The recent stake sale of the Marlins will “help pay off a portion of the team’s debt” and gives the team “more money in the coffers with portent of MLB instituting a salary cap and floor in 2027,” according to Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD. That cap and floor might only arrive if owners “have the intestinal fortitude to lock out players next year as long as it takes to get this done.” A source confirmed that Marlins owner Bruce Sherman recently sold 15% of the franchise to two families with South Florida residences. Sportico first reported the transaction. The deal “pocketed Sherman…

