Florida Marlins

[hvwarrior58]

Could this be the biggest offseason dismantle of a team ever? The marlins lose 18 players from this past season's roster including 7 position starters.

Starters(7)
Carlos Delgado 1B
Luis Castillo 2B
Alex Gonzalez SS
Mike Lowell 3B
Paul Lo Duca C
Juan Pierre CF
Juan Encarnacion RF

Bench(3)
Jeff Conine OF
Damion Easley INF
Mike Mordecai INF

Relief Pitchers(5)
Guillermo Mota RHP
Todd Jones RHP
Paul Quantrill RHP
Jim Mecir RHP
Antonio Alfonseca RHP

Starting Pitchers(3)
Josh Beckett RHP
A.J. Burnett RHP
Ismael Valdez RHP

 

[vols2345]

where did josh beckett go? and did encarcion get traded or is he just a free agent?

 

[hvwarrior58]

encarnacion is a fa and beckett was traded with lowell and mota to the red sox for 4 minor leaguers.

 

[vols2345]

dang sox got beckett.........................

 

[hvwarrior58]

yup, the marlins really cleaned the cupboard, but they may be the best team at developing players in the minors. this is the 2nd time recently that they traded off the team for minor leaguers. this year they traded lo duca, delgado, castillo, lowell, pierre, beckett, and mota. the rest are fas that they wont likely resign. in all fairness though, they said at the start of the postseason that their main focus was signing cabrera and willis to long extensions no matter what and they are doing that.

 

[vols2345]

I actually heard that cabrera could have been pulled from the marlins for pie, hill, patterson, and guzman. but it deffiently isnt worth it espically for how much potential pie has.

 

[hvwarrior58]

yeah, thats a little too much to give for 1 player.

 

[GAVol]

This is exactly what they did after they won the '97 World Series. They bought up a bunch of free agents, won the World Series and then dumped everybody that had value.

 

[milohimself]

It's probably a smart way to do things.

 

[BigUmp56]

Originally posted by milohimself@Dec 9, 2005 5:43 AM
It's probably a smart way to do things.

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Yes, it was a very smart move. The fire sale of 97' garnered another WS championship for the Fish in 2003.


Tim Haag

 

[bravevol]

there gonna suck this year

 

[rwkvol21]

Did Giraldi know about this before he took the manager's job? I feel for him.

 

[tidwell]

Man, I'd forgot about Girardi... sucks to be him :lol: