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Baseball's first blockbuster trade of the winter is nearing completion, as the Blue Jays are on the verge of acquiring Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes, and Mark Buerhle from the Miami Marlins.

According to FOX Sports' Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal, the Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of acquiring Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle from the Miami Marlins in one of the biggest trades in recent baseball history.

Per the reports, the Marlins are expected to acquire Yunel Escobar, Henderson Alvarez, shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, and left-handed pitching prospect Justin Nicolino, though Miami's entire haul has yet to be disclosed.

Johnson was shopped by the Marlins prior to baseball's trade deadline in 2012, but the Marlins did not find a package that they liked enough to move the oft-injured ace. Johnson made 31 starts in 2012, after making just nine in 2011, and he finished the season with an 8-14 record to go along with a 3.81 ERA and 1.28 WHIP. Johnson struck out just 7.76 batters per nine innings -- his lowest rate since 2006.

Johnson will make $13.75 million in 2013, and will be eligible for free agency following the 2013 season.

Reyes hit .287/.347/.433 with 40 stolen bases in his first and only season with the Marlins. Reyes is under contract through the 2017 season, and he still has $92 million dollars remaining on his contract.

Buehrle was also signed by the Marlins last offseason, and he was part of Miami's efforts to compete with their new name in a new stadium. Buehrle made just $7 million in 2012, and he will make $12 million in 2013 before his salary escalates to $19 million and $20 million in 2014 and 2015. He went 13-13 with the Marlins in 2012, with a 3.74 ERA and 1.17 WHIP.

Toronto is expected to acquire catcher John Buck and infielder/outfielder Emilio Bonifacio in the trade, in addition to Johnson, Reyes and Buehrle.

Escobar was Toronto's primary shortstop in 2012, and hit just .253/.300/.344 in 558 at bats. Escobar is set to make $5 million dollars in 2013, and has $5 million dollar club options for both 2014 and 2015.

Hechavarria, the second shortstop headed to Miami, spent the majority of the season in AAA, where he hit .312/.363/.424 before earning a promotion.

The 20-year-old Nicolino spent the entire 2012 season in the Midwest League, and struck out 119 batters in 124⅓ innings with a 2.46 ERA.

This story originally appeared on Baseball Nation.
 
Pretty good recap of the last year: http://deadspin.com/5960332/the-miami-marlins-are-a-hilarious-disgrace?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

The Miami Marlins Are A Hilarious Disgrace
Jack Dickey

Here is what has happened in the last year of the Miami Marlins, formerly d/b/a Florida Marlins: They swindled the citizens of Miami for a new stadium and drew the SEC's notice. They filched Jose Reyes from a franchise that has actual fans but no money and a municipal government that refuses to be robbed blind. They threw money at Heath Bell, Mark Buehrle, and Albert Pujols, and two of the three took it. They got fish installed behind home plate. Their president called Miamians stupid. They installed a wack-ass home run sculpture. Their snobbish owner blabbed about Joan Miro. Their owner then trotted out a shaking Muhammad Ali to shield him from boos on opening night. Their owner then baked himself a fucking cake with jewels on it. Ozzie Guillen, whom they honest-to-god hired to manage their baseball team, said some crazy shit about Fidel Castro, which he does, from time to time. The Marlins then suspended him to placate area Cubans. The mollified Cubans still had no interest in going to see the Marlins, because they are the fucking Marlins. The team stank out of the gate, especially Heath Bell. They complained about not having any All-Stars. Showtime canceled its series about them because they sucked so much. John Buck flipped you off. Heath Bell and Ozzie Guillen got in a pissing match. No one came to the games. The extant fans were hilariously pissed off. The team ate $8 million to dump Heath Bell. They ate less to dump Ozzie Guillen. They replaced Ozzie with a guy who spends his leisure time naked. Then they traded Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio Bonifacio, Buck, and Buehrle to the Blue Jays. Giancarlo Stanton, their only remaining player of note, a young dynamo who deserves far better, says he's pissed off. He should be. Fuck the Marlins.
 
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Pretty good recap of the last year: http://deadspin.com/5960332/the-miami-marlins-are-a-hilarious-disgrace?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

The Miami Marlins Are A Hilarious Disgrace
Jack Dickey

Here is what has happened in the last year of the Miami Marlins, formerly d/b/a Florida Marlins: They swindled the citizens of Miami for a new stadium and drew the SEC's notice. They filched Jose Reyes from a franchise that has actual fans but no money and a municipal government that refuses to be robbed blind. They threw money at Heath Bell, Mark Buehrle, and Albert Pujols, and two of the three took it. They got fish installed behind home plate. Their president called Miamians stupid. They installed a wack-ass home run sculpture. Their snobbish owner blabbed about Joan Miro. Their owner then trotted out a shaking Muhammad Ali to shield him from boos on opening night. Their owner then baked himself a fucking cake with jewels on it. Ozzie Guillen, whom they honest-to-god hired to manage their baseball team, said some crazy shit about Fidel Castro, which he does, from time to time. The Marlins then suspended him to placate area Cubans. The mollified Cubans still had no interest in going to see the Marlins, because they are the fucking Marlins. The team stank out of the gate, especially Heath Bell. They complained about not having any All-Stars. Showtime canceled its series about them because they sucked so much. John Buck flipped you off. Heath Bell and Ozzie Guillen got in a pissing match. No one came to the games. The extant fans were hilariously pissed off. The team ate $8 million to dump Heath Bell. They ate less to dump Ozzie Guillen. They replaced Ozzie with a guy who spends his leisure time naked. Then they traded Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio Bonifacio, Buck, and Buehrle to the Blue Jays. Giancarlo Stanton, their only remaining player of note, a young dynamo who deserves far better, says he's pissed off. He should be. Fuck the Marlins.
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Well put. I will go again next year to The Clevelander behind left field wall to watch the game. Was quite a view. Also will drive ticket prices down for me to take the family.
 
It's such a travesty! Didn't the owner get lots of public money to fund the stadium? Gives up 3 months questionably but no doubt throws in the towel now!

Possibly Bud Selig should get involved like back in the day! Of course players were involved and not just money with the Marlin trade but just as bad! Looks like a Wally proposed fantasy trade! Wally, I luv ya! First anaology that came to mind!


Special Correspondent Donald Moore returns to detail another chapter in Oakland A's history. In this chapter, he discusses A's owner Charlie Finley's attempts to sell many of his star players after the advent of free agency in Major League Baseball in 1976.

At first, Finley was receptive to the idea of free agency. He figured the market would be over-saturated with players, thus, making it easier for baseball owners to keep salaries down, but he was sadly mistaken.

It had the complete opposite effect. The richest clubs would take advantage of the new rules and they would sign the top talent available, leaving the smaller market clubs on the sidelines. This created a huge problem for Finley. Already burned by the loss of star pitcher Jim Hunter to the Yankees the previous season, there was no way for Finley to compete against the richer teams in baseball. Consequently, he decided to dismantle his championship A's club before free agency would.

During the spring of 1976, the dismantlingly started. Finley traded away All-Star outfielder Reggie Jackson to the Baltimore Orioles. Finley also explored deals with every American League club, proposing huge multi-player deals, but none to Finley's liking. He tried to get these deals done before the June 15th trading deadline, but he changed course. Instead of trying to trade away his impending free agents, he put them all up for sale.

Finley was a shrewd businessman and owner. He knew he could play off one owner on another in order to get the highest bid for his players. So, he called the Boston Red Sox and offered Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, Vida Blue and Gene Tenace for a million dollars a piece and Sal Bando for a half of a million dollars.

Red Sox GM Dick O'Connell asked for Rudi and Fingers and purchased them for a million dollars a piece. O'Connell was very concerned that his arch nemises, Gabe Paul and the NY Yankees, would get in on the act, which would have negated his deals for Fingers and Rudi, by acquiring pitcher Vida Blue. To prevent the Yankees from getting Blue, O'Connell called the Tigers to get in on the bidding for Blue's services. Despite those efforts, Finley eventually sold Blue to the Yankees for $1.5 million, neglecting to tell Detroit, until the next day.

The news of the A's fire sale of their star players quickly hit the press and eventually the baseball Commissioner's office. Bowie Kuhn, then the baseball Commissoner, summonded Finley to a "face-to-face meeting" on these transactions.

Finley told Kuhn that free agency and poor attendance were killing any chance for the A's to be competitive and that he was going to use the money from these sales to invest in new players for the A's. Finley basically told Kuhn, "don't butt into this," however, Kuhn saw it differently. He ordered both the Yankees and Red Sox not to play their new players. Allowing them to play would send a signal that pennants could be bought outright and that was something that would create a mockery of the game.

Three days later, Kuhn ruled all sales void, in the "best interest of baseball" and had Rudi, Fingers and Blue returned to the A's. That drove Finley off the deep-end. He called Kuhn, "the village idiot."

Finley then hired famed sports attorney, Neil Papiano, and filed a $10 million restraint-of trade lawsuit against Major League Baseball and Kuhn. This lawsuit is widely recognized as one of the most famous precendent-setting cases in the history of American justice and the broad powers of the baseball Commissioner.

Unfortunately for Finley, he lost his case. The court ruled in favor of Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. The ruling states, "The Commissioner has the authority to determine whether any act, transaction, or practice is not within the best interest of baseball, and upon such determination, to take whatever preventative or remedial action he deems appropiate, whether or not the act, transaction, or practice complies with the Major league Rules or involves moral turpitude."
Charles O Finley vs. Bowie Kuhn,

Only my quick proposal ...... but commish should be have Marlin's sell team if this is what the city of Miami is getting! Unreal!
 
tullamore
This trade will help the Red Sox finish last again.

What a week for Toronto, Fiver shows his cock, the Blue Jays become contenders, what can the Leafs do to complete the trifecta.
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How could the Red Sox finish last with that manager, one of the all-time greats, a manager so epic in scope that they targeted him from another organization for years and even gave up a player for him?
 
It was obvious that was the plan all along.

Look at how the contracts of every one of those free agents is back-loaded and the Marlins refusal to allow no-trade clauses for any of them.

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Do the Blue Jays get a good deal? Not really. Those salaries are expensive. The Marlins are even having to ship cash along with them.
 
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