Blockbuster Trades in Baseball

Just one year after opening a brand new stadium and spending over $150 million in the last offseason, the Miami Marlins commenced yet another fire sale, unloading star shortstop Jose Reyes and pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle in return for shortstops Yunel Escobar and Adieny Hechavarria along with right hander Henderson Alvarez and several other prospects. Reyes and Buehrle played only one year for the Marlins despite signing expensive multiyear deals, and local fans are outraged because the $2.4 billion stadium project is publicly funded. The Marlins have two players from the 2012 Opening Day lineup remaining -- Giancarlo Stanton and Logan Morrison.