The Marlins Stay Dealing: Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle & Jose Reyes To Blue Jays

[Da_Eggman]

Loria has long been on the short list of MLB’s worst owners, but he’s truly outdone himself now by trading Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle, just one year after signing them to long-term deals, along withJosh Johnson, Emilio Bonifacio and John Buckto the Blue Jays on Tuesday.
Of course, the topper is that the move comes one year after the Marlins opened a new publicly funded stadium in Miami.
Loria amassed his fortune as an art dealer. Now he looks like a scam artist. Certainly the bait-and-switch has rarely been pulled off so artfully.
The Marlins had a $95 million payroll in 2012 after signing a trio of big-name free agents in Reyes, Buehrle and Heath Bell last winter. Now all three are gone, with a combined 10 seasons left on their contracts. Also gone are the team’s two most expensive holdovers in Hanley Ramirez and Johnson.
What’s left is a shell of a franchise, one that will almost certainly have the lowest payroll in baseball. More importantly, it will have no credibility in the eyes of its employees or fans. It’s lone remaining star, Giancarlo Stanton, has already expressed his anger. It’s hard to imagine him ever signing a long-term deal with the club, which could mean he’ll be the big name to go next winter.
Loria has now entered two markets and all but wrecked baseball for both of them. It’s in the best interests of the game that he exit for good. Commissioner Bud Selig should step in and apply as much pressure as he legally can in order to get Loria to sell. Otherwise, Loria and the deal that allowed him to trade the Montreal Expos for the Marlins will go down as black marks on Selig’s legacy.

Stern would of never let shyt like this go down

 

[The War Report]

Loria was the scumbag that destroyed The Expos?

 

[Food Mane]

SS - Reyes
3B - Lawrie
RF - Bautista
1B - Encarnacion
CF - Rasmus
C - Arencibia
DH - Lind
LF - Davis/Gose
2B - Izturis/Bonifacio

BN - Davis/Gose
BN - Bonifacio/Izturis
BN - Mathis
BN - Buck

SP - Morrow
SP - Buehrle
SP - Johnson
SP - Romero
SP - Happ

PEN = Janssen, Santos, Oliver, Delabar, Lincoln, Rogers, Loup

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Loria was the scumbag that destroyed The Expos?

Loria (and the Marlins before him) has been getting rich for years doing shyt like this. And Selig has let him (and them) do it for years... now they're on their way to doing it again.

And the thing is... once Giancarlo (and Nolasco) are gone... the Marlins may only have a $8 million payroll and a stadium paid for by the city. While pocketing all of the money.

Selig has to be getting a cut of this shyt.

 

[The War Report]

@NotBillWalton

If you haven't figured it out yet, you and your $11.5M salary are next. RT @RNolasco47 Huh?.......

 

[MikelArteta]

Loria was the scumbag that destroyed The Expos?

yup

dude came in as the savior and promised a new stadium, only the montreal politicans didn't buy his publicly funded gimmick stadium like the politicans in miami did. John henry owned the marlins and was selling it, so jeffrey loria sold the expos to mlb and then bought the marlins from henry.

and now loria has paid back canada for his sins committed

 

[MikelArteta]

honestly loria has to be selling doesn't he?

thast the only way i see why you purge the roster down, so the new owner doesnt have alot of deadweight tied to him,

 

[Da_Eggman]

loria is an art dealer that's a shady fukking business like a pawn shop

 

[MikelArteta]

loria is an art dealer that's a shady fukking business like a pawn shop

espn called it last december

Commentary - Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is one of the league's worst - ESPN The Magazine - ESPN

 

[ComputersPutin]

The Blue Jays Roster is looking ridiculous right now. The Marlins smh.....everything was a failure for them this year.

 

[L.S.]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/268529000891154433

Source: Nolasco could be next #Marlins player traded.

Deuces .

 

[Street Knowledge]

Didnt see that coming

 

[Da_Eggman]

espn called it last december

Commentary - Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is one of the league's worst - ESPN The Magazine - ESPN

fukking prophet

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

honestly loria has to be selling doesn't he?

thast the only way i see why you purge the roster down, so the new owner doesnt have alot of deadweight tied to him,

Of course Loria could see. Dude just made over $200 mil without having to put a winning team on the field... just make it look like a wining team MAY be on the field... or he could stick around and pocket some crazy profits with just a potential $10 mil payroll.

All the clubs and concessions that are connected to the stadium are all profit for him... and the city has to pay for it anyways. He got away rich and clean.

The Blue Jays Roster is looking ridiculous right now. The Marlins smh.....everything was a failure for them this year.

That was the plan honestly. If Nolasco is going, Loria is purging the team. And getting ready to really make money. Regardless of who is still there.

I mean, between firing Ozzie, trading Hanley, Buehrle, Reyes, Johnson, potentially Nolasco, and possibly letting Stanton walk after next season... he could be chilling with a $5-7 mil payroll while raking in over $50+ mil a year.

Loria knows how to do business.

 

[MikelArteta]

i esp like we getting buehrle, 12 straight years of 30 plus starts thats the consistency we need at the 3-4 spot