The Marlins started their most recent firesale by sending Hanley Ramirez to the L.A. Dodgers before the 2012 trade deadline.
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Teixeira, Hanley Ramirez and David Wright each were injured during the WBC.
Teammate Hanley Ramirez acted as his bodyguard, pulling him through the crowd.
Mattingly said 3B Hanley Ramirez (right thumb surgery) threw much better than three days ago and could begin a minor league rehab assignment next week.
The Dodgers went 86-76 in 2012, but the team acquired Carl Crawford, Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Zack Greinke in the last year.
Loria had appeared hellbent on putting together a superstar, win-now lineup last offseason, bringing in Reyes, Buehrle and closer Heath Bell to join Johnson, Stanton and longtime franchise star Hanley Ramirez.
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Hanley Ramirez will miss the start of the season due to a right thumb injury, but the lineup still has plenty of power with Matt Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Ethier.
It began last summer with the acquisition of Hanley Ramirez from the Miami Marlins, and continued with the big trade that landed Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett from the Red Sox.
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Redmond, a member of the Marlins' World Series championship team in 2003, took over a team that lost the likes of Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson since opening day last year.
After Miguel Tejada started at third base and Hanley Ramirez played designated hitter a night earlier in a 4-1 semifinal win against the Netherlands, Ramirez returned to third and Aybar was back in the lineup at DH.
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