Interesting note at the end of JRC’s post, where he lists former Marlins currently in the independent Atlantic league:

Gary Knotts, Nate Bump, Felix Rodriguez, Preston Wilson, Hansel Izquierdo, Antonio Alfonseca, Carl Everett, Jay Gibbons, Jacque Jones, Armando Benitez, Jason Standridge, Matt Padgett

We are fighting for October and we are picking up the scraps of professional baseball instead of taking a chance with a Padilla, Davis, Smoltz, etc. Can’t we try someone whose seen a real bat and clubhouse since our last world series?

Having done the Organizational Depth Chart, I can tell you that the pitching staffs have basically been shuttling players back and forth for the last week or so. Jeff Allison had to make an emergency start in Jacksonville, Jupiter just sent their closer straight to New Orleans and picked up somebody from the Gulf Coast League, and as you can see, neither New Orleans nor Jacksonville has an established 5th starter right now.

so the deal is off.