Florida Marlins Cody Ross says that front office will go looking for outside help by the July 31st deadline if the Marlins are around .500. However, if the team continues to lose, then expect a fire sale from South Beach.

“If we’re around .500, I think they would potentially make a move to help us out,” Ross said. “Obviously, everyone in [the clubhouse] wants to add. We want to let somebody help us rather than see some of us gone.”

The team has a history of going after help come trade deadline. According to Clark Spencer of The Miami Herald, “The Marlins were 54-49 on July 31 last season when they traded for first baseman Nick Johnson. They were 48-45 on July 11, 2003, when they made the trade for reliever Ugueth Urbina.”

The team is hoping for a lengthy winning streak to get them back into a race. The longest winning streak they had this year is four games.

“We’re waiting for that spark to get us going and get on that roll and try to ride that wave, but we haven’t been able to do it so far,” Ross said. “We definitely don’t want to fall further behind than what we are right now.”