All the rainbows in the sky
Start to weep, then say goodbye
You won't be seeing rainbows anymore
One more weekend.
I don't follow the Miami Marlins all that closely. I was aware that Bruce Sherman bought the team in 2017. Derek Jeter, a minority partner., became the CEO. In 2020, the Marlins made Kim Ng the first woman to become the general manager of a men's team in any of the major North American sports. Ng hired Skip Schumaker as the field manager, replacing Don Mattingly, for the 2023 season. That year the Marlins posted their best record in more than fifteen years and snuck into the post-season for the first time since their 2003 championship. Schumaker was the NL Manager of the Year.
Jeter was already gone by this time, citing differences with Sherman and selling his minority stake. And Ng chose to leave at the end of the season, citing Sherman's plan to "reshape the Baseball Operations department." Specifically, he planned to appoint a director of baseball operations, above the general manager. That director would turn out to be longtime Tampa Bay executive Peter Bendix. Ng's position has not been filled - the team has two Assistant General Managers and a Director of Baseball Operations. And the Marlins have indicated that they will not exercise Schumaker's option for 2025, which will make him one of the hotter properties on this winter's managerial market.
The Marlins have had a lousy season, although the staggering ineptitude of the White Sox has let them suffer in relative obscurity. Their success, such as it was, in 2023 was largely a fluke anyway - they went a remarkable 33-14 in one-run games, and rode that good luck streak all the way to an 84-78 record. This is probably the worst team in the National League - it's them or Colorado, but the Marlins get my vote.
Matchups
Fri 27 Sep - Oller (1-4, 5.06) vs Berrios (16-10, 3.38)
Sat 28 Sep - TBA vs Rodriguez (1-7, 4.41)
Sun 29 Sep - Weathers (4-6, 3.81) vs Bassitt (10-14, 4.16)
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20240927122655371