Recently, a rumor has been circulating that several teams are interested in trading for Giancarlo Stanton. Except it’s not really recent. This kind of speculation has been around since his rookie season seven years ago.
In fact, in 2010 there was actually a rumor that Jeffery Loria wanted to acquire White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. The swap that was reportedly discussed? Guillen to the Marlins for a 20 year old slugger named Mike Stanton.
Yikes. That rumor’s so old he still went by Mike.
Stanton is good, and the Marlins haven’t seriously contended in his time here.