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Can't wait for their season to start tonight. The number of legit prospects on this team is ridiculous:

Pitchers:

Comer
Estrada
Gabryszwski
Murphy
Musgrove
Norris

Mike Stanton is an already established slugger on the Marlins, still young and hasnt reached peak. Hasn't done what Jose has. We would take cash savings and put it towards from line starter like Cain...

Then why bring up prospects not working out? We know that can happen too.

IF the Marlins would trade Mike Stanton for Jose Bautista, you wouldn't do it?

Bautista might hit .198 with 11 HR's next year. Congrats, we can all make 'what if' statements...

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Why wouldn't you get top prospects for trading one of the best players in the game on one of the best contracts in the game? That doesn't make sense.

If the Jays are good in 2013/2014, it'll have...

So we should wait for those prospects to get ready to compete while watching Bautistas prime years get wasted while just waiting for success to come? Sounds promising...

OR see what you can get...

They finished 4th in most likely the 2 best seasons Bautista will ever have. He's 31. By the time the homegrown talent is ready to go and compete, he'll be 33/34. His chances of continued dominance...

Even if he doesn't put it all together, hes still a valuable young 3/4 starter whos controllable. Those aren't the assets I want to get rid of. I want to move out the players who will most likely be...

The timeframe of making the playoffs is the same with or without Bautista, thats why hes expendable. The ability to sustain that success would most likely be greater if we get very good young talent...

Trading Morrow would be a huge mistake, too much upside. Lind has 0 trade value and Thames is most likely a 4th OF. Can't see what we could possibly get for either Lind or Thames, and I like Thames.

That 2006 team was the best we've had in a long time. It was fun to watch wasn't it? Hind sight is of course 20/20. Those moves made that team very competitive and if they weren't in the East that...

You think were going to make the playoffs this season? Thats what now refers to. This team has absolutely no chance of competing this season the way the roster is currently constructed. Now if AA...

If the price is right? My whole comment was talking about how the price is way wrong right now. Of course Garza would be nice to have, but not for 3 solid prospects.

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So we may as well have a low payroll now so we have a high payroll later? Not understanding your point.

Free Agency was stacked this year. Reyes, Bell, Papelbon, Madson, Pujols, Fielder, Wilson, Beltran, Buerhle, Darvish, etc etc. This was the best crop of free agents I can remember. Not saying they...

Better players get paid more. End of story.

There are lots of leaders on this team. Romero and Lawrie lead by example. Lawrie will be the heart and soul of this team within 2 years. I'm sure you're one of those guys that wanted to keep Mats...

WHY DOES LOW PAYROLL MATTER TO YOU? Is it your money? Would you rather see the owners get rich or the players?

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I didn't say money = championships. I said money = competitiveness. By competiveness I mean year in and year out. Not 1 miracle run every 10 years. If we're going to have all this high end talent,...

Did you see what the Reds gave up for Latos? Way too much. Not remotely interested in any move that costs us 3 solid prospects. Especially not for Gio or Garza or any other mid tier starter. May as...

If the only good reason to keep Bautista is because he makes Yunel comfortable then that's more of a reason to ship him out. Don't think he'll be putting up OPS of 1.000 in 2014.

Why should our payroll only be $80 MIL. No excuse for that. We definitely need to be over 100 MIL to stay competitive. Obviously you don't want to waste money, but theres no reason not to spend to...