Lip Man 1
11-25-2003, 09:17 PM
From the AP story on the Marlins / Cubs deal:
"The breakup of the Florida Marlins has begun.
The World Series champions traded first baseman Derrek Lee to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in a cost-cutting measure, getting Hee Seop Choi and a minor leaguer to be named.
More deals could follow.
"There were two main reasons for the move. One is, obviously, we need to achieve our goal of operating within our payroll," Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said. "Two, we want to make sure we have the appropriate allocations to retain our core pitching."
The Marlins insist their offseason changes won't be as drastic as the ones after they won their first World Series title in 1997. That team wasn't just broken up, it was blown up, with the best pieces stripped and sold to the highest bidder like so many spare parts.
But Florida does have to watch its budget. It won the World Series with a $54 million payroll, and it would cost more than $80 million just to keep the current squad intact.
Second baseman Luis Castillo, catcher Ivan Rodriguez and closer Ugueth Urbina are all free agents. Third baseman Mike Lowell, right fielder Juan Encarnacion and starting pitchers Brad Penny and Mark Redman are among a long list of players eligible for salary arbitration."
I remember posting that the Fish were going to lose at least I-Rod and Urbina and some posters said that wasn't going to happen, that the owner publicly said he was going to keep the team intact.
I replyed that to do so he'd have to raise payroll to 80 million and that wasn't going to happen.
Just another example of how to tell a baseball owner is lying....just wait for them to open their mouth.
Lip
"The breakup of the Florida Marlins has begun.
The World Series champions traded first baseman Derrek Lee to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in a cost-cutting measure, getting Hee Seop Choi and a minor leaguer to be named.
More deals could follow.
"There were two main reasons for the move. One is, obviously, we need to achieve our goal of operating within our payroll," Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest said. "Two, we want to make sure we have the appropriate allocations to retain our core pitching."
The Marlins insist their offseason changes won't be as drastic as the ones after they won their first World Series title in 1997. That team wasn't just broken up, it was blown up, with the best pieces stripped and sold to the highest bidder like so many spare parts.
But Florida does have to watch its budget. It won the World Series with a $54 million payroll, and it would cost more than $80 million just to keep the current squad intact.
Second baseman Luis Castillo, catcher Ivan Rodriguez and closer Ugueth Urbina are all free agents. Third baseman Mike Lowell, right fielder Juan Encarnacion and starting pitchers Brad Penny and Mark Redman are among a long list of players eligible for salary arbitration."
I remember posting that the Fish were going to lose at least I-Rod and Urbina and some posters said that wasn't going to happen, that the owner publicly said he was going to keep the team intact.
I replyed that to do so he'd have to raise payroll to 80 million and that wasn't going to happen.
Just another example of how to tell a baseball owner is lying....just wait for them to open their mouth.
Lip