The Marlins will attempt to woo C.J. Wilson with a South Florida visit and stadium tour on Monday, writes Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel. Rodriguez writes that the Marlins are likely to put a bid in for Wilson considering that pitching is their top priority and the winter meetings are just around the corner.
Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Albert Pujols have already visited Miami and each free agent received an offer from the club. Prince Fielder is about the only high-end free agent that the Marlins haven't hosted and nothing is scheduled yet, which may or may not speak to their interest level.
Buehrle got to check out the Marlins' new park well before Wilson, but that doesn't mean that Buehrle is higher on the club's board. A source who spoke with a Marlins official in the early stages of the free agency period said he believed Miami preferred Wilson.
He’s a Yankee
So was Cliff Lee.
Face exploded.
I honestly don’t think the Yanks see him as a $100 mil pitcher and with AJ on the books for 2/$33 I don’t see them adding another expensive pitcher this year. If his price is reasonable then I think Edwin Jackson might be more attractive to them because he’ll probably take a lower base and fewer years to sign.
Must be nice for these players to not even have a job, but get a free Florida vacation.
i think he would rather go to L.A.
I wonder what the Marlins would do if they (hypothetically speaking of course) all agreed to their contract offers. Do they go with it or do they s*** their pants and go “whoops!”?
Seeing as all their offers are all well-below market value, they will probably jump for joy if any FA was comatose enough to take it.
may be below value, but with no state income tax in Florida that can make up a big difference of money too
No state tax won’t make up for Millions of dollars.
Well, it could. If you signed a contract in New York, you need to pay 7.7% of your income (anything bigger than $500,000 is charged 7.7%). Say you are a big free agent, and you are going to make $100MM. You’d have to lose $7.7MM. So if you signed a contract in Texas or Florida for $95MM, you made more money.
MLB players pay tax for each state that they play a game in. So, if he is a Marlin and he plays a three-game set in New York, he has to pay taxes for those three days in New York.
So, the advantage of “no state income tax” that is frequently cited is quite less than most people assume.
Rational.
That’s part of their sales pitch, along with free coupons to Sonic Drive In and Dolphins tickets.
well, tx has no state taxes either…
…and then they will offer him a 3/30 deal.
Lol, beat me to it.
Will they show him their new home run sculpture?
not if they actually want to sign him
My theory is that thing will go off only when the visiting team hits a home run. They’re using it as a negative reinforcement for Marlins pitchers…give up a bomb and you have to watch/listen(?) to that abomination go off.
I really really hope that thing doesn’t have a sound.
Just another part of the publicity stunt known as the Miami Marlins 2011-2012 Off-season
They should have waited to show off their new uni’s until AFTER they signed their FA’s!
If they want to do the 1997 Huizenga era thing all over again and stack the house with expensive additions they better make sure they sign guys who will be tradeable when they end up doing the 1998 thing all over again so they can stack the house with prospects and do the 2003 thing all over again.
And hopefully they get the 1997 Marlins success as opposed to the Heat last year coming up short in the end.
Surprised the Nats haven’t been in on Wilson, although maybe they are being quiet about it?
If Wilson wants Cliff Lee money, the Yanks can have him. Just about any team would be better off with Buehrle at that price.
I’m sure Wilson would accept Cliff Lee money but I don’t think its even been speculated he will come close to that.
That’s what his agent is asking for, plus a sixth year. Doesn’t mean he is going to get it but I also wouldn’t have imagined Jayson Werth would have gotten the contract that he did either.
Just imagine how scrwed the Marlins would be if Wilson, Pujols, Reyes and Buerhle all accepted their offers
Not at all seeing as they offered them all a grand total of about hundred bucks.
Is anyone else tired of these Marlins ” bring someone in for a vist” its a joke!
Lol
there going to offer him a contract on the beach with girls in bikinis all around him, so theres no way he actually reads the terms
“Come up to my new stadium and let me show you my etchings.”
He’d be a good fit for the Angels.
They’re interested in Pujols but not Fielder? Why?!?!?!
thats what im saying
Pujols is from the Dominican. They are looking to bring in a superstar that would bring in more hispanic fans.
Pujols will help them win more games than Fielder will over the next 7 years?
because they are actually interested in neither of them… hence the lame offer they extended to Pujols
it was an unvitation
Publicity stunt…Pujols carries a lot more name power than Fielder. I mean, have you seen the Marlins freaking attendance over the past decade? Can’t be too many learned South Florida baseball fans. They hear Pujols, multiple MVPs, World Series rings and all, and think “hey, we may actually be really good this year!”
You got it right! All this fanfare is just that, talk. What Loria is doing is just making noise in order to sell tickets. The trip by Pujols was underwhelming, the offer to Reyes unrealistic and now comes Wilson, bet nothing happens.
I would not be surprised to see the Marlins announce come February that Bartolo Colon signed a 2 yr deal for $5MM. That’s more in line with Loria’s track record.
Loria’s so busy gushing about his stadium and etchings to his “clients” that he forgets to offer them a contract…
I think the Marlins would do better with Wilson.
The Marlins are making it rain invisible money…
I get the feeling that “Marlins to host ___” will replace “Can he pitch?” as the running joke of the offseason.
There going to get Reyes and pujols and win the world series next season. Maybe cj too