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Post#1 » by Griff83 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:50 pm

So it sound like theres big dissention amongst Morrison and management.
He was pissed that hitting coach John Malle was fired and basically said on air that Jeffrey Loria called for the firing. Management has told Morrison to be quiet and they told him to get rid of his twitter account. Heres a interesting bit from the Yahoo Jeff Passan coloum

"Valentine, it turns out, was too honest for the Marlins. So was Joe Girardi, who Loria canned. And Fredi Gonzalez, who had the temerity to criticize Loria’s pet, franchise shortstop Hanley Ramirez(notes), whose arrogance has infected the Marlins’ clubhouse for years. Unless Morrison falls in line, he’ll go, too, because the truth is a liability in South Florida, and no amount of home runs or RBIs will remedy that"

I wouldnt at all be suprised if Morrison could be available thru trade after this situation and the Marlins are known to deal away good young talent anyways. He would be a awesome young left handed bat to aquire. A outfield of Morrison - Gose - Bautista would be pretty sweet in a few seasons.
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Post#2 » by Schad » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:59 pm

Very doubtful, unless things really and truly blow up there. The Marlins usually trade their young talent when they approach free agency...Morrison is years away.
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Post#3 » by Griff83 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:04 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:Very doubtful, unless things really and truly blow up there. The Marlins usually trade their young talent when they approach free agency...Morrison is years away.


There seems to be LOTS of issues going on there right now. Hanley is apparently having rifs with management, young players like Morrison, Sanchez and Stanton arent happy Malle was fired and the team is now 5 games under 5hundred. I dont think its that far fetched that the deal a kid that might be too outspoken for there liking.

Say they did make him available. What would you give up?
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Post#4 » by Avenger » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:13 pm

Like Schad said there really is no way the Marlins are trading away Morrison simply because he spoke out about teh owner

I like LoMo, he's a good hitter and he's years away from Free Agency but he's not the kind of guy the Jays need right now. I'm not convinced his power is for real, he might not even be be able to handle left field defensively and what are we gonna do with Snider or even Thames? I don't feel comfortable bringing in more one dimensional fat unathletic players with limited defensive value.
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Post#5 » by Schad » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:16 pm

It's probably far-fetched in the short term...the mere fact that he spoke out won't get him shipped.

What would I give up? Dunno. It'd probably cost us two or three of our best prospects, given that he's a 23 year old putting up monstrous numbers, and five years from free agency; something in the Alvarez, d'Arnaud and something (Gose?) range sounds about right. Do I do that? Dunno. Probably not. It's a pretty unlikely scenario anyhoo.
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Re: Logan Morrison potential trade target? 

Post#6 » by kelso » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:07 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:It's probably far-fetched in the short term...the mere fact that he spoke out won't get him shipped.

What would I give up? Dunno. It'd probably cost us two or three of our best prospects, given that he's a 23 year old putting up monstrous numbers, and five years from free agency; something in the Alvarez, d'Arnaud and something (Gose?) range sounds about right. Do I do that? Dunno. Probably not. It's a pretty unlikely scenario anyhoo.


I would move that for Logan Morrison in a heartbeat. None of those 3 are a guaranteed major leaguer and Morrison looks to be a solid producer for years to come with contract flexibility to boot. He hits left and his on base % is awesome. Frankly I would be surprised if that package was able to get a guy like that (I know its hypothetical obviously).
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Post#7 » by Griff83 » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:13 am

kelso wrote:
Schadenfreude wrote:It's probably far-fetched in the short term...the mere fact that he spoke out won't get him shipped.

What would I give up? Dunno. It'd probably cost us two or three of our best prospects, given that he's a 23 year old putting up monstrous numbers, and five years from free agency; something in the Alvarez, d'Arnaud and something (Gose?) range sounds about right. Do I do that? Dunno. Probably not. It's a pretty unlikely scenario anyhoo.


I would move that for Logan Morrison in a heartbeat. None of those 3 are a guaranteed major leaguer and Morrison looks to be a solid producer for years to come with contract flexibility to boot. He hits left and his on base % is awesome. Frankly I would be surprised if that package was able to get a guy like that (I know its hypothetical obviously).


Theres no way I would give up D'arnaud, Alavarez and Gose for Morrison.

Those are prolly 3 of this franchises most exiciting prospects and each have HUGE ceilings.

You are also essenitially trading a SP, CF and C for a left fielder. Sorry but those positions are far too valueable to give up that much for a LF'er. Sure Morrison would fit nicely in this lineup but not at that kind of cost. In a years time if all those 3 continue to stay on there development path that type of package could bring in a Elite frontline pitcher.

Heck I wouldnt be entirely shocked if D'arnaud turns into a better player then Morrison.
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Post#8 » by Hoopstarr » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:11 am

I like LoMo a lot. After his strong power numbers in 07 and 08, he fractured his wrist in 09 and he's probably only returning to form now. He was touted as having huge raw power as a prospect so there's no reason he can't hit 25 HR with a very strong OBP. That said, he's not that valuable to us as a poor fielding LF. Moreover, he'd cost too much because he's under control for some time.
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Post#9 » by Schad » Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:19 am

Griff83 wrote:Theres no way I would give up D'arnaud, Alavarez and Gose for Morrison.

Those are prolly 3 of this franchises most exiciting prospects and each have HUGE ceilings.

You are also essenitially trading a SP, CF and C for a left fielder. Sorry but those positions are far too valueable to give up that much for a LF'er. Sure Morrison would fit nicely in this lineup but not at that kind of cost. In a years time if all those 3 continue to stay on there development path that type of package could bring in a Elite frontline pitcher.

Heck I wouldnt be entirely shocked if D'arnaud turns into a better player then Morrison.


I agree, and that's the other reason Morrison isn't a realistic trade target: he'd cost an absolute fortune at this stage.
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Post#10 » by Ong_dynasty » Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:49 am

What about someone like Hanley Ramirez?
He is the type of player id be looking at (even though may cost abit).
Still young, signed for another 3 years or so, is performing badly this year and supposely has character issues.
Would two top prospects and maybe aaron hill work? (say snider and drabek?) or is that too much?
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Post#11 » by luenell » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:08 pm

Ong_dynasty wrote:What about someone like Hanley Ramirez?
He is the type of player id be looking at (even though may cost abit).
Still young, signed for another 3 years or so, is performing badly this year and supposely has character issues.
Would two top prospects and maybe aaron hill work? (say snider and drabek?) or is that too much?


No way they do a deal without Lawrie being included.
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Post#12 » by Schad » Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:38 pm

Lawrie would definitely need to be in it (the Marlins aren't about to sell him at a bargain basement price...Loria treats him almost like a son), and Hanley Ramirez scares me at that kind of price. Even before he sunk to below replacement-level this year, he took a bit of a tumble last season; after three years of fairly consistent performances, his wOBA took a bit of a tumble (still excellent, but 30-35 points off his previous marks) as he started to pound the ball into the ground with some frequency, and his never-good defense got worse. He's also getting more and more, uh, beefy...some muscle, some fat, but it seems to be doing him no favours, and I'd worry about him going full-Vernon on us.
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Post#13 » by Hoopstarr » Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:23 pm

Ah, the Full Vernon. They say there's no coming back from that.
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Post#14 » by Schad » Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:23 pm

Hoopstarr wrote:Ah, the Full Vernon. They say there's no coming back from that.


It makes the half-Rios look like a quarter Hamilton, that's for sure.
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