Late to the party on this one but I think its an odd signing by Stanton in the short term and bad for the Marlins in the long term. I Stanton continues to play the way he currently is, he's going to opt out and look for a bigger payday so the Marlins get him fairly cheap for 6 years. However, if he plays shit, gets hurt, starts to decline, then he wont opt out, collect a boat load of money and the Marlins cant trade him. I do wonder if Stantons agent just wanted to be the first one to say he negotiated a 300mill deal even though it may not happen. I think int he short term the Marlins have the money, as they raked the MLB for revenue sharing the last few years and had their new stadium paid for by the tax payers of Florida. If Stanton remains a Marlin for the duration of this contract he is gonna put it right in Loria's stinker.