games.

And last year, obviously, the results weren't there yet.

He had a 536 ERA.

The underlying stuff wasn't nearly as sharp as it is now.

And my question to a lot of people is,

Well, would you take him on if it was just the money?

And that's $17 million this year.

He has a $1 million trade kicker, $21 million owed to him next year, or a $2 million buyout.

Now I think it's no question.

Everyone would take on, any contender would now, and probably look at that $21 million option.

pretty favorably.

Look, the Marlins are a little better than expected.

They're not terrible, but they're the Marlins, and this is a potential free agent who's going to have some trade value.

Do you see him being a... By the way, I should note as well that while he makes $17 million, his hit for the purposes of the CBT is actually lower because of the way that deal was.

Do you see him being pretty attractive and near the top of the... Let's leave Scooble aside.

Near the top of the other class of potential free agent or trade deadline pitchers?