'We can compete:' Marlins, without Derek Jeter, open spring camp

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The Miami Marlins have money. All that remains unknown is how and when they’ll be choosing to spend.

And neither of those answers may come anytime soon.

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The Marlins opened camp — their first in five years without Derek Jeter as part of the team’s leadership group — on Monday with some traditional signs of spring-training optimism. There was a team meeting with plenty of applause when it was over, followed by club officials talking about the levels of hope they have for the months ahead.

"We can compete," Marlins principal owner Bruce Sherman said. "We’re a successful, wealthy ownership group. We have to see the production on the field and we will add the appropriate pieces at the appropriate time to win continually and consistently."

Sherman didn’t offer much on the Fed. 28 departure of Jeter, nor did Kim Ng, the general manager hired by a Hall of Famer who spent two decades starring at shortstop for the New York Yankees. Both said questions about why Jeter and the club had a difference in vision for the future should be directed to Jeter.

Ng acknowledged that she was "very saddened" when she heard that Jeter was leaving the organization.

A detailed view of the 2018 Spring Training MLB logo during the spring training game between the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins at George M. Steinbrenner Field on March 18, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (B51/Mark Brown/Getty Images)

"Derek gave me my opportunity here," Ng said. "And we’ve known each other for a long time. I was very surprised. But in terms of me doing my job, it’s going to be business as usual."

Ng’s approach may not change.

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