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Marlins Rumors: Max Ramirez, Pavano, Rhodes

By Tim Dierkes [November 5, 2008 at 9:59am CST]

Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald has the latest on the Marlins.

The Marlins have had informal talks with the Rangers regarding catcher Max Ramirez. The Fish are willing to trade lefty Scott Olsen, though the Rangers are wary of his makeup and home run tendencies. The Marlins are OK with their in-house options if they can't work out a trade. The Marlins aren't interested in Gerald Laird.
The Marlins may consider bringing Carl Pavano back to Florida, the site of his last success.
Luis Gonzalez, Mark Hendrickson, Paul Lo Duca, and Arthur Rhodes are the Marlins' free agents. Of the four, Rhodes stands a chance of being re-signed. However, the Marlins have not spoken to Rhodes' agent in weeks.
Juan C. Rodriguez reports that despite reports, the Marlins are not in on Junichi Tazawa.

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what would it take to land an andrew miller or josh johnson? i'd rather the rangers up the ante and land a higher quality starter. olsen has talent, but i don't think he's a great fit for the team (and stadium).

thoughts?

Posted by: tmoney352 | November 05, 2008 at 09:03 AM

Does Fla want to compete next year, or do they plan on toiling away in mediocrity again next year.

I agree, they should shop miller and Johnson, plus nolasco and sanchez. that's too much talent to waste away in florida

Posted by: Hammondsbird | November 05, 2008 at 09:11 AM

Yep the Ranger's need to up the ante, especially if they want their so called "4th" catcher. Unfortunately Daniels doesn't know how to do that, he will just give up.

Posted by: kinsler5 | November 05, 2008 at 09:21 AM

There is no chance in hell that the Marlins shop Johnson or Nolasco. Miller would take a lot considering that he was part of the Cabrera deal. Olsen is the only pitcher the Marlins are willing to give up because he is expendable. Keep dreaming about the other guys.

Posted by: CaneFlash | November 05, 2008 at 10:16 AM

I am still of the mind that the Fish should resign Gonzo, if he is willing to accept a deal similar to that of this year.

Posted by: AA | November 05, 2008 at 10:52 AM

This situation is maddening, as Florida won't take Laird, and if they want Salty, they're going to have to give up a lot more than Olsen, and they're not going to to do that, either. I think Texas will just go elsewhere with their catchers.

Baseball needs to change, IMHO. When teams add or subtract players solely due to the amount of money they are being paid, and gladly dump players that would help them win because they would hurt the team's bottom line, there's a pretty serious problem that needs to be addressed by some kind of policy change.

Posted by: J the Dizzolla | November 05, 2008 at 11:05 AM

I think a Miller for Salty deal makes a lot of sense for each team, and there are a lot of parallels between those two guys, including their value when traded, their long term potential, and their underwhelming '08 campaigns.

Posted by: clark | November 05, 2008 at 11:23 AM

I'm dreaming about Pavano signing with the fish and post another 18W, and gets trades and gets wasted... deja vu.

Posted by: celipliz | November 05, 2008 at 12:53 PM

I respectfully disagree that Olsen to the Rangers for Max would be a "win" for this club. Olsen would give up about 430 homers in the BPIA, and he has a history of BB issues (not what the Rangers need).

And there's that pesky loss of velocity problem haunting the guy, too.

Max, on the other hand, is young & cheap and can serve as a pretty good DH until Smoak is called up, when Davis would be moved there. And Max's probably a better catcher than Salty (I know, I know... that's not saying much).

So I think that's a really terrible trade for Texas.

Posted by: J the Dizzolla | November 05, 2008 at 02:02 PM

Ramirez is going to be hardpressed to stay at catcher, so this rumor is an odd one. The guy can hit but the Marlins already have 1B options already down on the farm.

Posted by: Devlsh | November 05, 2008 at 03:39 PM

I think with another year of development in AAA Max could very possibly stay at catcher. Will he ever be a gold glover? Probably not. But he is better than most give him credit for.

And there is no way the Rangers will trade Ramirez, a right handed bat they need in their lineup, for someone like Olsen. I am sure the Rangers wouldn't mind Olsen, but only for a guy like Laird.

Posted by: clark | November 05, 2008 at 03:47 PM

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