The Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds' fanbases have been dreaming for weeks of a reunion with Eugenio Suarez.
The Arizona Diamondbacks' third baseman played seven seasons in Cincinnati, including a magnificent 49-homer campaign. He also spent two seasons in Seattle.
Now, Suarez is the top hitter available heading toward the MLB trade deadline, with 36 home runs and counting this season.
But ESPN's Bradford Doolittle sees an alternative route here in his next expert trade idea released on Tuesday: Suarez to the Marlins.
"The third baseman heads to Miami in exchange for starting pitching prospect Noble Meyer," Doolittle writes. "Yeah, it's a stupid trade, but you know what? The Marlins owe their fans a little stupid because they've had plenty of the cheap. It doesn't seem as if anybody has noticed, but Miami has been playing good baseball for more than two months. The Marlins are still seven games back from the last National League wild-card spot, so their playoff odds barely register. But I still say go for it. If anything, it would be a good response to Ichiro Suzuki saying at the Hall of Fame induction this past weekend that before he had signed with the Marlins, he had never heard of them. This would keep Suarez away from Ichiro's Mariners, so, at the very least, the deal would be sweet revenge."
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It'd be crazy if Suarez went from a target for the likes of the Yankees, Cubs and Tigers to the third baseman for the Marlins.
It'd be a chance for Miami to show it's serious about building a contender, now and in the future.
But it'd be a bummer for every other fanbase that has imagined Suarez in their uniform, like the Mariners and Reds.
The MLB trade deadline often has a twist. Maybe the Marlins will provide it?
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