Giancarlo Stanton, The Most Exciting Young Slugger In MLB Agrees To MASSIVE $325 Million Deal With Team- But Will He Turn Miami's Fortunes Around?

Giancarlo Stanton has 325 million reasons to smile. The player who came second in this year's NL MVP voting to has just reportedly agreed to a huge deal for 13 years, but will the Miami Marlins put a winning team around the talented young slugger?  

ESPN report that it's the "most lucrative deal for an American athlete and averages $25 million per season, or $154,321 per game".

Further to the dollar amounts, ESPN say that Stanton will have a no-trade clause and a player out after six years. 

Miami owner Jeffrey Loria said "It's a landmark moment for the franchise and Giancarlo, and it's for the city and fans to rally around."

You'd certainly hope so, given that 80 percent of $639 million stadium was paid from the public purse of Miami-Dade county.  As Forbes pointed out, "For starers, the stadium's financing scheme means there will be some $3 billion in interest expenses on the construction loans that will be paid by city and county taxpayers. Worse for taxpayers there is no incentive for Loria to put a good team on the field because the city and county must pay the bondholders regardless of how the team performs." 

Speaking to ESPN Loria added "Giancarlo Stanton has come of age, and he's going to be here a long time. It's wonderful to have a young man this caliber, integrity and ability, and I'm very happy."

Miami haven't made the playoffs since 2003, and have been on the end of five consecutive losing seasons, having not won more than 80 games since 2010. Plus, their 2014 payroll of $52.3 million was the lowest in MLB. But it's certainly good news for Stanton, one of the most electric players in all of baseball.

In 145 games in 2014, Stanton boated a batting average of .288, and on base percentage of .395 and a slugging percentage of .555. He also knocked in 37 home runs, with 105 RBIs, as per baseball-reference.com. As MLB.com points out, his "unmatched power has put him among the game's elite" - despite finishing his season on Sep.11 after being hit in the face by a pitch. 

Regardless of the $325 million, the clincher, says Bleacher Report's Joseph Zucker, is that Stanton is still so young. "The scary thing, at least from a pitcher's perspective, is that Stanton-just 25 years old-is only beginning to reach the peak of his powers. He and [Mike] Trout are ushering in the new generation of stars. There's frankly almost no ceiling for what Stanton can accomplish, especially offensively."

The problem, it still seems, is that Miami need to put a winning team and culture around Stanton... but with a young roster with loads of talent (having traded away most of it in the previous five years), like Jose Fernandez and Christian Yelich, could things could be on the upswing in south Florida?