December 17, 200322 yr The Marlins aren't close to getting Armando Benitez to agree to a one-year deal. Mike Powers, Benitez's agent, said Tuesday evening he hasn't spoken with Marlins GM Admin Beinfest in three days and believes the sides are too far apart to agree on a proposed one-year deal. If the Martlins can't sign Benitez, they could make an attempt to re-sign Braden Looper prior to this weekend's deadline. c/o Rotoworld.
December 17, 200322 yr Sounds like we're not close with Williamson either, so I guess we're ready to go into next season with Looper closing again.
December 17, 200322 yr I would prefer Levine and Mercker to Benitez at this point, because it is twice the production (plus the oh so coveted lefty) at about the same cost.
December 17, 200322 yr Thank God for the fact that the Marlins and Benitez are not close. Am I living in Bizzaro World or something? Is this the same Armando Benitez who bounced around the league last year like a holiday fruitcake nobody wanted?
December 17, 200322 yr the Marlins need to try and sign Williamson. We cant go in the season with the Pen we have. When Uggy and Helling were here, we were fine but now we arent putting anymore effort into strenghing it up. Come on Beinfest, try and work out a deal!
December 17, 200322 yr the Marlins need to try and sign Williamson. We cant go in the season with the Pen we have. When Uggy and Helling were here, we were fine but now we arent putting anymore effort into strenghing it up. Come on Beinfest, try and work out a deal! prob more likely to sign looper at this point
December 17, 200322 yr the Marlins need to try and sign Williamson. We cant go in the season with the Pen we have. When Uggy and Helling were here, we were fine but now we arent putting anymore effort into strenghing it up. Come on Beinfest, try and work out a deal! Willy aint a free agent and what is up with your love affair with Helling?
December 17, 200322 yr Looper got the team through the first half of last season.... he can do it again. Besides, if it's late-July again and the team finds itself in the middle of the race, there's certainly reason to believe that Loria would go out & get another reliever again if needed.
December 17, 200322 yr I think right now it is wise to keep this team as competitive as possible for just the reason Hotcorner stated - we can always go out and get a reliever or a missing part. This is what small budget teams have to do at this point...
December 17, 200322 yr Best news since the World Series win...Benitez is bad news. Keep him faaar away
December 17, 200322 yr Looper got the team through the first half of last season.... he can do it again. Besides, if it's late-July again and the team finds itself in the middle of the race, there's certainly reason to believe that Loria would go out & get another reliever again if needed. Perhaps that's the strategy. Build up a nice core of prospects so we have cards to play mid-season to put the final puzzle pieces together for another play-off run.
December 17, 200322 yr whats with everyone naming helling as one of the keys of the bullpen last year, he pitched in what, 4 games?
December 17, 200322 yr last year mid season Pen was in my opnion the best in baseball..... Bump was a Pimp Fox was Amazing Helling did his part too bad you guys dont realize that he was a big part as well Loop began blowing chunks and all you got on his azz around august and s***... Uggey..... ENOUGH said This year all we have is NEU and Fox we need 2 more guys...... and a 5th pitcher as right now the best team in the NL east is the Phillies say we are down a run and now its the 7th we see 7th inning Cormier 8th Worrel and 9th Wagner we LOSE they had a great team last year but no closer and thats why they dindt make it where we did....... they have upgraded and we havent done a damn thing.....
December 17, 200322 yr whats with everyone naming helling as one of the keys of the bullpen last year, he pitched in what, 4 games? He pitched 11 games, with a .55 ERA. He's the ideal pitcher for PPS. Probably would've come cheap too.
December 17, 200322 yr whats with everyone naming helling as one of the keys of the bullpen last year, he pitched in what, 4 games? He pitched 11 games, with a .55 ERA. He's the ideal pitcher for PPS. Probably would've come cheap too. hell yea
December 17, 200322 yr its just 1 person nooo, ive heard this since the day he was signed, alot of people talked about him, he didnt do much either, one good long outing.
December 17, 200322 yr its just 1 person nooo, ive heard this since the day he was signed, alot of people talked about him, he didnt do much either, one good long outing. Yeah, giving up 1 ER in 16 innings was nothing special Even for a short time, 0.55 ERA is pretty damn good.
December 17, 200322 yr 7th inning Cormier 8th Worrel and 9th Wagner we LOSE Not if Juanpy, Luiy, Vlad, Mikey, Cabrera and co have anything to say about it.
December 17, 200322 yr 7th inning Cormier 8th Worrel and 9th Wagner we LOSE Not if Juanpy, Luiy, Vlad, Mikey, Cabrera and co have anything to say about it. lmao...... ill tell you what you know that 5 year 65 mil deal on the table for Vlad which pays him 13 mil a year... wel say we offer him something like 26 mil 2 years or what eva..... the O's can top anybody's offer and teh only reason they havent is cuz nobody else has offerd anything..... i have no clue why you people cant be happy with Javy the man only ova 300 all year 43 bombz nobody on our team got past 35 bombs..... and he had more RBI's than anybody on our team and was in the 6th slot......
December 17, 200322 yr I guess the fact that Vlad wants to play here means nothing, and also the fact that if we probably offer anything in the 13-15 mil range he is ours. Oh, and also, if the O's want to throw oodles of money at him and they get him, fine. I'll point and laugh while they suck because they have nothing around him. Oh, and im my opinion, Javy sucks a nut. Thats why.
December 17, 200322 yr I guess the fact that Vlad wants to play here means nothing, and also the fact that if we probably offer anything in the 13-15 mil range he is ours. Oh, and also, if the O's want to throw oodles of money at him and they get him, fine. I'll point and laugh while they suck because they have nothing around him. Oh, and im my opinion, Javy sucks a nut. Thats why. I really don't think that Vlad wanting to play here means anything. As much as I want to buy into that, I think people are blowing it out of proportion. When they say "Vlad wants to play here", they mean "In Vlad's dream world, the Marlins would offer him the same contract that the Orioles are offering, and he'd jump all over it", not "Vlad is willing to take less money to play in Florida." They always take the money. Period. That's why the Andy Pettitte story was front-page news...that never, ever happens. They always take the money. And I'm saying this with a pit in my stomach, b/c I want Vlad to play here more than anything. Also, if we give anything over 4-5 million for 2 years to Javy, we will regret it. Though I suspect Beinfest knows that already.
December 17, 200322 yr They always take the money. Period. That's why the Andy Pettitte story was front-page news...that never, ever happens. They always take the money. CJ took less money here. Luiy and Mikey took less money to stay. Other players have taken pay cuts to play for certain teams. Why wouldn't it happen again?
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