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Marlins to add payroll. Uggla off the table?

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Under pressure from the MLB players union, the Marlins have agreed to add payroll (and thereby admitting they pocketed most fo the revenue sharing money). Speculation has it that they will now be less likely to trade some of their more expensive players (Uggla, Johnson) in order to comply with this. I have been holding out hope that the Twins would land Uggla from the Marlins, but now I am a little discouraged. I wonder by how much they actually plan to increase spending. I find it hard to believe they will dramatically change their business model since they were in contention for 1st place in the NL East last season with only a $37 million payroll.