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Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is looking to sell the team, and he's reportedly hoping to have a deal completed before the end of the year. Given how long these things take, Loria's settling on an offer may come soon. 

Most notably, a group publicly fronted by Yankees legend and future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter and former Florida governor Jeb Bush are among the finalists. On Tuesday, Bush expressed some confidence that they'd wind up as the new owners. Such a turn of events would reportedly mean that Jeter would be heading up baseball operations for the Marlins. 

All of that sounds compelling enough -- the Jeter stuff, anyway -- but Barry Jackson and Douglas Hanks of the Miami Herald are here to remind us not to get ahead of ourselves ... 

A group led by Massachusetts businessman Tagg Romney has submitted a bid slightly higher than former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's and former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter's $1.3 billion offer to buy the Miami Marlins, and the Marlins and Major League Baseball are now evaluating both offers, an MLB source said Tuesday.

Romney, who's the son of former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, reportedly has more certain funding than the Bush-Jeter group does. Romney's group also includes Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine, who, like Jeter, has designs on a prominent role in the front office. 

In any event, it certainly appears that one these two groups will wind up winning the bidding, and we'll probably know which one soon enough.