Marlins To Lower Payroll For 2013
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Considerable uncertainty surrounds Miami’s manager and front office with ten
days remaining in the regular season, but one thing about the 2013 Marlins is
clear: they’re lowering payroll. The Marlins will likely scale payroll back
to the $70-80MM range after spending a franchise-record $95MM in 2012, Clark
Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.
The team lost money this season, Spencer writes. Miami moved into its new
stadium after spending aggressively on free agents including Jose Reyes, Mark
Buehrle and Heath Bell only to disappoint on the field (66-86 record so far).
The Marlins have committed $67.5MM to next year's team, so their financial
flexibility will be limited this coming offseason.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez created a stir by saying Jeffrey Loria, the
owner of the Marlins and his former boss, is difficult to please, Spencer
reports. “There’s not a manager dead or alive that Jeffrey thinks is good
enough," Gonzalez said. "Not Connie Mack, not anyone.” Loria called the
comments "classless" and characterized Gonzalez's work with the Marlins as a
"colossal failure." Loria fired Gonzalez in June of 2010 after he managed the
team for four years.