November 19, 201213 yr Championship level talent. Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know Jeff Mathis - nope I don't understand how Marisnick is a notch below the others? He's the best prospect we got back in the trade... I am skeptical on all of them, but especially Marisnick. When a 21 year old player gets that kind of praise and then is said to be "at least" 2 years away, i consider that to mean there is nothing to it.
November 20, 201213 yr I've always wanted Billy Beane especially after seeing "Moneyball" Too much information, dude. And you know that was Brad Pitt, not the real Billy Beane, right? .
November 20, 201213 yr I've always wanted Billy Beane especially after seeing "Moneyball" Too much information, dude. And you know that was Brad Pitt, not the real Billy Beane, right? . Also, it wasn't the gay Billy Beane.
November 20, 201213 yr LOL. So you are going to make Wikipedia make your point for you. In lieu of you actually constructing an argument, I think that many people would actually see those bullet points as negatives, not positives. Yeah, tell me what you disagree with? Everything with division alignment/playoff/season schedule structure has been gradually getting worse. His league expansion/relocation (Montreal situation, Tampa is a mess). Using ASG to determine home field advantage is dumb Retiring Jackie Robinson's number league wide is dumb when players seem to want to wear it to honor him His stance on instant replay has been terrible--he should get little credit for home runs and fair/foul when the game needs more He was blindsided by the steroid era and not hard enough on current users What am I missing? You can add the A's stadium situation and his general " who gives a f***, I'm in no hurry" attitude towards it.
November 20, 201213 yr Championship level talent. Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know Jeff Mathis - nope I don't understand how Marisnick is a notch below the others? He's the best prospect we got back in the trade... I am skeptical on all of them, but especially Marisnick. When a 21 year old player gets that kind of praise and then is said to be "at least" 2 years away, i consider that to mean there is nothing to it. There isn't one player the Marlins got in return in the trade that I'm thrilled about. I'm ambivalent toward Escobar because he's a meh-ish player but his contract his pretty reasonable (the value is probably right). I'm very skeptical of the young talent, but I think that if any of them amount to anything it will be Marisnick.
November 20, 201213 yr Yep, you would never want to be optimistic about your acquired players. That's several levels beyond optimism. Saying that they're championship caliber suggests either that Beinfest is a dumbass or that he's deliberately trying to insult the intelligence of Marlins fans.
November 20, 201213 yr AlvarezPerez, Hechevarria and Mathis all have their mlb.com portrait updated to wearing a Marlins hat. Yunel Escobar does not. Possibly further proof the FO is planning on flipping him soon?
November 20, 201213 yr AlvarezPerez, Hechevarria and Mathis all have their mlb.com portrait updated to wearing a Marlins hat. Yunel Escobar does not. Possibly further proof the FO is planning on flipping him soon? I don't think they have any control over that stuff
November 20, 201213 yr Yep, you would never want to be optimistic about your acquired players. That's several levels beyond optimism. Saying that they're championship caliber suggests either that Beinfest is a dumbass or that he's deliberately trying to insult the intelligence of Marlins fans. Or maybe he's just bad with public relations? Not sure which of those I'd prefer it to be, as they all inevitably demonstrate incompetence, anyway.
November 20, 201213 yr http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8653126/miami-marlins-salary-dump-trade-toronto-blue-jays-finalized
November 20, 201213 yr Author I just realized maybe Beinfest is the best amongst the 3 between (Loria, Samson and Beinfest) dealing with the media. During the Redmond press conference it was Beinfest and Hill. And now it was Beinfest again taking all the questions and addressing the media about the trade..
November 20, 201213 yr Author Regarding Giancarlo, he has yet to tweet again and delete that I'm pissed tweet.
November 20, 201213 yr Author The trade almost fell apart because Miami wanted Mathis for Buck and Toronto's GM was reluctant to trading Mathis.
November 20, 201213 yr The trade almost fell apart because Miami wanted Mathis for Buck and Toronto's GM was reluctant to trading Mathis. Is this for real? I mean, Mathis is a valuable back up as far as defense goes, but really?
November 20, 201213 yr Author The trade almost fell apart because Miami wanted Mathis for Buck and Toronto's GM was reluctant to trading Mathis. Is this for real? I mean, Mathis is a valuable back up as far as defense goes, but really? Yep, Mike Cormack �@MikeCormack Hmmmm: Anthopoulos just said on PTS deal with #marlins almost fell apart over reluctance to part with Jeff Mathis for John Buck.
November 20, 201213 yr Author Jeff Passan �@JeffPassan How excited are the Marlins to have Yunel Escobar? They were calling around shopping him last week, before the mega-deal was even official.
November 20, 201213 yr Weird. "We've got a chance to get Reyes, Buehrle, Johnson and Bonifacio from the Fish for Escobar, Hechavarria, Nicolino, DeSclafani, Marisnick and Alvarez." "Oh, that's great! Let's do it!" "Also, they want to throw in John Buck for Mathis." "... f*** this sh*t."
November 21, 201213 yr Weird. "We've got a chance to get Reyes, Buehrle, Johnson and Bonifacio from the Fish for Escobar, Hechavarria, Nicolino, DeSclafani, Marisnick and Alvarez." "Oh, that's great! Let's do it!" "Also, they want to throw in John Buck for Mathis." "... f*** this sh*t." Don't forget Anderson Perez.
November 21, 201213 yr Dibs on Anderson Perez for adopt a marlin. Championship-caliber talent, right there.
November 21, 201213 yr Dibs on Anderson Perez for adopt a marlin. Championship-caliber talent, right there. We really need to get Perez marlins shirts...
November 21, 201213 yr 5 fans with really poor sign-making skills protest Loria et al: http://Adminbrownspo...e-people/163038 Maybe a couple more showed up later with better signs. :lol
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