http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/marlins-giancarlo-stanton-discussing-record-breaking-300-million-deal-111314 That would wreck that franchise from being able to do anything productive unless they just decide to open up the pocketbook and start being a $150 million payroll team. Stanton probably knows better, and has said as much. I believe he's been quoted as saying "3 months doesn't change 3 years" or something in regards to the progress they've made this season when someone asked if he was interested in signing an extension. He's witnessed first hand them opening up the bank only to shut it immediately. The Marlins are cheap, and if they're paying one man $30 million a year, that will likely be half their payroll. Ideally it should come down to whether or not he wants to be on a club that's built for success, because he knows he'll get a monster contract from someone eventually, but that's a [expletive] load of money to turn away. I hope he knows if he accepts it he might as well accept that he'll spend the majority of that contract not winning baseball games. They might have some success coming up with their young players and what not, but the Marlins won't be able to retain them because Stanton is going to be costing them so much money in the first place. It's just going to be a revolving door of talent that never stays consistent. Unless they decide "Hey we want to be a real team now" and open up the bank and leave it open. I'm sure that's what they're telling him to convince him to sign, and maybe they're honest this time, but history provides enough proof that that isn't true and his instinct is probably calling [expletive] on that. If he turns down 300 million guaranteed [expletive] dollars he's a moron.