Yoenis Cespedes Will Probably Go To Miami

So Cuban superstar Yoenis Cespedes is in Miami getting a tour of the City/ Park and has admitted he wants to play there, so with that, and the fact the Marlins are going out of control with spending, I see it as a fit.

I really like Cespedes, he has blazing speed, plus arm, excellent power, but average is the only question. If he is surrounded by big bats in a line up like Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes, that will be masked.

I would love for the Sox to throw their hat in the ring, but the way they are acting it makes me want to puke. Cubans are a weird breed when it comes to playing over here, but I think this guy is as guaranteed as they come.

Crazy Carlos Going To The Marlins

After just talking about the Jets, the Marlins are for sure going to be the Jets of the MLB led by a crazy coach in Ozzie Guillen.

The Marlins just got a little bit crazier by trading for Carlos Zambrano. The trade breaks down as Carlos Zambrano from the Cubs for Chris Volstad. The trade is still pending physicals and approval from the commissioner's office according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Marlins will pay just $2.5MM of Zambrano's $18MM salary, reports Juan C. Rodriguez of The Sun Sentinel.

I love this deal for the Marlins and I believe that Carlos Zambrano can still be a good pitcher. If anyone in the MLB needs a change of scenery it's Zambrano. Zambrano, 30, posted a 4.82 ERA with 6.2 K/9, 3.5 BB/9 and a 42.4% ground ball rate in 145 2/3 innings for the Cubs in 2011. The deal gives the Marlins a projected rotation of Buehrle, Josh Johnson, Anibal Sanchez, Ricky Nolasco and Zambrano. Which isn't bad and with the Marlins and their offseason, I believe they can take the NL East.

Who The Fuck Do The Marlins Think They Are?

Mark Buehrle joined Heath Bell and Jose Reyes in baseball's Miami migration. Miami has been throwing around major contracts to those 3 stud free agents to the tune of, 58 million dollars/ 4 years for Buehrle, 27 million/ 3 year for Bell and 106 million/ 6 year for Reyes. Dominating the market under art dealer-owner Jeffrey Loria, the Marlins increased their spending spree to $191 million in less than a week. They also are rumored to be in on the Prince Fielder sweepstakes after getting tired trying to get Albert Pujols.

The crazy thing about this is Miami just doing this to try and get a nonexistent fan base? Are they going to even have a fan base? When they were the Florida Marlins they won the World Series in 97 and 03 and consistently had excellent players come through their system and be competitive and still couldn't get fans, so what changes now? Although Tampa Bay isn't Miami they have teams that could be in the World Series every year for the past 3 years and still have no fan base. So is getting a new stadium with a retractable roof and 200 million dollars in salary going to get fans in Miami? I really don't know, but since I like what the Marlins are doing, I certainly hope so.

Albert Pujols Bidding War Getting Crazy

You knew it eventually would. The Marlins have now made a 10 year offer for $200+ million. The Cubs are said to be involved, but just enough to drive up the price as they have their eyes on Fielder. The Cardinals are expected to make a counter offer today for Pujols.

Word is the only thing holding up a deal with the Marlins is the Marlins accepting a full no trade clause. If I had to guess I bet Pujols ends up getting 10 years $250 million with a no trade clause (to stay with Cardinals), which is just fucking silly and showing once again the MLB really needs some kind of salary cap.

Miami Marlins Sign Jose Reyes

I'm not a giant Jose Reyes guy, but I love the fact the Marlins are going balls to the wall with the free agents this year. The All-Star shortstop became the second top free agent to land with the Marlins, agreeing Sunday night to a $106 million, six-year contract. Jose was injured last year but still put together a great season with batting .337, 7 home runs, 44 rbis and 39 SBs.

This is a great move by the Marlins who can now fill Hanley Ramirez at 3rd and have the most exciting left side of the infield in baseball. People are going to speculate that this may be the end for Hanley, who has been playing short the passed couple years, but he has simply outgrown the position. The Marlins are getting Josh Johnson back, they signed Heath Bell, have Ozzie Guillen as their coach and now have Jose Reyes pretty good offseason so far. There are rumors that they are going to go after Albert Pujols next, which I don't think will happen, but it's cool that they are trying.