Would the Miami Marlins dare trade Giancarlo Stanton after the season?
Giancarlo Stanton
Skip in Skip  x Embed x Share CLOSE Giancarlo Stanton  is hitting home runs at a ridiculous pace this season  but the distance they are traveling is equally hard to believe.  USA TODAY Sports
Giancarlo Stanton  slugs  his  50th home run of the season -- a two run home run in the eighth inning. (Photo: Jasen Vinlove  USA TODAY Sports)
They want  Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton   and while itâs not realistic now  it could be by the start of the 2018 season.
 Stanton   who passed through waivers without a sniff a few weeks ago  suddenly has a captive audience  hitting  his  50th home run Sunday earlier than any player since Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in 2001.
Despite his exploits  no team has informed the Marlins they would be willing to pay the remainder of  Stanton âs entire salary  a cool $295 million over the next 10 years beginning in 2018.
Yet  not even the Marlins  who will be sold as soon as their season ends to a group led by Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman  are stupid enough to trade  Stanton  now.
 Stanton  will be wearing a Marlinsâ uniform right up until the their season finale on Oct. 1  or longer if they happen to make the playoffs.
The Marlins  with Jeter running the show once the sale closes  will trade  Stanton .
It would be altogether different  of course  if Jeffrey Loria was still owning the team. He would be lampooned to Cuba if he dared trade  Stanton .
The difference now  of course  is that when  Stanton  is traded  Jeter will be in charge.
The Marlins  who want to keep their payroll around $100 million  simply canât have one-third of their payroll tied into one player  no matter how many homers  Stanton  hits.
Letâs face it  considering  Stanton âs injury-plagued past   his  trade value may never be higher.
The Cardinals have the money  and certainly the most prospects of any team interested in  Stanton   but  Stanton  also has complete no-trade rights. Itâs unknown what teams  he  would be willing to approve a trade.
 Stanton âs preference would be the Dodgers  where  he  grew up in the Los Angeles area and still lives during the offseason. But sorry  the Dodgersâ days of wild spending are over  vowing to shed payroll.
Letâs see if  Stanton  can hit two more home runs this month and break Rudy Yorkâs record of 18 homers in August of 1937; hit 12 more homers to pass Maris; or even continue this crazy tear and produce a 70-homer season.
When itâs all over  and he puts away his bats for the winter  we can watch  Stanton  establish yet another record.
Skip in Skip  x Embed x Share CLOSE  [TGT] is hitting home runs at a ridiculous pace this season  but the distance they are traveling is equally hard to believe.   [TGT] 
slugs   [TGT]   50th home run of the season -- a two run home run in the eighth inning. (Photo: Jasen Vinlove  USA TODAY Sports)
They want   [TGT] and while itâs not realistic now  it could be by the start of the 2018 season.
  [TGT] suddenly has a captive audience  hitting   [TGT]   50th home run Sunday earlier than any player since Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in 2001.
Despite his exploits  no team has informed the Marlins they would be willing to pay the remainder of   [TGT]  âs entire salary  a cool $295 million over the next 10 years beginning in 2018.
Yet  not even the Marlins  who will be sold as soon as their season ends to a group led by Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman  are stupid enough to trade   [TGT] now.
  [TGT] will be wearing a Marlinsâ uniform right up until the their season finale on Oct. 1  or longer if they happen to make the playoffs.
The Marlins  with Jeter running the show once the sale closes  will trade   [TGT]  .
It would be altogether different  of course  if Jeffrey Loria was still owning the team. He would be lampooned to Cuba if he dared trade   [TGT] 
The difference now  of course  is that when   [TGT] is traded  Jeter will be in charge.
The Marlins  who want to keep their payroll around $100 million  simply canât have one-third of their payroll tied into one player  no matter how many homers   [TGT] hits.
Letâs face it  considering   [TGT]  injury-plagued past    [TGT]   trade value may never be higher.
The Cardinals have the money  and certainly the most prospects of any team interested in   [TGT] but   [TGT] also has complete no-trade rights.  [TGT]  unknown what teams   [TGT]   would be willing to approve a trade.
  [TGT]  would be the Dodgers  where   [TGT]   grew up in the Los Angeles area and still lives during the offseason. But sorry  the Dodgersâ days of wild spending are over  vowing to shed payroll.
Letâs see if   [TGT] can hit two more home runs this month and break Rudy Yorkâs record of 18 homers in August of 1937; hit 12 more homers to pass Maris; or even continue this crazy tear and produce a 70-homer season.
When itâs all over  and he puts away his bats for the winter  we can watch   [TGT] establish yet another record.