Riedling, Marlins Reach Preliminary Deal
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Right-hander reliever John Riedling reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday with the Florida Marlins on a &#36;750,000, one-year contract.
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Right-hander Brett Myers agreed to a $25.75 million, three-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, avoiding arbitration.
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The Marlins on Friday addressed their depleted bullpen by signing veteran righthanders Alfonseca and Todd Jones to contracts. Alfonseca, who spent last season with the Atlanta Braves, received $4.75 million over two years.
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com. An industry source told MLB.com on Friday that a deal with free-agent pitcher Russ Ortiz is &quot;imminent,&quot; with an announcement possible as early as Friday afternoon.
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Carlos Delgado will play for the Mets or the Florida Marlins next season, and the Mets are the front-runners to sign him, according to an A.L. executive.
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Al Leiter is returning to the Marlins, but Carl Pavano appears to be a goner. Leiter, a left-hander who threw the franchise&#39;s first no-hitter in 1996 and helped the team win its first World Series in 1997, signed a one-year $8 million contract Wednesday.
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MIAMI -- Free agent outfielder Luis Gonzalez and the Florida Marlins have reached a preliminary agreement on a $2 million, one-year contract.
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In a change-of-scenery deal, the Yankees are close to a trade that would send left-handed reliever Felix Heredia to the Mets and put Mike Stanton back in pinstripes.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins announced on Saturday they have re-signed manager Jack McKeon to a one-year contract through the 2005 season.
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MIAMI (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins have signed  pitcher Al Leiter to a one-year contract, one day after the New  York Mets decided not to offer the lefthander arbitration.
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Reliever Todd Jones agreed to a one-year, &#36;1.1 million contract with the Florida Marlins on Monday, finalizing a deal that was struck in principle late last week at baseball's winter meetings.
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TORONTO -- It was one of the more unusual examples of contract leverage in recent memory. When third baseman Mike Lowell agreed to sign a four-year extension with the Florida Marlins after they won the World Series in 2003, it included this stipulation: If the cash-strapped Marlins didn't obtain financing for a new stadium by the following November, Lowell had ...
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Outfielder Doug Glanville and utility player Damian Rolls reached preliminary agreements Thursday on minor league contracts with the New York Yankees.
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Chicago is definitely the Marlins&#39; kind of town. But the defending World Series champions will be glad to return to South Florida.
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Juan Pierre had three hits and AJ Burnett pitched eight solid innings as the Florida Marlins salvaged a split of their key four-game series against the Chicago Cubs with an 11-1 win in the series finale in National League play Sunday.
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The Florida Marlins hooked the last  big prize in this year's free-agent market Tuesday, signing  Toronto Blue Jays slugger Carlos Delgado to the richest  contract in team history.
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For the New York Mets, now comes plan B. They had hoped to add Carlos Delgado and complete a spectacular offseason that included the signings of Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran. But Delgado chose the Florida Marlins' &#36;52 million, four-year offer Tuesday.