Oct/082
Fire Up That Hot Stove Baby!
Out of any writer in the Miami Herald, Barry Jackson seems to get the most juicy information on a weekly basis. Looking past the fact that Antoine Walker spent $6500 bucks on champagne and Patron at club BED in Miami, Barry brings us some good info this morning regarding potential trades going down for the Marlins.
First off it looks like the Marlins are looking to increase payroll into the $30-35 million range, which would be a drastic increase in Marlins terms from the $22 million dollar payroll in 2008. One of the people I’ve been hoping that the Marlins would put on the block was almost dealt last week in a deal with the Royals…
The Marlins, who had a $22 million payroll in 2008, wanted to deal Jacobs to Kansas City, but the deal died last week because of a medical issue involving the minor-league pitcher that Florida would have received. The Marlins also spoke to Toronto and San Francisco about Jacobs.
If the Marlins move Jake, which I hope they do, they could slide Gaby Sanchez into that role, who we got a sneak peak of at the end of the 2008 season. Jorge Cantu is also a viable candidate to slide over from third base, allowing Dallas McPherson a legitimate shot to make the team out of camp.
It looks like most GM’s value Jacobs and Olsen the most, as the Marlins have been discussing deals for Olsen as well making room for Andrew Miller to grab a rotation spot. Olsen is a great sell high candidate after his bounce back season.
Check the rest of the article over at the Herald.
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11:51 am on October 27th, 2008
That’s encouraging. I felt all along they would step up the payroll by 35-50% and those figures would seem to agree. If I’m correct keeping everyone after arbitration would have cost $40 million. I suspect that we can make some great trade with the payroll going as high a $35 and we’d be retaining those guys we all want to retain. Looking good to me.
2:14 pm on October 27th, 2008
I’m in agreement here. Imagine what we could have done in 2008 if we had that kind of payroll. Our team was already in the top 10 in the National League. That extra cash would have gone a long way.
It’s going to be one fun offseason for the Fish, that’s for sure.