Marlins mascot getting makeover?

What you see above is the future subject of children throughout South Florida's nightmares, what appears to be the love child of Bugs Bunny, Dumbo the Elephant and one of the demon monkeys from the Wizard of Oz with watercolor palette spilled on top of it. Only it's supposed to be a friendly Marlin. Billy the Marlin to be precise. At least the image on the left is according to the team's official website, although it hasn't been confirmed by the team just yet. Yes, this is supposedly the modified mascot of the newly rebranded Miami Marlins. The first image of the mascot came from the Marlins' official site although again, the team hasn't issued a release announcing the unveiling of the new mascot nor have they set a timeline for when they plan on doing so. The second image was leaked by a Marlins fan on Twitter earlier today so it's entirely possible that this is all a test balloon to determine how fans are going to react. Let's take a look at th...