January 5, 201214 yr Its a good move nothing great. I still think we need to do more, were getting a lot of iffy guys. Reyes (injuries) Buehrle (number 2 or number 3 starter?) and Big Z (the attitude/tirade/ragefit) I guess after your name was in the running for Pujols though you tend to be greedy and want the best of the best, speaking of myself as a fan of course. Just keep making moves! MOAR! Greedy yes. Didn't expect much from there is prior years so I have quickly become spoiled after winter meetings.
January 5, 201214 yr I've stayed realistic. However, if we snag Hamels and Cain next off-season, I'll be spoiled.
January 5, 201214 yr Lol @ Ken Rosenthal http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/carlos-zambrano-addition-to-miami-marlins-makes-south-beach-the-place-to-be-in-2012-010412 [Not a fan of the "exclusive interviews" part, but ... eh.] To: Rick Jaffe, Senior VP, FOXSports.com From: Ken Subject: Request for reassignment Rick, Much as I enjoy covering all 30 teams as the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com, the time has come for a change. I am writing to ask that you allow me to cover the Miami Marlins full time next season. For the good of the company, of course. I’ll take the Fish. Morosi can take the 29 other teams, including the pathetic Yankees and Red Sox, who suddenly are too cheap to sign utility infielders, much less starting pitchers who might actually help them beat the low-rent Rays. Trust me, Rick, this has nothing to do with any desire of mine to live in Miami, party on South Beach and work at a new ballpark — I’m not that selfish. You know me, Rick, it’s all about the story. And the Fish are about to make the old Bronx Zoo look like a petting zoo, turn Little Havana into their very own baseball asylum. It all hit me Wednesday when the Marlins reached an agreement to send righty Chris Volstad to the Cubs for right-hander Carlos Zambrano and a psychiatrist to be named later. Actually, one shrink won’t be nearly enough. You remember the old line about the Red Sox, 25 cabs for 25 players? The Marlins need 25 couches for 25 players, plus more for manager Ozzie Guillen, the front office and owner Jeffrey Loria, who surely is about to guarantee 130 wins. Rick, this is a team that will require daily “analysis,� not just from professional “counselors,� but also baseball-writing hacks like myself. I am ready to serve. Bill Reiter covered the Miami Heat full time for FOXSports.com last season, did he not? King James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh weren’t one-tenth as entertaining as Ozzie, Big Z and Hanley Ramirez will be. Not to mention Logan Morrison, the beloved @LoMoMarlins on Twitter, who engaged in this glorious exchange with Ozzie on Tuesday night. (Please ignore the typos. These two work without filters, much less editors.) @LoMoMarlins: “I really hope Ozzies on-field instructions r easier 2 understand than his tweets. I literally have no idea what this dude is talking about.� @OzzieGuillen: “If you need instructions you are in big troble with me. Good players don’t need that lol. Happy new years.� Rick, need I remind you that it is only early January. Wait until spring training, the regular season and — one can only hope — the postseason. In fact, I already can promise you the following exclusives: • Ozzie ripping LeBron. • Hanley ripping Jose Reyes. • Big Z “retiring.� • Morrison ripping team management. The latter two stories, of course, will be encore presentations, reprises from last season. But don’t worry, I’ll make ‘em sing. You may recall, I have histories with Guillen and Zambrano — histories that I am ready to exploit for one scoop after another. Guillen is at or near the top of my “Managers on the Hot Seat� column every spring. Last season I dropped him to No. 2, just behind the Athletics’ Bob Geren, just ahead of the Marlins’ Edwin Rodriguez. Pretty fortuitous, if I do say so myself, but Ozzie immediately began squawking on Twitter, saying he would take my job, etc. ... To quote LoMo, I literally had no idea what the dude was talking about. I reminded Ozzie on Twitter that when he worked for FOX during the 2010 postseason, he pledged to wear a bow tie in a heartwarming display of network solidarity — and never did anything of the sort. Ozzie responded that he would wear a bow tie the following postseason, at which point I reminded him that his goal should be to manage in the postseason, not broadcast in it. And you wonder why Oz no longer is managing the White Sox. With Big Z, I must admit, the situation was a little more tense. I mean, it isn’t often that a player screams at a field reporter in the middle of a nationally televised game, right? Well, it happened last June. And it might have been the only incident involving Big Z over the last several years for which he received an apology. From yours truly, of course. Big Z had told me he was willing to waive his no-trade clause. I reported that on FOXSports.com and on the MLB on FOX broadcast. Big Z also had told me that he loved Chicago, loved Cubs fans and wanted to stay with the team. I included that in my FOXSports.com report, but failed to mention it on TV. Evidently, Big Z was listening. He yelled at me from the end of the dugout — yelled because it was loud and difficult to hear, not because he was in his usual assault-the-water-cooler state. For once, he actually had a point. I said so during the broadcast, and later on FOXSports.com. Accountable guy that he is, I’m sure that Big Z remembers how accountable I was to him. I’ll probably end up writing his biography, don’t you think? Rick, I beg you: Turn me loose. Let others cover baseball as usual. I’ll take Miami.
January 5, 201214 yr I always saw this or Johan trade to Miami because of the Ozzie influence and the need for pitching, I think the marlins are doing great with paying 2.5 - 3 million for a 5th starter that could potentially be somewhat decent or at the worst a good innings eater at the back end of the rotation. Regardless this is a very good low risk, high reward for the fish If we could pick up Johan, too, that'd be amazing. hes getting paid like 23mil next year. no way the mets eat that. or half of that even.
January 5, 201214 yr I always saw this or Johan trade to Miami because of the Ozzie influence and the need for pitching, I think the marlins are doing great with paying 2.5 - 3 million for a 5th starter that could potentially be somewhat decent or at the worst a good innings eater at the back end of the rotation. Regardless this is a very good low risk, high reward for the fish If we could pick up Johan, too, that'd be amazing. hes getting paid like 23mil next year. no way the mets eat that. or half of that even. They're still paying Bobby Bonilla...
January 5, 201214 yr Author It's a done deal. Zambrano also waives his vesting option for next year. He could earn an extra 100K if he wins Comeback player of the year.
January 5, 201214 yr It's a done deal. Zambrano also waives his vesting option for next year. He could earn an extra 100K if he wins Comeback player of the year. I hope he finishes 2nd in comeback player of the year, just post an ERA around 2, solid.
January 5, 201214 yr Author Carlos Zambrano "is ecstatic... delighted" about coming to #Marlins, says a person close to Big Z -Joe C.
January 5, 201214 yr Carlos Zambrano "is ecstatic... delighted" about coming to #Marlins, says a person close to Big Z -Joe C. Maybe he'll keep his temper in check, then. 27-2, 1.17 ERA, 0.41 WHIP.
January 5, 201214 yr if the Marlins aren't featured on Showtime's "The Franchise" next season I'm going to be pissed
January 5, 201214 yr I always saw this or Johan trade to Miami because of the Ozzie influence and the need for pitching, I think the marlins are doing great with paying 2.5 - 3 million for a 5th starter that could potentially be somewhat decent or at the worst a good innings eater at the back end of the rotation. Regardless this is a very good low risk, high reward for the fish If we could pick up Johan, too, that'd be amazing. hes getting paid like 23mil next year. no way the mets eat that. or half of that even. they would have to eat almost all of it but not with the Marlins and surely not with any other team that can see him pitch, if he's moved it wouldnt be until the all star break, he has to show that he's healthy.
January 5, 201214 yr Author #Marlins Admin Beinfest says rotation is set. "We feel good about these guys." -Frisaro Just as I thought.
January 5, 201214 yr Author Beinfest said #Marlins rotation is set, doesnt anticipate more changes; Ozzie will decide the order but JJ & Buehrle will go 1, 2 -Joe Capozzi
January 5, 201214 yr JJ Buehrle Nolasco Zambrano Sanchez God, if they can stay healthy and consistent, that is one hell of a rotation. Not the best in the bigs, but better than anything we have had in a while.
January 5, 201214 yr http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcFUKXUH1TY What an asshole. This guy's a dick. The nerve of this guy :jacobs
January 5, 201214 yr JJ Buehrle Nolasco Zambrano Sanchez God, if they can stay healthy and consistent, that is one hell of a rotation. Not the best in the bigs, but better than anything we have had in a while. Do you really think that Anibal Sanchez is a No. 5 starter and Ricky Nolasco is a No. 3 or is that just a random listing?
January 5, 201214 yr JJ Buehrle Nolasco Zambrano Sanchez God, if they can stay healthy and consistent, that is one hell of a rotation. Not the best in the bigs, but better than anything we have had in a while. Do you really think that Anibal Sanchez is a No. 5 starter and Ricky Nolasco is a No. 3 or is that just a random listing? I'm assuming that's just a random listing
January 5, 201214 yr I love how every news reporter now thinks Volstad will turn into a stud... The dude is so bad
January 5, 201214 yr I'm in Charleston, SC and the Marlins are the talk of the town here too. MIA has become a sports Mecca/tinderbox with all the teams getting headlines nationwide. If the Fish pick up Cespedes.... game over. FEAR THE "M"
January 5, 201214 yr What an asshole. This guy's a dick. Parents trust their kids with this guy? What is the world coming to
January 5, 201214 yr JJ Buehrle Nolasco Zambrano Sanchez God, if they can stay healthy and consistent, that is one hell of a rotation. Not the best in the bigs, but better than anything we have had in a while. Do you really think that Anibal Sanchez is a No. 5 starter and Ricky Nolasco is a No. 3 or is that just a random listing? JJ Buehrle Nolasco Zambrano Sanchez God, if they can stay healthy and consistent, that is one hell of a rotation. Not the best in the bigs, but better than anything we have had in a while. Do you really think that Anibal Sanchez is a No. 5 starter and Ricky Nolasco is a No. 3 or is that just a random listing? I'm assuming that's just a random listing I was just going by who would be in the rotation, in no particular order.
January 5, 201214 yr http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcFUKXUH1TY What an asshole. This guy's a dick. Wait... what happened here?
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