Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton rounds second base as he hit a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

SAN FRANCISCO–Let’s image that the Giants can make some kind of a deal with the Marlins (who will have new owners and want to reduce payroll) would Giancarlo Stanton with the Giants in 2018 be the difference? Many are thinking about that, but I believe they need more than Stanton. The Miami Marlins now have Derek Jeter as part of the new ownership, he is investing $25 million, and he will pay himself a salary of $5 million per year, as a businessman he will make that money and then some. The other main owners realize this is Miami, where baseball has never and will never be king. I was raised in Southern Florida (Dade County, Miami) to be exact and down there Friday High School football is huge, and any kind of football, from the Hurricanes of the University of Miami to the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. The Fox Sports television contract with the Miami Marlins is one of the smaller in major league baseball, between a television network and a team.

The Florida Marlins won two World Series earlier in their existence, in 1997 and 2003. The Marlins were born in 1993. However, they broke those teams and got rid of all their star players, prompting an exodus of season ticket holders and others in the very tough baseball market that is Miami. With the new owners coming along they’re probably looking to get rid of some salaries, there are players that can be obtained from the Marlins like Yellich, Gordon, Osuna and even Giancarlo Stanton, who is on his way to 60 home runs this season and has enough power to hit it out to the San Francisco International Airport. That is a slugger that the Giants really need. But would he alone make a difference? I do not believe so. He will make Posey and other hitters much better. A trade for Stanton from the Marlins side they would probably want guys like Bumgarner and Panek, at least, maybe more. Plus Stanton alone would not make a difference if you do not have much more. Teams would pitch around that lineup.

But the Giants lack of power is a glaring issue for this team right now. Everybody these days have two,three, or more guys in lineups with 20 plus home runs, not the Giants. They have done it with great pitching in the past, but that is not there, at least this season.

The fact remains the Giants have 54 wins as the conclusion of play today, Sunday September 3, 2017, (with 22 games remaining) as they just lost three out of four games to the St Louis Cardinals, a team with a group of young and talented players, something that the Giants do not have in riches today.

One player will not make the difference for the Giants, I can care less, if it is Stanton, Bonds or Babe Ruth, this team needs an influx of young players because with Pence and Belt, they are not going to do it in 2018. The Giants prospects are not in the top 100 of Major League Baseball, they do have the money, so they might want to pay Stanton if the Marlins decide to unload his salary to the Giants, because the new owners in Miami are no fools, and they know in that market even if they win they still have a hard time bringing fans into their ballpark.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio talent for the A’s, the Spanish TV talent for the Angels, and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com