The Miami Marlins have just signed their new manager Clayton McCullough to replace Skip Schumaker, who had good marks as a strategist with this team in the last two seasons.
Although McCullough has no experience managing in the Major Leagues, he has managed successfully in the Minor Leagues.
In addition, he spent ten seasons with the Dodgers organization and in 2024 he was the first base assistant for this World Series-winning team.
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During the presentation of the new manager, Marlins principal owner Bruce Sherman stated the following:
“We are very pleased with this signing, which will mark the beginning of a new era for our organization.”
Meanwhile, the team’s baseball operations manager, Peter Bendix, said “The constant desire to win was the aspect that stood out for his appointment. We’re ready for the next exciting chapter of our team.”
In the last campaign, the Marlins’s leaders sent several of their top players to other destinations Jack Chisholm to the Yankees, Luis Arraez to San Diego, Bryan de la Cruz to Pittsburgh, Josh Bell to the Diamondbacks and Tanner Scott to the Padres.
The option taken was the development of talented young people. We have no doubt that this new group will emerge stellar, but the history of this franchise says that after these young people succeed their leaders let them leave when they have to make them a new contract with a large sum of money, by then disrupting the team when it started to have good results.
Still having on the payroll talented serpenters like Sandy Alcantara, Eury Perez, Edward Cabrera, Jesus Luzardo, Braxton Garrett, Ryan Weathers, Andrew Nardi, Anthony Bender and George Soriano we can ensure that the Marlins’ pitching corps meets a great level as long as their arms are healthy.
But let’s be realistic. Even having this pitching in good condition it is very difficult to aspire to move on to the post-seater if the team does not have batters that drive runs to the plate, because without tying more than those allowed by pitchers it is not possible to win the games that are required.
In the last campaign, the Marlins had the worst offensive in the National League and 29th among the 30 major league teams. For this reason, they ended with a terrible mark of 60 triumphs and 100 setbacks.
Some questions arise after the official presentation of the new pilot McCullough. Can fans believe in this occasion the words of owner Sherman and operations manager Bendix?
Is Miami the money to sign one or two batters who tow runs to the plate? Will the Marlins of 2025 follow the same path as last season?
Will the team’s board continue punishing the fans who endured in 2024 seeing a cast that many wondered if several of their players were from Major Leagues or minor leagues?
In search of attracting a crowd will the fish continue making special offers (hooks of attraction) for children to run on the pitch or swing in batting cages, but with lousy results in what is it to see good baseball?
Even if many want to deny it, the reality of last season was that a large part of the fans who attended the stadium in Sunday games did more to please their children than to watch the Marlins play.
On other occasions they went more to see good rival teams than the city’s own. Please, Sherman and Bendix, out of respect for the public and the residents of this city who helped fund the beautiful stadium located in Little Havana, improve the team by 2025.
