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for what it's worth, the origin of the MLB daily dish story appears to be this tweet from marlins beat writer clark spencer:
https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/669354792477589504
"And two pitchers the #Marlins could be looking at are LH Roenis Elias and RH Nate Karns, per sources. "
note the "could" there, which has become an "are" in the dish tweet
to me this looks like the usual winter talking, e.g.
1) reports emerge that the mariners and marlins are talking about ozuna;
2) pre-existing information, it is known that the marlins want a pitcher for him;
3) people go "hmm, what pitchers do the mariners have"
4) next thing you know, names everywhere