Miami has their guy!
The Miami Marlins have named ex-Los Angeles Dodgers first-base coach Clayton McCullough as their next manager.
Spending the last four campaigns with Dave Roberts and the Dodgers, the 44-year-old McCullough won a World Series championship in his final with the team. In South Florida, McCullough comes in as manager after Skip Schumaker, whose contract wasn’t renewed. Schumaker went on to the Texas Rangers where he is now a senior advisor to president of baseball operations Chris Young. (RELATED: A’s Officially Nix ‘Oakland’ From Franchise Name, Will Be Simply Known As ‘Athletics’ Going Forward)
Throughout his career as a catcher, McCullough was in the minor leagues. From 2007-14, he was a manager in the Toronto Blue Jays’ farm system, with six of those campaigns coming with winning records. Later on, he was given a job by the Dodgers to become their minor league field coordinator. Then, he was under the ranks of Gabe Kapler, who is the Marlins‘ current assistant general manager.
Los Angeles ultimately promoted McCullough in 2021 to be a part of their major league coaching staff, where he became the team’s first-base coach.
Clayton McCullough named Marlins manager, per multiple reports including https://t.co/Z3s2EpgF39‘s @CDenicola13. pic.twitter.com/nUNA9g6PW0
— MLB (@MLB) November 10, 2024
I absolutely love this move as a fan of both the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, it’s a move that goes great with the “moneyball” that general manager Peter Bendix is playing — something that proved to be successful during his days with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Shoutout to the Trey, baby. I’m diggin’ everything I’m seeing.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
