This all moot, basically, as Giancarlo Stanton is still a Marlin. But it’s interesting all the same.
After the trade deadline passed there was a report that the Pirates made a serious offer for Giancarlo Stanton that “turned the heads” of the Marlins front office. Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald, however, says that’s not the case:Source: the #Marlins received many offers for Giancarlo Stanton, but NOT ONE from the Pittsburgh Pirates
— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) August 1, 2013
#Marlins told every team that called about Stanton: “Not listening to any offers.” Thus, no names were ever exchanged with any team.
— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) August 1, 2013
Given how great the Pirates season is going it seems unlikely that anyone there would feel a need to float a bogus story about just how hard they’re trying to improve the team. My guess: this is a game of telephone, in which one person said “we called ‘em” and as it got passed down the line to the reporter it had morphed into “sure, we made a big offer!” It’s like “Vermin is going to kill Johnny’s brother at the Savoy Theater tomorrow night.”
Wait, you telling me you don’t watch that movie once a month? You should.
