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Latest On The Potential Sale Of The Marlins

By charliewilmoth | May 27, 2017 at 4:18pm CDT

The Marlins are negotiating with the Jeb Bush/Derek Jeter and Tagg Romney/Tom Glavine/Dave Stewart groups and intend to sell the team to one of those groups “in the coming weeks,” Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes in a detailed report about the status of the sale. (We encourage you to give it a click; especially for stories like these that revolve around events that take place entirely away from the baseball field, firsthand reporting is crucial.) Other recent stories about the sale have characterized negotiations as fraught, suggesting either that potential owners have backed away after examining the team’s financials, or that the Bush/Jeter group in particular did not have the capital necessary to complete the deal. According to Jackson, though, current owner Jeffrey Loria remains “fully committed” to selling the team, and the team is “optimistic” a deal will happen.

The Bush/Jeter group is currently a “slight favorite,” Jackson writes, although the Romney/Glavine/Stewart group is still a real possibility. Both groups have told the Marlins that they and their investors have enough money to make the deal (contrary, perhaps, to a recent report suggesting the Jeter/Bush group did not have the necessary funds to make a $1.3B bid), although neither group’s investors have formally submitted partnership agreements that are required by the league.

Jackson explains that, according to a source close to Bush, the Bush/Jeter group has a number of verbal agreements with investors that would give it the money necessary to buy the team. The winning bid might require $800MM-$850MM in equity (with the rest of the sale total being financed through debt), plus an additional $200MM or so to pay to run the team (presumably meaning paying for player salaries and other significant expenses in the period shortly after the sale). The Romney/Glavine/Stewart bid was slightly higher than the Bush/Jeter bid, Jackson writes, although a source tells him that other factors make the two bids approximately the same.

Jackson also adds that Joe Molloy, briefly a managing general partner of the Yankees and formerly George Steinbrenner’s son-in-law, has also been trying to get involved in the bidding for the Marlins. His group has not yet made a bid, however. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross never made any bid to buy the Marlins, contrary to a previous report, Jackson writes.

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  1. Phillies2017

    8 years ago

    Dave Stewart shouldn’t be allowed near a baseball team

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    • everlastingdave

      8 years ago

      Agreed. Loria is the second-to-last person I would want near my baseball ops department. Stewart is the last.

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  2. reflect

    8 years ago

    Jeb!

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    • costergaard2

      8 years ago

      Well played = )

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  3. Best Screenname Ever

    8 years ago

    How is the Jarod/Putin offer coming?

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    • Sports

      8 years ago

      swing

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      • Sports

        8 years ago

        and a miss

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        • Best Screenname Ever

          8 years ago

          Actually Jarod won’t be able to own a team. Sadly for the Trumplet, treason carries a lengthy sentence.

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  4. takeyourbase

    8 years ago

    Enough said.

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  5. start_wearing_purple

    8 years ago

    The sale of the Marlins is still more exciting than the actual team this year. I feel sorry for the half dozen Marlins fans out there.

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    • WAH1447

      8 years ago

      No they are exciting to watch and when I mean they I mean Stanton. You are right for the most part though. I’m sure the new owners are going to clean house in that front office. All of them need to go from top to bottom. Then start a rebuild and trade everyone outside of yelich and probably Stanton just cause his contract is so large. They would be good this year but nobody could win with that terrible staff.

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  6. jd396

    8 years ago

    Dave Stewart barely understands why he’s not still running Arizona. I sure hope he doesn’t end up in charge of anything again. Go Jeb and Jeter.

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  7. RiverCatsFilms

    8 years ago

    I’d take Jeter over any of these guys- as long as he sells the statue for a star

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