Jeter, Bush Said to be in Running to Buy Miami Marlins

MIAMI, FL — With two complete games under their belt and a losing record for the 2017 major league baseball season, the Miami Marlins are still generating buzz among potential buyers. Former Yankee great Derek Jeter and former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush are said to be courting team owner Jeffrey Loria. The asking price for the team is reportedly as high as $1.6 billion.

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Citing sources with direct knowledge of the sales talks, Jeter is represented in talks with Marlins president David Samson by Gregory Fleming. He is a former chief of Morgan Stanley, according to a report by Fox Business on Wednesday.

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Former Florida governor and 2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is reportedly working with Citigroup to put together another possible bid, according to the business news organization, which added that there is at least one other group backed by investment firm Goldman Sachs that is reportedly vying for the team.

In February, Forbes magazine reported that Marlins owner Loria had reached a "handshake" agreement to sell the team for $1.6 billion.

ESPN later cited multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations in reporting that Ivanka Trump's father--in-law, Charles Kushner, was part of a potential purchase group. That deal apparently fell apart with still more reports that the Trump administration was considering Loria for an ambassadorship to France.

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