Buck a Marlin?

[tempests_dawn]

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Marlins are nearing a three-year deal with free agent catcher John Buck.

http://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status ... 2879197184

[DonYon]

NOOOOOO!

[SharoneWright]

2:03pm: The Marlins are close to signing Buck to a three-year deal, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. We had speculated on the three-year possibility just a few hours ago. Rosenthal's colleague Jon Paul Morosi tweets that Buck's deal is worth more than $15MM.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

[trellaine201]

Means we keep Olivo

[Wo1verine]

Well good on him 15+Million is fantastic for him

[evilRyu]

it'll be interesting to see if he comes near his offensive numbers next season.

[Randle McMurphy]

Good, there's no way the Jays should have given him 3 years/18M.

[satyr9]

Good, there's no way the Jays should have given him 3 years/18M.

Agree 100%. Just like Scoots for me last year. Both totally outperformed my expectations and their contracts while a Jay, but I'm perfectly happy to applaud the prior performance, bank the pick, and let someone else pay out the nose hoping for a repeat over multiple years.

[Hoopstarr]

Cito got him PAID

[Relentless88]

Good, there's no way the Jays should have given him 3 years/18M.

Agreed.

[Avenger]

wtf are the Marlins doing

-Cameron Maybin for two run of the mill relievers
-3yrs/18million for John freaking Buck
-Uggla(and two picks)for a utility player and a run of the mill reliever.

their front office used to be smart, these moves are absolutely mind boggling.

[Relentless88]

So do we get a draft pick now because of this?

[Avenger]

So do we get a draft pick now because of this?

yup, two compensatory picks confirmed so far this offseason, John Buck and Joaquin Benoit

[DonYon]

and yet another former Toronto athlete taking his talents to south beach

[CRACKSMATIC]

hugeee overpayment by the marlins imo.. glad well be getting compensation picks back tho