Jeff Conine is going to come out of retirement to sign a contract with the Florida Marlins, after which he is expected to immediately retire. According to the team website, he will be signed for one day, March 28th. One of the players on the Marlins originally roster, Conine will be honored in their home opener, coincidentally against his most recent team, the Mets.

A member of both Marlins World Series teams, Conine spent only parts of last season as a Met. He had 41 at bats in 21 games and got just 8 hits. Most of his fielding appearances were at first base.

Jeff Conine, he of the recently retired, broke his collarbone training for  not baseball.  This hereby moves him even below Shawn Green in the ‘likely to return to baseball’ category.

Experts still say he’s more likely to pitch this season than Mike Hampton.

Yes, its a slow news day in baseball.

According to rotoworld, the Mets declined arbitration on Paul Lo Duca, Shawn Green, Mike DiFelice, Aaron Sele, Jeff Conine, Sandy Alomar Jr, and Jose Valentin. Reports from last month indicated that Jeff Conine was planning on retiring.

No surprises here. With the acquisition of Church and Schneider, that left no room for Lo Duca, Green and our pair of minor league catchers. Likewise, the Castillo deal combined with Stache’s heath problems pretty much sealed his fate. Of the list, chances are only Green and Lo Duca end up on a MLB 25 man roster next season.