Marlins Trade Rumors

The Fish might do some minor dealing in the coming days.  Let's see what they have cooking.

For one, Mike Berardino of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel thinks they should bring Armando Benitez back, now that he's healthy.  He says it would probably only cost the Marlins a million bucks in addition to the player(s) they trade.  Benitez says he hasn't been in shape like he is now since he played for the Orioles.

The Marlins may have their eye on a couple of Red Sox: center fielder David Murphy and pitcher Kyle Snyder.  The Nationals also have interest in Snyder.  Snyder, 29, hails from Florida for what that's worth.  He can probably post an ERA below 5 in the NL, so he belongs on someone's roster.  Murphy still has a chance to become a credible CF, especially if his new build adds a little power.  Houston also likes Murphy.

Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post has another tidbit: though the Marlins scouted Jorge Julio, they're not close to proposing a deal.

Finally, the Marlins have no interest in Javy Lopez but are drawing interest for outfielder Cody Ross.

 

Comments

[Marvel]

Unless they plan to keep him in the minors for the next year, I wouldn't expect Houston to be too interested. Purpura admitted that he traded the only natural CF on the roster in order to make room for Burke to play every day. It might make sense if he says in AAA for a year and comes up when Burke moves to his natural position. As is, they have 4 starters for the outfield now. I guess they could trade Scott or Lane in a package with Qualls or something.

[Marvel]

Unless they plan to keep him in the minors for the next year, I wouldn't expect Houston to be too interested. Purpura admitted that he traded the only natural CF on the roster in order to make room for Burke to play every day. It might make sense if he says in AAA for a year and comes up when Burke moves to his natural position. As is, they have 4 starters for the outfield now. I guess they could trade Scott or Lane in a package with Qualls or something.

[bravesbeast]

You could definately see a a potential deal that sends qualls to the redsox in exchange for murphy. Again, I agree that houston would need to deal another outfielder first, and imagine that the consenus is deal lane for anything possible. However, the astros may want to keep 3 or 4 outfileders on hand to cover center and right, and they may definately want to keep their bullpen in take with the starting pitching quesstions.