MILWAUKEE -- Anytime agents are involved, salary figures have a tendency to get inflated, and such appears to be a case with a couple of reported offers involving the Marlins.
Am hearing now that the six-year,$90 million deal the Marlins reportedly offered to shortstop Jose Reyes is slightly inflated and that the nine-year, $225 million deal the team supposedly offered to Albert Pujols is greatly inflated.
Don't know the exact figures yet, but I do know that the offer to Pujols was for less than $200 million -- which means it could be anywhere from zero to $199 million. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, have learned that the Marlins contacted the agent for C.J. Wilson on Nov. 3, the first day free agents could start talking to other teams. Don't think the Marlins are as high on Wilson as they are on Mark Buehrle, but he could be a fallback option.
"Don't know the exact figures yet, but I do know that the offer to Pujols was for less than $200 million"
Says who?
Posted by: Mike Fdez | November 16, 2011 at 03:32 PM
I will be a Cardinal for life, no way I play en Miami.
Posted by: Albert Pujols | November 16, 2011 at 04:00 PM
ñooooo ... $225-milliones caña ... pa ya voy - de cabeza ...
Posted by: Albertico Pujols | November 16, 2011 at 04:09 PM
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Posted by: Miasportsminute | November 16, 2011 at 04:12 PM
I'm staying in STL
Posted by: ALBERT PUJOLS | November 16, 2011 at 04:17 PM
No me jodes con menos de dos cientos millones
pero los mujeres en Miami me tienen pensandolo
Posted by: Albert pujols | November 16, 2011 at 04:27 PM
flipper is trying to be Albert now? I'm not buying it flipper! Who else are you going to be next?
Posted by: flipper's ghost | November 16, 2011 at 04:32 PM
There isn't enough money they can pay me to where that logo.
Posted by: Albert Pujols | November 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
yea, who would WHERE that logo? who wood lurn two speek inglitch beefour righting stoopid sh*t
Posted by: manolo | November 16, 2011 at 04:53 PM
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Posted by: Salvation Tweet | November 16, 2011 at 05:38 PM
Pay 'em little, Pay 'em a lot but Losers are all the Marlins will ever be,,,
Posted by: Papi_Chulo | November 16, 2011 at 05:42 PM
Albert maybe some of your money should have been spent on remedial spelling lessons so you know when to use the spelling WEAR & WHERE. Just sayin'
Posted by: Papi_Chulo | November 16, 2011 at 05:45 PM
Losers? The Marlins have in their brief 20 year history 2, count'em 2 World Series titles. Losers? I think not.
Posted by: Pat Gee | November 16, 2011 at 06:55 PM
Sell the stadium and offer them the money
Posted by: NOrtsac | November 16, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Hard to imagine Madson leaving a team that gives him a chance at the World Series every year. Impossible to imagine Pujols leaving StL where he is king of America's best baseball city. Would Brewers let Fielder get away, as close to the top as they are? If they did, would he pick Miami? Don't hang by the neck 'til that happens.
On another hand, Reyes hasn't much to lose by leaving the Mets. Ditto Buehrle and the White Sox, but other teams prob'ly will offer all the top free agents a lot more than the Marlins will.
If you could bring in just 2 of that bunch, who would they be? My choice: Madson and Buehrle.
Posted by: 'witz | November 16, 2011 at 09:23 PM
Reyes and Buehrle will make the Marlins and instant contender in the NL east...as long as JJ is healthy and can start 30 games..Hanley is healthy...and the back of the bullpen falls into place. Mujica,Dunn,Sea-Shack,Choate,Hensley,Hopper and ????...
Posted by: GeorgeB | November 16, 2011 at 10:35 PM
'witz,
Now that the Phillies have Papelbon, Madson might be lured away by a team that promises him a chance to close. He thought he had a deal in place with the Phillies and then the Phillies reneged. So who knows what's going on there — maybe Phils aren't going to want to pay him what the Marlins or some other team will, now that they're spending all that money on Papelbon. At any rate, Madson would be a great addition to the Marlins' pen. Then if old what's-his-name-this-week returns, they could make him a setup man.
Posted by: laurelbowie | November 17, 2011 at 07:04 AM
I like Gaby Sanchez a lot, and think he has a great attitude and a great work ethic. But. If the Pujols deal falls through (and I think it should--as incredible a player as he was and is, he's too old to be signed on a 9 or 10 year deal), the Marlins could do much worse than to sell high on Gaby in return for pitching and move LoMo to 1B. LoMo has much more power potential than Gaby (4 more HRs last season in more than 100 fewer at bats), and he's four years younger. With Peterson developing and the improvement of Bonifacio last season, the Marlins are not going to be short of outfielders (especially if they can land Cespedes), and an infield of Hanley, Jose Reyes, Infante and LoMo looks good to me.
Posted by: Fireform | November 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM
As long as Loria own's the Marlins, they will always be pretenders
Posted by: Just win baby! | November 18, 2011 at 01:04 PM
Yes and the offers are even lower. It's a publicity stunt for their circus and their clown manager to sell those ugly uniforms
Posted by: Mets Fan | November 18, 2011 at 10:26 PM