It's an offseason with a lot of questions and very few answers so far for the Miami Marlins, who face an offseason like no other. And while the team's president of baseball operations, Peter Bendix, usually holds his cards close to his vest, he did reveal some of his thoughts about where the team stands and what it's focusing on.

The 41-year-old executive offered some thoughts to colleagues Mark Feinsand and Christina De Nicola, of both the Marlins Beat Newsletter and MLB.com, that revealed some of his thoughts on what he was focusing on. And for the first time, we got a little more insight into where the Fish may be swimming next.

Bendix was questioned about whether the team would seek a starting pitcher, and he cited what the organization has in the fold right now. And while he left the door open for a potential newcomer, it sounds like efforts to add a rotation member are on the back burner.

"I feel very good about the rotation right now," Bendix said. "I feel very good about the pitchers that we're going to be returning. I think we have strong top-end [arms]. I think we've got strong depth. I think we've got guys that can take a step forward. We've got young guys coming back from injury."

"We kind of have all different flavors of pitchers that I think could be very, very good. And we're also open to external additions, too."

That may sound surprising to many supporters in South Florida, as the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation are still largely unsettled, with names like 2026 holdover Janson Junk, top prospect Thomas White, and a handful of relievers/starters who could fill those places. 

The Marlins' 2026 bullpen finished with a 4.15 ERA, and they blew 23 saves out of 58 opportunities. That's a pretty bumpy year late in games, especially with free-agent closer Pete Fairbanks struggling after they brought him in.

So, when he was asked about the bullpen, he was quick to answer. He also narrowed in on the left side of relief corps. From the sounds of it, Bendix would like to add a solid southpaw to the current group.

"[Left-handed relief is] probably among the higher things that we could need," the baseball boss stated. "[We're] also very excited about what Dax Fulton showed us. As he pitched more out of the bullpen, we kind of saw the stuff tick up, the confidence grow."

"That  doesn't mean we couldn't use other left-handed relievers also, but I think Dax showed that he could be pretty good."

Looking ahead, Bendix doesn't feel the need to make any radical changes. And that makes sense. Staying the course seems to have been his steady approach since beginning the team's current youth movement.

"We think we are in a really strong spot organizationally, which is a great place to be. We want to get better. It's also harder to get better when you have a lot of good players. [It] doesn't mean we won't try.

"[It] doesn't mean we can't get better. But I don't view any particular spot as one in which we're circling and saying, Oh man, this is the one thing we really, really need."