The baseball world is still frothing with rage over the latest and greatest Marlins fire sale trade. Actually, calling it a fire sale trade isn't fair, it is really more of a raging inferno sale trade what with them dumping their two biggest free agent purchases from the off-season before along with pretty much every other player on their roster making even a little bit of money.
But as crazy as that trade was, it actually could have been even crazier. Surely we all remember how close the Marlins came to signing both Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, who of course ended up signing with the Angels. As it turns out, a major reason that Albert and C.J. passed on Miami's respective offers was that they didn't include no-trade clauses, which is a Marlins club policy. So, yeah, good call, fellas.
That got me thinking though. The Marlins essentially decided that their spending spree went awry and that they needed to cut their losses, blow things up and start over (and...
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PLAYERS:
Albert Pujols,
CJ Wilson,
Jeffrey Loria,
Howie Kendrick,
Vernon Wells,
Jeff Mathis,
Maicer Izturis,
Zack Greinke,
Anibal Sanchez,
Josh Hamilton,
Chase Headley,
Justin Upton
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks
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The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of acquiring Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio from the Miami Marlins, Jon Morosi of FOX Sports reports.
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