The Marlins have agreed to a contract extension with manager Mike Redmond through the 2017 season, tweets Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel. The Marlins also tweeted the entire coaching staff will return in 2015.
The Marlins remained competitive despite season-ending injuries to franchise cornerstones Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Fernandez, a fact not lost on the front office.
“It speaks volumes of the job they did, just with the perseverance,” President of Baseball Operations Michael Hill told reporters (including MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro) prior to the announcement. “They’ve taken every blow they were given and kept on moving. I think that’s definitely a credit to the manager, and his staff, and the players in that clubhouse.”
Marlins President David Samson told reporters, including Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald, the extension was finalized prior to today’s season finale against the Nationals.
“On this last day of the season, it’s the perfect way to start this offseason, making sure everyone realizes…our commitment to Red,” Samson said. “We knew we were bringing him into a situation where he was going to grow with the team and we’ve watched that happen. The team and Mike have grown in lockstep.“
The Marlins are 139-188 under Redmond, who just completed the second season of his original three-year contract.
But does he get a no trade clause?
Another losing organization with a loser for an owner. This organization has zero credibility from anyone in baseball and will never sign a meaningful player that they can keep. As a player you have no protection and when there star players become free agents they are gone.
Meh
While I don’t like Mr Loria, I do believe..they are in a much better position now, than they would be if they hadn’t dumped the unnecessary overpays.
Are the Marlins still paying Ozzie Guillen? 🙂
If they re-signed him, that tells you one thing, and only one thing about him: he was cheap.