http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/09/report-rangers-target-marlins-cantu/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/09/report-rangers-target-marlins-cantu/comment-page-1/#comment-15392 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:11:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2614#comment-15392 Indeed. Then again, I would hazard a guess that the reason the market for Uggla “hasn’t developed” is because other teams know that his impending arbitration eligibility will apply all the pressure to the cheapskate Marlins’ front office that they will need to make a much better deal next year sometime – like before Spring training begins. By then, the prospect of coughing up what an arbitrator thinks Danny Boy is worth for his three consecutive thirty homer seasons will be squeezing Jeffrey Loria’s huevos pericos like one of those feral pythons in which south Florida now abounds. If I were a GM looking for whatever it is that Uggla seems to bring me, I would just sit back and wait for Loria and Samson to start sweating bullets, then offer them a package of slightly less Exciting Young Prospects (EYP’s) than what they would accept at the moment.
Patience, fellas. No one’s ordering Colonel Pepper to stand and deliver….yet.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/09/report-rangers-target-marlins-cantu/comment-page-1/#comment-15391 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:36:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2614#comment-15391 Or, as they are the Marlins, they could get rid of both Cantu and Uggla and pocket a ton of money…

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/09/report-rangers-target-marlins-cantu/comment-page-1/#comment-15390 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:21:37 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2614#comment-15390 Why would they pursue Cantu when they have a top-tier prospect in Justin Smoak? Isnt his MLB ETA 2010?

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