Miami Marlins gaining popularity with aggressive approach – MLB Update
The Miami Marlins are by far the most active team in the offseason and their aim is clear – to build the best team in Major League Baseball for 2012. After failing to keep up during this past season, the Marlins have agreed that the only way to achieve quick
success is to spend freely.
This spending intent has made Marlins the most popular team in the Majors and more than that, the players they are targeting are all big names. The management has extended initial offers to Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols and Mark Buehrle, but the details are
still unknown.
Sources have asserted that the six-year 90-million-dollar offer to Reyes is slightly inflated and is not exactly what the Marlins have offered. However, it gives a fair idea of the range that Reyes will be looking for and the final figure will surely be
more than the stated amount. The most intriguing fact nevertheless, remains to be the length of the contract, which was not expected to be more than five years.
Although still 28, Reyes is a known case of leg injuries and thus teams will not want to flirt with the length of the contract. However, a move to Miami will give him a more suitable climate and thus it can be expected that his injury problem will be curbed.
A major factor that keeps the Marlins interested in Reyes is the fact that he was named batting champion of 2011, ahead of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp and Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun.
Marlins’ Larry Beinfest was overwhelmed by the gain in popularity by the Marlins in a span of a few months. He asserted that many people are surprised by the aggressive intent of the ballclub, but this is where the team has changed and will continue to improve.
Beinfest said, “We haven’t been big in free agency in a while. Given our situation, we haven’t been involved in a lot of free agency. [Now] we would love to secure some players as soon as possible and try to get this team together.”
If the Marlins land a few big names, expectations will inflate as well and it will be interesting to see how the management copes with it.
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