It’s a shame that he doesn’t get more attention.  If he were playing in a big market, you’d hear his name when people discuss Jimmy Rollins, Derek Jeter, and Jose Reyes, but because he plays in an empty ballpark for a bad team 81 times a year, he gets no pub, and it in part cost him any shot of the NL MVP last year.  He was a legit candidate but was clearly overshadowed by guys like Matt Holliday and J-Roll, who were both deserving, don’t get me wrong.  Hopefully they get everything situated down there…get a new ballpark, develop a talented team and KEEP IT THAT WAY (I’m talking to you Jeff Loria), and he’ll get his deserved props.

Watching this guy makes me so glad that the Red Sox traded him away, and I bet they’d regret it too if they didn’t get Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell in return.  That almost makes it fair, but I’d still have to say advantage: Marlins.