Per multiple reports, the Marlins and Starling Marte have failed to find common ground on a contract extension, which will culminate in a trade in the coming days. Ely Sussman reacts to the club's poor handling of the Marte situation (0:50) and dives deep into what we saw from Pablo López this season prior to his rotator cuff injury (6:00).

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