The Miami Marlins have employed Clayton McCullough as their subsequent supervisor, the crew introduced Monday. McCullough turns into the seventeenth supervisor in Marlins franchise historical past and the third since 2022. He inherits a 2024 Marlins crew that completed 62-100 and in final place within the Nationwide League East.聽
“We could not be extra excited to welcome Clayton and his household to the Marlins,” Peter Bendix, president of baseball operations, mentioned in an announcement. “All through our course of, his character, look after individuals and tradition, ardour for participant improvement, and need to win stood out and make him an ideal match for our group. He has a powerful observe document of success, constructing relationships, and bringing optimistic power daily. It is clear that Clayton’s values and imaginative and prescient align completely with ours, and we’re prepared to start engaged on the following thrilling chapter for our membership.”聽
McCullough, 44, has served because the Dodgers’ first-base coach since 2021. Previous to that, he managed for a number of seasons within the Blue Jays’ minor-league system. He and Marlins assistant normal supervisor Gabe Kapler crossed over within the Dodgers’ participant improvement division. As a participant, McCullough was Twenty second-round selection by Cleveland in 2002 out of East Carolina College. He then spent elements of 4 seasons as a catcher within the Cleveland system. McCullough by no means reached the majors as a participant, however he did make it to the Triple-A stage in his last season of 2005.聽
The Marlins have been left seeking a brand new dugout chief after Skip Schumaker left on the finish of the 2024 season. Following the departure of former normal supervisor Kim Ng, who employed Schumaker, and the pivot towards a deep teardown underneath Ng’s alternative, president of baseball operations Peter Bendix, Schumaker’s contract was amended to take away a membership possibility for 2025. The transfer was made presumably as a courtesy to Schumaker, who most popular to pursue different alternatives in baseball. Schumaker guided the Marlins to 84 wins and a shock playoff berth in 2023, which earned him NL Supervisor of the Yr honors. That, nonetheless, preceded the mighty struggles of 2024.
The Marlins’ near-term fortunes underneath McCullough do not appear particularly promising given the group’s present standing as a rebuilding crew, in addition to the doubtful stage of dedication of principal proprietor Bruce Sherman. Presumably, although, McCullough can be afforded a stage of endurance relating to the Marlins’ place within the standings and as a substitute be judged on how he shepherds the event of the Marlins’ younger gamers in place and arriving quickly.聽