Ex-Dodgers outfielder projected to sign with Marlins after wild season

Free agency will be here before we know it.

The 2024 Major League Baseball regular season is moving extremely quickly. Soon enough, free agency will be here and that means that there will be a lot of movement across the league ahead of the 2025 campaign.

One former member of the Los Angeles Dodgers is a player who could end up being on the move. Former Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo currently plays for the New York Yankees but Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter predicted that he will sign with the Miami Marlins after an inconsistent season.

"Anyone with a pulse who can swing a baseball bat stands to be an offensive upgrade over the Marlins' current lineup, so they will be a logical landing spot for fringe free agents who are struggling to find a guarantee of regular playing time elsewhere," Reuter said. "Rowdy Tellez, Carson Kelly, and Alex Verdugo all fit that above description, and bringing them all aboard on one-year deals would provide an offensive boost while also restocking the cupboard with trade chips. All three players offer upside relative to their likely cost in free agency."

Verdugo had a great start to the season for the Yankees but has been inconsistent at best offensively. He began his big league career with the Dodgers before being traded to the Boston Red Sox in the shocking blockbuster deal centered around Mookie Betts. Boston then flipped Verdugo to the Yankees ahead of the 2024 season.

He will be a free agent at the end of the season and certainly will get an opportunity elsewhere, but not likely in New York.

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