Dan Uggla News

Hicks said Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009 he is putting together a group of local investors, including Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach, for a bid that would enable him to keep majority ownership of the team.

View full size photo>> Yesterday ESPN's Buster Olney tweeted that the several teams have talked to the Marlins about the availability of Ricky Nolasco and Jorge Cantu .

Once a cheap team, always a cheap team. A The Florida Marlins have reportedly " reached an impasse " with ace Josh Johnson regarding a proposed four-year contract extension.

The free-agency floodgates will swing open on Friday, and though the Marlins consistently sport one of the lowest payrolls in the Majors, they can factor in, too.

If you DH him due to the defense though, you lose some value since he's not a complete butcher with the glove.

The former Mariners slugger has spent the past four seasons as the Florida Marlins hitting coach, helping transform a bunch of prospects and spare parts into one of the National League's most underrated offenses.

Chris Coghlan and Andrew Bailey both agreed to change, then quickly got their chance in the majors.

Orioles: Is Uggla the answer? One of the first players to surface in Orioles trade speculation this offseason was Florida Marlins infielder Dan Uggla, who would certainly add some pop to the O's lineup, but probably wouldn't be joining Adam Jones on next year's list of Gold Glove winners after reluctantly switching from second to third base.

Dan Uggla has no qualms about changing teams. Changing positions, however, is a whole different ballgame.

Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports says that Dan Uggla would like to remain at second base.

The Red Sox are considering using Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla as a replacement in left field for Jason Bay.

I caught some of the XM Radio Baseball show yesterday afternoon with Casey Stern and Kevin Kennedy.

No surprise here - Dan Uggla is attracting interest from the Orioles, Red Sox and Giants, according to Fox sports .

Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post believes there is a 5050 chance the Marlins trade 1B Jorge Cantu , and, "Indications are 2B Dan Uggla will get traded by the winter meetings." To read more on the Marlins, and whether they intend to sign Josh Johnson to a long-term extension, check out Capozzi's report, here .

It's clear that the Marlins will be trading Dan Uggla very soon as they apparently are having discussions with a few teams about him.

Are the Marlins going to keep Renyel Pinto? It looks like he gives up a lot of runs.

Is there any chance that the Marlins can extend Dan Uggla like they did with Hanley Ramirez? Uggla is a great player and I could see him in the Opening Day lineup in the Marlins new stadium.

As a first-year manager in 2006, Joe Girardi quickly developed the reputation for embracing his players while keeping his thoughts close to the vest publicly.

Okay, the 2009 season is over for the Marlins, and there's a bitterness to that statement that is real, but not relevant.

Who do you think is going to be the Marlins' third baseman on Opening Day? -- Dennis C., Miami We haven't even started free agency, and the organization right now is trying to settle its coaching staff, so it is way too early to give a truly accurate prediction of who will start at a number of positions.