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December 05, 2007
Trade Reaction

FishStripes reacts to the Cabrera-Willis trade:

Of course, over time, the kids may work out and be everything they are hyped to be. And I hope they do. But for now, it is just like the trades in 2005, some of the players could make a favorable impact early on, or it may take some time, if they ever do.

We have been here before. It may not be our favorite place to be, but we know how to handle it.

The difference between now and 2005 is that the 2006 team still had Willis and Cabrera. Right now, all the Marlins have is Hanley Ramirez and some pitchers who might be good if they overcome their injuries. The 2005 house cleaning gave the Marlins the chance to build into a contender in a few years, because they kept their two best players. This is more like a step back to being an expansion team.

Of course, Loria is getting very rich off this as the Marlins pay their players next to nothing, and he gets to pocket all the revenue sharing money.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:01 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Am I the only one who finds Loria's continued involvement in MLB disturbing?

Posted by: Geoff Young at December 5, 2007 01:20 PM

Nope!

Posted by: Jersey at December 5, 2007 01:38 PM

Is it impossible to force Loria out as owner of the Marlins? I would think that by putting out a AAA team and pocket the revenue share money from the other owners doesn't make the rest of them happy, or do you think they don't care?

Posted by: Tom at December 5, 2007 01:50 PM

Am I the only one that thinks this is at least a GOOD trade for the Marlins? They know they can't pay these guys, and their minor leagues are absolutely stocked. They have shown willingness to pay a guy if they think they are close. All I know is they have 2 World Series championships and my Phillies have zero during that period. I'm not even close to criticizing yet.

In fact, the only reason I think the Marlins aren't completely dominant with how well they are run is that they are cheap. I don't want to think of how good this team might be if they actually spent some money once in awhile.

Posted by: robustyoungsoul at December 5, 2007 01:55 PM

Can we please find a way to get the Orioles to the National League? I think they would win about 95 games there.

Posted by: wph at December 5, 2007 01:55 PM

Getting rid of Dontrelle was a good thing - 1-11 from june till the end of the season - he'll be lucky to have an ERA

Posted by: Bandit at December 5, 2007 02:55 PM

It seems unfair to call for Loria's ouster when his team won two World Series in ten years. Perhaps he's up to something with this scheme, though it'd frustrate the hell out of me if I were a fan.

Posted by: Wells at December 5, 2007 05:11 PM

His team? I don't think he was the owner for all of this. Huizinga owned them in 97 and Loria was in only his second year in 2003. And, mind you, promptly held the second fire sale immediately after.
There are plenty of bad owners (Angelos?) but Loria's doing an awfully good job of making everyone else look good.

Posted by: Andrew at December 5, 2007 05:41 PM

The Marlins made a good trade...got good young talent that could develop into great talent, and only gave away two great talents for it. The problem isn't the trade, it's the fact we all suspect the Marlins will get rid of these young talents they just got, when they become expensive too. Which begs the question -- why get that talent if you'll never capitalize on it?

Posted by: Devon Young at December 5, 2007 06:08 PM

It's not like the Marlins don't target the right players, and don't bring talent to the field. Maybin and Miller are top-10 prospects across the minors, and the other four players seem likely to turn out at least two average ML players between them.

If the Marlins were, oh, I don't know, dumping Bobby Abreu for crap prospects, I'd be a little more offended.

Posted by: Subrata Sircar at December 6, 2007 05:36 AM
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