Offseason 2015-2016

[HUGG]

Last year it was sheer ridiculousness that we were giving the top guy a rotation spot. This year we want to give the bottom guy a 2 year deal.

[thatnewguy]

To be fair, when we acquired the top guy last year we also had Eovaldi, Alvarez, and Latos still in the organization.

[tjfla]

Barry Jackson mentions we talked and made proposals to Cincy and Texas on Ozuna.

The fact is every team(Houston/Baltimore/Detroit/White Sox) that likes Cespedes also has interest in Ozuna as well. The thing is Ozuna costs a SP(Not any SP either-seems we are telling teams the EXACT SP we want and if they say NO we say bye) and Cespedes costs 90 million dollars

They are NOT shopping Ozuna anymore but if a team calls on him and says YES to the pitcher we ask for then don't be surpised if Ozuna is gone.

[Erick]

Barry Jackson mentions we talked and made proposals to Cincy and Texas on Ozuna.

The fact is every team(Houston/Baltimore/Detroit/White Sox) that likes Cespedes also has interest in Ozuna as well. The thing is Ozuna costs a SP(Not any SP either-seems we are telling teams the EXACT SP we want and if they say NO we say bye) and Cespedes costs 90 million dollars

They are NOT shopping Ozuna anymore but if a team calls on him and says YES to the pitcher we ask for then don't be surpised if Ozuna is gone.

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[emkayseven]

JCR passed away

[Swifty]

JCR passed away

Terrible news. Great guy and was the best beat writer the team had.

[Todd]

RIP.

[Miamarlin21]

lol at the Chen press conference, Samson says to Scott Boras "It's good to see you in person instead of the newspaper."

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Chen will wear number 54 with Miami.

[emkayseven]

### Even after adding Wei Yin Chen, the Marlins still have at least some interest in pitchers Tim Lincecum (they will attend his upcoming workout), Doug Fister, Cliff Lee and Alfredo Simon if any of those four is willing to take a low-money deal. If not, they’re content with Edwin Jackson, Adam Conley and others competing for the No. 5 job.

### We hear the Marlins were among a bunch of teams that submitted a bid to play the Cuban national team in Cuba during spring training, but MLB chose the Tampa Bay Rays.... The Marlins will play their April 5 opener against the Detroit Tigers at 7:05 p.m., instead of the normal late-afternoon start for home openers.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sport...s-chatter.html

Seems like they're keeping Koehler then.

I like Koehler a lot, but fences moving in + his splits + rising salary = questionable call

[emkayseven]

yup

[rmc523]

fences are moving in?

Here's a link to an new article talking about the new fences:

http://oncloudconine.mlblogs.com/201...ng-brought-in/

There are more pictures and a video with Claude Delorme at the link, but here are a couple of pictures:






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Per a Joe Frisario article:

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Currently, the dimensions of the park are 344 feet down the left-field line. From there, it extends to 386 feet in left-center and 418 feet in straightaway center. In right field it is 335 feet down the line, and 392 in right-center.

Along with being one of the deepest parks, the walls also are high, ranging from 11 1/2 to 13 feet.

The revisions will have a change in heights, going from as low as 5 1/2 feet to 11 1/2 feet. Now, left fielder Christian Yelich and right fielder Giancarlo Stanton will be in front of shorter walls.

The area being moved in is in center field, extending to right-center. Down the line, the distances will remain 344 and 335. And the out-of-town scoreboard built into the wall in left-center will not change.

From the base of the home run sculpture in center, a lowered wall will extend to the corner of the right-field bullpen, listed at 392 feet.

The walls will be lowered in left and right fields, as well as straightaway center, which will be around 407 feet, instead of 418.

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[Bobbob1313]

Sounds like Fister will end up out of their budget.

Maybe they'd have been able to make another addition if they weren't paying $9.5 million to Phelps, Dunn, Ichiro and Mathis.

[marlinsfan24]

Sounds like Fister will end up out of their budget.

Maybe they'd have been able to make another addition if they weren't paying $9.5 million to Phelps, Dunn, Ichiro and Mathis.

Where would the veteran leadership come from if they didn't have those guys?

[tjfla]

If they do sign one of these SP don't be surprised if we trade one of our younger arms to Arizona for Brandon Drury.

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Sounds like Fister will end up out of their budget.

Maybe they'd have been able to make another addition if they weren't paying $9.5 million to Phelps, Dunn, Ichiro and Mathis.

But we need all of those guys.

Honestly the only reason Ichiro is still here is because the marketing/extra cash Jeff will get as he goes after 3,000. Phelps isn't a bad LR option. Dunn and Mathis now?? Conley and Telis could easily replace them both

[nny]

How the fuck did Ian Kennedy get that much money?

Outside of taking a chance on Cliff Lee's body, Fister bouncing back, or Lincecum just because Timmy is suppose to be our big splash, I don't think they should be signing anybody. The in house options are probably better than the likes of Lohse or Simon, that's just flushing money down the drain.

They really should have nabbed Kaz. He made so much sense.

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Sounds like Fister will end up out of their budget.

Maybe they'd have been able to make another addition if they weren't paying $9.5 million to Phelps, Dunn, Ichiro and Mathis.

Koehler is also expendable with another SP, putting that at $13 million. Morris is also expendable, putting that up to almost 14.5m.

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Seems like they're keeping Koehler then.

I like Koehler a lot, but fences moving in + his splits + rising salary = questionable call

He'd probably be so great out of the pen considering his splits. I think this was the time to sell high on AJ (went back to no control in the second half) and we could have then moved Koehler into the closer role where he'd likely succeed.