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  • Veteran Leadership: Marlins Re-Sign Wes Helms

  • The Florida Marlins are bringing back Wes Helms with a 2-year deal:

    Helms reaffirmed his desire to stay with the team on Friday when he agreed to terms on a two-year, $1.9 million contract. The 32-year-old, who batted .243 with five home runs and 31 RBIs in 132 games this past year, will make $950,000 in both 2009 and ’10.

    Wes didn’t put up stellar numbers but was a reliable veteran who has been nothing but a positive influence on the club. The 2-year commitment suggests the Loria and Beinfest are starting to think long-term, not just building small and cheap for 1-year at a time.

    This move happened a couple of day after the Fish outrighted Alejandro De Aza, Lee Gardner, Henry Owens and Doug Waechter to the Minors.

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  • Marlins [Almost] Finalize Roster

  • The 2008 Florida Marlins roster is now set. Our starting rotation is Mark Hendrickson, Rick VandenHurk, Andrew Miller, and Scott Olsen with Ricky Nolasco likely taking in the fifth slot when it comes up.

    Update: Sorry, it’s not completely final. We need confirmation that Jason Wood is also on the team.

    Update 2: If Jeremy Hermida ends up on the DL, Alexis Gomez will take his spot on the roster.

    Our full roster is as follows:

    Pitchers B/T Height Weight Birth
    48 Lee Gardner R/R 6-0 220 01/16/75
    63 Kevin Gregg R/R 6-6 240 06/20/78
    30 Mark Hendrickson L/L 6-9 240 06/23/74
    19 Logan Kensing R/R 6-1 185 07/03/82
    22 Matt Lindstrom R/R 6-4 210 02/11/80
    23 Andrew Miller L/L 6-6 210 05/21/85
    32 Justin Miller R/R 6-2 200 08/27/77
    47 Ricky Nolasco R/R 6-2 220 12/13/82
    34 Scott Olsen L/L 6-5 215 01/12/84
    37 Renyel Pinto L/L 6-4 215 07/08/82
    57 Taylor Tankersley L/L 6-1 220 03/07/83
    56 Rick VandenHurk R/R 6-5 195 05/22/85
     
    Catchers B/T Height Weight Birth
    58 Mike Rabelo S/R 6-1 210 01/17/80
    20 Matt Treanor R/R 6-0 210 03/03/76
     
    Infielders B/T Height Weight Birth
    3 Jorge Cantu R/R 6-3 200 01/30/82
    17 Mike Jacobs L/R 6-3 215 10/30/80
    2 Hanley Ramirez R/R 6-3 200 12/23/83
    6 Dan Uggla R/R 5-11 200 03/11/80
     
    Outfielders B/T Height Weight Birth
    4 Alfredo Amezaga S/R 5-10 180 01/16/78
    7 Alejandro De Aza L/L 6-0 175 04/11/84
    26 Luis Gonzalez L/R 6-2 210 09/03/67
    27 Jeremy Hermida L/R 6-3 210 01/30/84
    12 Cody Ross R/L 5-9 205 12/23/80
    14 Josh Willingham R/R 6-2 215 02/17/79

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  • The Future is Later: Maybin to AA

  • Looks like we’ll have to wait to see Cameron Maybin. The Marlins just optioned him to AA meaning Alejandro De Aza is our starting CF. I hope this was a tough choice because Maybin looks like he’s almost ready for the bigs. Either the team feels he would be harmed by playing in the majors right now or they really have aggressive goals for the season and think that De Aza and Cody Ross will allow us to compete for this elusive goal. Don’t feel bad for Maybin, he doesn’t turn 21 until April 4th.

    Update: Cody Ross will actually start on opening day because we will be facing a lefty (Johan Santana).

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