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A Little Bit of Everything
As GM meetings continue, the Marlins continue to talk trades and see how they can position themselves to make a run at the playoffs next season. Here are some points you should be paying attention to today.
- The Marlins have spoken to the Texas Rangers about catcher Max Ramirez but are also content to stick with their current group of catchers if they can’t work out a trade. Ramirez, 24, is coveted for his bat. He has hit .312 over his minor-league career with 64 home runs. At Double A Frisco (Texas) last season, he hit .354 with 17 home runs in only 243 at bats.
- Don’t be surprised if the Marlins give Carl Pavano more than a passing glance after the New York Yankees severed ties with the oft-maligned right-hander and he added his name to the free-agent ranks. Pavano played under owner Jeffrey Loria in Montreal and Florida, keeps his home in West Palm Beach, and might be affordable. Pavano was a big-time flop with the Yankees, winning just nine games in four years while being paid $39.5 million.
- Jeff Conine’s agent said ”Mr. Marlin” is taking a job with the Marlins, either on the baseball or business side, or both.
- Some of the characteristics of the old stadium will be incorporated into the Marlins’ new ballpark. Specifically, the field dimensions. Like Dolphin Stadium, the Marlins’ retractable-roof facility on the Orange Bowl grounds in the Little Havana section of Miami will be pitcher-friendly. For the first time, the dimensions of the outfield have been revealed for the ballpark, which is tentatively scheduled to open in 2011. HOK Sport, the designer of the new park, has drawn up a field that will have a 340-foot fence down the left-field line. The left-field alley will be set at 384 feet.
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