The sky is the limit for Yoenis Cespedes, but as the Marlins know, the Cuban outfielder comes with risks.

Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, a free agent from Cuba, praised the Marlins’ offseason moves after meeting with the front office.

The Miami Marlins are such a natural fit for Yoenis Cespedes and such a prohibitive favorite to sign the Cuban-defector outfielder that one struggles to imagine what could possibly prevent it happening.

Cuban baseball star <span class="bold">Yoenis Cespedes</span> arrived at Miami International Airport on Tuesday afternoon with a smile and the knowledge that he is on the cusp of being a major-leaguer. Whether his future keeps him in Miami is unknown, but he likes the prospect of possibly playing in front of a large Cuban crowd.

<span class="bold">Anibal Sanchez </span>notched a victory Monday that won’t count on his won-loss record. But it will pad his wallet.

The Marlins’ field of dreams is starting to turn into a field of green.

After the Miami Marlins hired manager Ozzie Guillen and acquired Carlos Zambrano to a roster that already had Hanley Ramirez; it looked like must-see TV, and apparently Showtime has agreed.

There’s more reason than ever for <span class="bold">Juan Carlos Oviedo</span> to make his way back to the United States and a major league pitching mound. Actually, there are six million reasons.

The Miami Marlins invited small local businesses to bid on a large cleaning contract, but the deal came with a kicker: The winner had to buy a $150,000 suite each year of the contract.

Newly acquired starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano will be leaving his Venezuelan team on the wishes of the Marlins.

Rather famously, the reckless, renegade football champions at the University of Miami did an excellent job of representing the strange and wonderful city that surrounded them. Fun. Crazy. Out of control. Those teams, in the carnival of sports, even held the racial tension of the time up to a funhouse mirror. Miami, the city, and Miami, the program, were intertwined in a way that made those insane Hurricanes feel like an accurate symbol for this insane city. Years later, LeBron James came along and the Heat took our international city’s superficial evolution and framed it in flashbulbs. Florescent and famous. Big and bold. A little bit “too much” but wearing that “too much” proudly, like the guy buying bottles at the club soaked in all that jewelry and cologne.

The Marlins set their rotation by adding right-hander Carlos Zambrano after skipper Ozzie Guillen convinced management he could tame the volatile pitcher.

Carlos Zambrano is not a typical hothead.

Dozens of workers are scampering around the Marlins’ ballpark this week, operating man-lifts, pouring cement, attending to zillions of details while shouting over the buzz of heavy machinery.

According to reports, the Cubs have agreed to pay $15 million to $16 million of the volatile Carlos Zambrano’s salary in 2012.

Even though he started in 95 games last season for the Marlins, the first position listed for Greg Dobbs on his Baseball-Reference.com stat page is “Pinch Hitter.”