Florida Marlins

Florida Winter Baseball League shuts down

Having completed just a quarter of its inaugural schedule, the four-team Florida Winter Baseball League on Wednesday announced it was suspending operations.

Left fielder hit .388 over final two months, edges Phillies' Happ

Having won World Series championships in 1997 and 2003, the Marlins hoped to stay on a six-year, title-winning cycle in 2009. That didn't happen, but the Marlins still have their run of producing a Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year every three seasons intact.

There will be no long-term contract for Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson. Not this year. And probably not ever.<p/> So said the All-Star pitcher's agent Friday.

The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.

The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.

Extension unlikely for Marlins ace

Marlins add five to fill up 40-man roster

Marlins unveil Spring Training schedule

While Selig whines about the bad economy and about how some teams (who he wouldn't identify) lost money last season, ESPN's Jayson Stark calculates that not only each club makes more money than you could dream possible, but also that teams like the Marlins who annually keep a huge chunk of their revenue-sharing cash instead of pumping it towards the players should be charged a tax on the difference.

Juan C. speculates on who will fill up the 40-man roster before the Rule 5 draft cutoff deadline of tomorrow.

The Marlins will be hopping to Greensboro on April 3th.

The Hurk is playing winter ball in the land of mofongo.

Well, that didn't take too long...a day after the Global Scouting Bureau stopped its relationship with the Florida Winter Baseball League, the FWBL suspends the rest of this year's games.

Here's Juan C. Rodriguez's story on the shutdown.

Loud Miamians (are there any other kind?) protest the lack of stadium work given to locals. Marlins cry foul, say the building site is filled to the rafters with locals and more wiil be needed soon. Locals vow to continue to be loud. (MiamiHerald)(cbs4)(nbcmiami)

IN-RUMOR-NEWS: The Marlins are reported interested in Billy Wagner (along with most other teams), and are shopping Ricky Nolasco (along with most other Marlins).

IN-OTHER-NEWS: Alleged criminal mastermind Renyel Pinto flaunts his finger in Facebook. (miaminewtimes)