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Report: Miami Marlins Offer Jose Fernandez Six-Year Contract

By Bryan Rose

Apr 11, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (16) delivers to the plate during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 11, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (16) delivers to the plate during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Miami Marlins have extended a six-year contract to ace pitcher Jose Fernandez who is coming off Tommy John surgery.

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On the heels of signing Giancarlo Stanton to the largest contract in professional sports history, the Miami Marlins are at it again though in a significantly reduced capacity.

According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Marlins have offered many of their young stars new contracts including that of ace pitcher Jose Fernandez.

The pitcher who seemingly emerged out of no place to become one of the best arms in baseball missed a significant portion of the Marlins season in 2014 and will be sidelined until June or July after undergoing Tommy John surgery, though the team does not want to wait to lock him up long-term.

That’s the word from Heyman who notes the Marlins have extended a six-year contract offer to Jose Fernandez though he’s uncertain if the two sides will agree upon such.

"Tthe Marlins have made a six-year guaranteed offer said to be worth close to $40 million to ace pitcher Jose Fernandez. There’s still believed to be a lot of work to do, if in fact there’s any realistic chance at all, to lock up Fernandez."

In short the Marlins are essentially betting that Jose Fernandez will regain full health once he returns from his elbow injury and are hoping to buy out a few years of arbitration by fronting him money now. On the flip side, Hernandez has to decide if he wants to take the money and run given the security or if he would prefer to risk things and go into arbitration and also enter free agency earlier.

Assuming he’s to continue on the same path and put up gaudy numbers as he’s done through his first season plus, there’s no reason to believe he’d easily surpass the $40 million he’d make by going through the arbitration process. It doesn’t come without risk though, which the Marlins are likely hoping he understands.

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