I think it’s much more likely that Stalin simply doesn’t want to be seen hanging out around people like Jeff Loria.

I get it, Dave. You don’t like Loria. No one in Miami does either, I promise. The way you use that to justify ranking the Marlins 29 (a joke considering their past success and the abundance of talent on their roster and in their farm system) and to give the rest of the team shockingly low grades (seriously Beinfast has been as good as Billy Beane with LESS to work with) is nonsense.

The Pirates WISH they were the Marlins and so do a bunch of other crappy franchises. It is very hard to take this website seriously reading a hatchet job like this.

Dave comes across as a delusional fool. I would put the Marlins’ accomplishments up against any team in baseball. Their future looks bright as well, with a talented young team, a good young manager, a fantastic GM and a stocked minor league system that is the envy of most of the teams in baseball.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, Loria and Samson accomplished what two other ownership groups were unable to do in 10 years — secure a new stadium! That makes all the difference in the world for this team’s future.

So, despite Dave’s almost irrational hatred, Loria has been a successful owner – a world series championship, winning records in four of the past six years and a new stadium. Not too damn shabby.

All in all, I’d say that, while not the traditional way of running a team, this is one of the best run organizations in baseball.

No, it’s not. Not even close. Josh Johnson, Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, Matt Lindstrom, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Volstad, Cody Ross… all ‘pure’ Beinfest players, and that’s hardly the end of the list. Not to mention the credit he should get for actually cashing in on the fire sales of players like Beckett and Cabrera (both Dombrowski signings), unlike say, the Twins and Johan Santana.

I fully understand the Loria hatred, but this is simply an indefensible, asinine ranking. The Marlins have a better chance of winning a World Series in the next five years than half the clubs in baseball, toxic owner or no toxic owner.

If Dave wanted to generate a bit of controversy, mission accomplished. If he wanted to seem a credible judge of MLB organizations, epic fail.

If a third team was added to NYC it would still have the three biggest revenue teams in the country. So winning their takes zero skill. Losing there shows the Yankees are absolutely clueless about how to build a franchise. They just throw money at it.

The city complies.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090323&content_id=4055912&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Marlins’ ballpark vote passes
Retractable-roof stadium slated for 2012 opening

This certainly shakes up the future quite a bit.

Let’s assume a bad case scenario–that Loria will not spend any real money. Even so, they still have lots of high upside major and minor leaguers who can pan out and provide great performances at no salary. A great young rotation whose biggest issue is health means there’s plenty of potential for a nice 2H/playoff run where everything clicks. Some good hitting talent, a good eye for cheap filler talent in the front office, and potential in Maybin, Morrison, Stanton means they can have a real shot at a WS without any big FA signings.

I’d much rather have that than the Royals prospects for a WS. Even if the Royals have more dollars–the Marlins has a front office that knows how to value players. Even with few dollars, the Marlins have decent odds to pull off another version of their previous 2 WS runs.

And you say Dave is the comedian…