Marlins pitcher Andrew Cashner recently indicated that he would be interested in re-signing with Miami as a free agent if the organization gets rid of its no-beard policy.
Cashner, who sported a thick beard for years with the Padres before being traded to Miami this season, told the Miami Herald that the Marlins' facial-hair rule "is a big deal to me in free agency."
Cashner, who is scheduled to become a free agent after this season, has gone with a clean-shaven look since joining the Marlins on July 29 but admitted to the Herald that "I still hate" the team's policy.
Marlins manager Don Mattingly, who famously feuded with the Yankees and former owner George Steinbrenner over the length of his hair in 1991, addressed his current organization's policy on facial hair.
"It's just who we want to be as an organization," Mattingly told the Herald. "It's nothing like it makes us better or makes us more disciplined."
Cashner, 29, has gone 1-4 with a 4.78 ERA in eight games -- seven starts -- with the Marlins.
