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Blog: Scout on Marlins who may be Traded

by Matthew Cerrone on October 23rd, 2008 at 1:46 pm

In a post to his blog for the Sun Sentinel, Mike Berardino talks with a scout about seven players who could be traded by the Marlins, including 1B Mike Jacobs, 2B Dan Uggla, RHP Kevin Gregg and LHP Scott Olsen.

…i have been sent several e-mails from fans suggesting the Mets acquire gregg from the Marlins to be their closer

According to the scout, “Gregg has those knee problems… He’s not a closer.  Not for me.  Maybe you stick him back in the seventh inning like he used to be for the Angels, but the arbitration number ($4 million or more) is too high for that role.”

In 72 appearances for the Marlins this season, Gregg was 7–8 with 29 saves and a 3.41 ERA.