the florida marlins woke up this morning with a less than 5% chance to make the playoffs. jorge cantu is two months from free agency, and at the last check, will not be ranked highly enough by elias to award free agent compensation. if there was value to be had for cantu, any at all, the marlins had no choice but to get it. with all that said, it’s hard not to like the two prospects the marlins acquired from the rangers today, evan reed and omar poveda.
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contrary to earlier indications, it seems the jorge cantu trade to texas is close but not yet done. how do we know this? jorge cantu is playing for the marlins, right now, having gone 1-3 and scoring a run against the giants. when a player gets traded while he's playing, he immediately gets pulled, so this one clearly isn't finished.
mlb trade rumors: rangers, marlins close on jorge cantu trade - sbnation.com
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roy oswalt granted his own wish: he’s now part of a pennant race. miguel tejada and jorge cantu joined the mix, too.
mazziesv says:texas rangers get florida marlins' jorge cantu for minor leaguers http://es.pn/azqrmh
reallyjoetodaro says:jorge can not get traded to the rangers, jorge cantu get traded to the rangers!
the gates that opened for chris davis once justin smoak arrived in seattle are once more closed today as the texas rangers have acquire jorge cantu for two minor league arms. davis himself really cant complain. he hit .188/.265/.267 in …