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09:38 AM ET 03.09 | Cubs closer Carlos Marmol isn't going anywhere in the next few weeks, despite the latest breathless report this past week suggesting he'll be traded before the season starts. But that doesn't mean the Cubs don't have designs on moving him this summer once he presumably re-establishes some trade value and once Kyuji Fujikawa establishes himself in the big leagues. Top team officials, who came within minutes of trading Marmol to the Los Angeles Angels in November, have told Marmol's agent to expect it. And Marmol, who has limited no-trade rights, has provided the club with the five teams he's willing to accept a trade to.

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March 9, 2013 09:41 AM ET

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Bro.

I Love LA

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March 9, 2013 11:04 AM ET

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Hello, Tigers.

...the best policy

Harrodsburg, KY

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March 9, 2013 11:07 AM ET

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Wonder if Detroit is on that list? Other possibilities...

LA Angels. New York Mets. Toronto Blue Jays. Philadelphia maybe, but as a set-up guy, probably not.

I really cannot think of other teams that have both a need for a closer, plus the money to spend.

...the best policy

Harrodsburg, KY

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March 9, 2013 11:08 AM ET

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He will only accept a trade to five teams? Dude. You're on the Cubs. Outside of the Astros and Marlins, there's nowhere to go but up.

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March 9, 2013 11:10 AM ET

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He'll have to pitch well the first half of this year before he'll have any trade value. A tall order

Flea Biscuit

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March 9, 2013 11:41 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:07 AM ET 03.09 by ...the best policy

Wonder if Detroit is on that list? Other possibilities...LA Angels. New York Mets. Toronto Blue Jays. Philadelphia maybe, but as a set-up guy, probably not. I really cannot think of other teams that have both a need for a closer, plus the money to spend.

the marlins?? the padres/the pirates??the twins the mets??

alacran

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March 9, 2013 11:42 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:04 AM ET 03.09 by ...the best policy

Hello, Tigers.

the cubs would need to add starling castro into the trade or it won't be happening at all,,,,

alacran

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March 9, 2013 11:44 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:10 AM ET 03.09 by Flea Biscuit

He'll have to pitch well the first half of this year before he'll have any trade value. A tall order

but but he does pitch well,is just so many games in thin air, suddenly he tends to walk alot of hitters at the same time!!!!