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just means that the Marlins can't dump him on whomever they like..like dumping him in Milwaukee or Minnesota..undesirable destinations.

also, as we know all too well with our own albatross contracts on the Dodgers' books, a contract of this magnitude will serve as no-trade clause in of itself. so really it's no skin off the Marlins' back to tie one in. even if there wasn't a no-trade clause..if they ever did put him up for trade, or he requested one, there'd only be handful of teams that could afford to make a play for him and take on that sort of commitment anyway.

 

they could.

 

yes, but the point i was making is that they could get out from under Stanton's contract by next year's deadline. and they could..just the way you and i both explained it.

 

:golfclap:

 

UNLESS there is am opt out which is expected. No trade clause is also expected to be included

Update: Done deal according to many

 

^I heard 3 years.

 

Wow oh wow if true. Not sure where this will get moved to but it is a potential bomb shell to blow up the off season.

Report: Biogenesis boss told feds Scott Boras sought to cover up Ramirez failed drug test
FOX Sports -- 1 hour ago

Biogeneis head Anthony Bosch reportedly told federal investigators that powerful sports agent Scott Boras attempted to help "fabricate medical records and concoct a cover story to explain a failed drug test by Boras client Manny Ramirez," two sources with direct knowledge of the claims told Newsday.com.

According to the article released Friday, Bosch said Boras arranged the meeting after Ramirez tested positive for banned substances in 2009. Boras, according to Bosch, came up with an explanation for the failed test that involved Ramirez accidentally using an elderly uncle's testosterone cream because he thought it was aftershave, the story related.

According to the Newsday sources, Bosch, who headed up the South Florida anti-aging clinic that provided performance-enhancing drugs to numerous baseball players, made the claims --€“ which were recorded -- while being debriefed by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Bosch is one of eight men who have been arrested on federal charges in connection with Biogenesis. He has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against his co-defendants.

Bosch's allegations about Boras thrust baseball's most prominent agent into a Biogenesis saga that he has avoided despite formerly representing two of Bosch's most notorious clients: Ramirez and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

Boras did not respond to repeated emails or a phone message left at his office seeking comment from Newsday.
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Would not surprise me whatsoever, greedy bastard!!

 

Not sure if I should have posted it here but I started a thread on the report that agent Scott Boras has been implicated in the Biogenesis drug scandal, trying to cover up the use by Manny.

 

AJ Burnett re-signs. Yes I am bored!

 

That would defeat the purpose. It'd be basically a 1 year extension.