In a thorough article for Fox Sports, Dayne Perry discusses the Tigers-Marlins trade, which in case you missed it sends Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers for LHP Andrew Miller and OF Cameron Maybin among 6 minor leaguers sent to the Marlins. 

In the article, Perry attacks Marlins’ owner Jeffery Loria and the way he not only is controlling the Marlins now, but the way he controlled the Expos years ago.

It’s no secret that Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is a thoroughly deplorable character. This was, after all, the man who willfully and with malice aforethought destroyed the Montreal Expos. During Loria’s tenure north of the border, he did things like fail to negotiate a television deal or an English-language radio contract, allow a lease on stadium land to expire, and offer his team up for contraction. It was an orchestrated failure designed to get baseball out of Montreal, and Loria pulled it off.

Great article, and every word in it is so true.  Its nice to see a writer once in a while come out with blunt truth rather than trying to appease everybody. 

What Marlins ownership is forcing this team to do is terrible. I’m sure they’ll spin it in some sort of positive way, but it’s not like they traded away some aging stars for these prospects.  They traded Miguel Cabrera, 24 years old and Dontrelle Willis, 25 years old. 

This is precisely why revenue sharing was created, and precisely why it fails.  Sure, the Marlins might have relatively low income. Yet they can afford more than a minor league roster.  Revenue sharing was meant to give small market teams a chance to compete and sign players, not for the rich and greedy owner to just pocket it.  Look at the Royals, they’ve signed Jose Guillen, Gil Meche and have used the system well.

All I can conclude is that the Marlins will promise to have the best AAA roster in baseball next year.