LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: All joking aside, isn't this spending and the stuff around it a gigantic red flag to these guys? Their owner has a track record of lying to fans and the state, is under investigation from the SEC, and only had a marginal/nominal role in putting together the 2003 team (with John Henry/Dombroski doing most of the heavy lifting before he stepped into the owner's slot). They have never-- never-- drawn any fans on a consistent, franchise-sustaining basis. Every contract they've handed out so far appears to be more heavily backloaded than a Basketball Wife. Plus, the last time the Marlins went on a spending spree, they traded all their talent a year later. I honestly don�t understand why any player would want to go play there over anywhere else offering a comparable deal, especially when they are basically telegraphing their intent to unload everyone with their insistence on not handing out no-trade clauses. it's crazy , I look forward to it all going pear shaped.