After making the postseason last year, the Miami Marlins seem to be rebuilding, again. The Fish traded back-to-back reigning batting champion Luis Arraez after getting off to a 9-24 start – they are now 11-32. It's hardly the first time the Marlins have been rebuilding in their brief history , but now, it seems like fans have really had enough.
group of fans protested against team owner Bruce Sherman and what seemingly is the direction of the franchise. 'We are only a few here but the majority of fans are disgusted,' said Luis De Armas, a decades-long Marlins fan and the organizer of Friday's protest. 'We want to continue coming to the games, but not when it remains a losing club. All because of an owner who promised us one thing and did something else.' Arraez hit an MLB-leading .
However, it seems to not necessarily matter who the owner is. Before the current owners took over, Marlins fans already had a long history of watching star players depart. It began with the dismantling of the 1997 World Series-winning club the following season. The core of the Marlins’ second world championship team in 2003 also was traded in subsequent years. The Associated Press contributed to this report.