25-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jeremy Hermida’s career with the Marlins is likely over. The Marlins will likely not tender him a contract for 2010 making him a free agent. Hermida played in 129 games for the Marlins this season and he was 111 for 429 (.259 avg, .740 OPS) with 48 runs scored, 13 homers, 47 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Hermida has now played in 516 games in his career with the Fish and he is 452 for 1,708 (.265 avg, .769 OPS) with 222 runs scored, 57 homers, 210 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. It’s unlikely that Hermida would ever live up to his ability with the Marlins and he would need to have a manager like Ozzie Guillen or Lou Piniella to get the best out of him.

22-year old righty swinging CF Cameron Maybin came into this season as the Marlins’ #1 prospect according to Baseball America. He was the key player the Marlins got back in the Miguel Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis trade with the Tigers and he hasn’t shown anything yet…but he is still young. Maybin was great in the minors this season playing in 82 games in AAA-ball in which he was 95 for 298 (.319 avg, .862 OPS) with 44 runs scored, 3 homers, 39 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. But in the majors he has looked lost for the Marlins. Maybin has played in 46 games for the Marlins this season and he is 32 for 146 (.219 avg, .636 OPS) with 23 runs scored, 2 homers, 7 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has also whiffed 47 times for the Marlins often looking terrible at the plate. The Marlins are banking on Maybin living up to his ability soon.

The Marlins have to be disappointed with Cameron Maybin’s production so far this season. Maybin has played in 22 games for the Marlins this season and he is 16 for 74 (.216 avg, .622 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 1 homer, 3 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Maybin has looked overmatched at times this season as he has whiffed 26 times already this season. The Marlins might be forced to stick with Maybin a while longer as they don’t have much behind him. Alfredo Amezaga would probably get the first chance to replace him in CF but he’s not hitting the ball either. Amezaga has played in 17 games for the Marlins this season and he is 10 for 42 (.238 avg, .590 OPS) with 4 runs scored and 4 RBIs.

Don’t be surprised if the Marlins attempt to trade Jeremy Hermida over the winter. He has been injury prone until this season so the Marlins wanted to see what he could do with a full season of at bats. Well he got them this season and he proved to be a subpar player for a starting RF. He has played in 139 games for the Marlins this season and he is 124 for 499 (.248 avg, .728 OPS) with 74 runs scored, 17 homers, 61 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. It’s possible that the Marlins could get burned by trading Hermida because of his youth but I have doubts that he’ll ever be much better than he is right now.

Joe Borchard and Jeremy Hermida have been the Marlins rightfielders for most of the season and they have been awful.  Hermida got a late start to the season because of an injury in Spring Training but that is no excuse for his poor performance in the 1st half of the season.  Hermida is hitting only .231 with 17 runs scored, 8 homers and 27 RBIs in 173 atbats this season.  He has hit for some power as you can see but he has whiffed 51 times this season and he is the worst defensive rightfielder in the major leagues right now.  Hermida needs to start living up to his glowing scouting reports of the past.  Borchard is just an awful baseball player and he always has been.  Borchard is hitting .198 with 19 runs scored, 4 homers and 19 RBIs in 167 atbats this season.  He also has whiffed an amazing 56 times this season.  The Marlins should just cut this guy loose because he has absolutely no upside….what you see is what you get with Borchard.