Surveillance Posts on Jeffrey Loria's Front Company for Laundering Cocaine and Stolen Art Profits: The 2015 Miami Marlins

huh weird, kinda surprised at keri for that but tbf he was far from the only one bullish on the fish. baumann picking them never surprised me bc he's, like, a moron and stuff, dude legit used "intangibles" unironically in his AL wildcard preview to justify picking the Yankees

I wouldn't judge writers on preseason picks; most of the analytics-savvy ones HATE writing that column, it seems, cuz everyone usually knows what the most statistically likely teams to win are, and that's boring. So they have to throw in an offbeat choice or two.

RJ Anderson at BP on Ichiro:

There are two ways to view this deal. From a baseball perspective, it's rotten. This is Wade Boggs with the Devil Rays all over again, to the extent that you wonder if the Marlins intend to retire his number sometime after he collects his 3,000th hit. There's nothing wrong with teams co-opting or embracing milestone chases, but there has to be a facade of prioritizing winning; otherwise it comes across as a cheap PR stunt, as this signing does. It doesn't help that the Marlins have earned a bad reputation over the years on these things, nor that Ichiro ended the season with the sixth-highest salary on the roster.

What's then is the best defense of this deal? That, from a fan's perspective, it's cool....

Perhaps he is a valuable mentor in the clubhouse.

Happy birthday to the god Rich Waltz.

The Marlins are just a strange club.

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/11/11/the-marlins-made-a-lopsided-trade-with-the-pirates-as-a-compensation-deal/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

that's actually one of the only good trades the marlins have made recently

@HardballTalk
#Marlins taking offers on Marcell Ozuna because Jeffrey Loria "can't stand the guy"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUq2EigUkAAYmsS.jpg

the only button that works is "basement"

has there been speculation about Ozuna landing spots or are people considering this just a bunch of hooey? feelin like any "need" to deal ozuna is more spectacular/weird/eccentric/irrational than "needing" to deal fernandez

supposedly the mariners are interested?

http://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2016%2F0220%2Fr55636_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&w=1140&cquality=40

Ichiro: 2935 hits, 596 walks.
Bonds: 2935 hits, 2558 walks.

cream + clear = good eyes

slothro come up with a thread title