• In Case You Wondered: The Marlins Proposed the Trade

  • We’ve all wondered how the trade happens and in this Detroit-loving article by Jason Stark, we discover that after the Tigers rejected the Marlins’ Cabrera for Miller and Maybin offer, the Marlins came back with the 8 player lineup (meaning: included Dontrelle) and Detroit said yes.

    Also, the Marlins wanted Mike Rabelo because bench coach Carlos Tosca had managed him before and liked him.

    Oh, and one bit of commentary. Trading away your entire minor league system and spending millions on free agents doesn’t make your GM a genius. For every good GM like Dave Dombrowski there is an incompetent GM like Omar Minaya.

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  • Rule 5 Draft: Pick Then Trade for Cash

  • The Rule 5 Draft just concluded and the Marlins picked up RHP Jose (don’t call him Che) Guevara from the Reds and then traded him to the Padres for cash. Since the Marlins have to guarantee him a spot on the roster, it’s safe to say that they simply didn’t have room for the screwball pitcher.

    Let’s hope this wasn’t a mistake, such as the last time we picked a pitcher in the draft and traded him away.

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