The Marlins’ Dan Jennings is one of many managers throughout the game who might not remain in their current jobs by the start of next season, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal writes. The Marlins have continued to struggle since replacing Mike Redmond with their GM, and Rosenthal notes that the Jennings is likely to head back to a front-office role. Fellow interim managers Pat Murphy (Padres) and Pete Mackanin (Phillies) will also likely be replaced, and other candidates to depart include Brad Ausmus (Tigers), Lloyd McClendon (Mariners) and others. Here are more notes on the Marlins.
- Marlins righty Kyle Barraclough was surprised to be traded for Steve Cishek, and surprised that his new team promoted him to the big leagues last week, Craig Davis of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel writes. “It was just shocking to me,” says Barraclough. “I had read reports that the Cardinals were interested in Cishek, but I never thought it would be me that was going. They’ve got a good minor league system and I thought there’s tons of guys that they’re going to want except for me.” Barraclough had been struggling with Double-A Springfield in the Cardinals’ system, walking 20 batters in 24 2/3 innings there, but he thrived in a brief stint at Double-A Jacksonville, striking out nine batters and walking only one in four innings. He has yet to allow a run in three outings in the big leagues.
- Counting his statistics in Japan, Ichiro Suzuki‘s single against the Cardinals yesterday gave him 4,191 career hits, tying Ty Cobb for second all-time. Ichiro now has 2,913 hits in the Majors, and with another season, he might reach 3,000. MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro suggests the Marlins ought to retain Ichiro so that he can reach that milestone in a Marlins uniform. He isn’t likely to cost much, and he won’t be blocking anyone as he continues in a bench outfielder role. There is, of course, the matter of his declining performance — Ichiro will be 42 in October, and his 2015 batting average (.253) and slugging percentage (.308) are the lowest in his career since he came to the US.
Should be Lloyd McClendon (Mariners).
“… other candidates to depart include Brad Ausmus (Tigers), Lloyd McClendon (Tigers) …”
Well that would be neat! The Tigers could fire TWO managers after this season!
No offense to Kyle , but..”They’ve got a good minor league system and I thought there’s tons of guys that they’re going to want except for me.”
They may have asked forall of them too, but could only get Kyle.
Getting talented players back wasn’t exactly the Marlins’ top priority.
I hope Ichiro does get one more contract, for his sake I hope it’s somewhere other than Miami. A return to Seattle would be nice, SF would be another team that would be appreciative of his contribution to the game. If done right, his milestone will be celebrated, and received a lot better than ARod’s
I’m always left thinking how unfortunate it is that Ichiro began his MLB career at almost 27-1/2. Start him at age 22 or 23, and the numbers (esp. hits and stolen bases) become staggering. Probably at least 3,600 hits and possibly more than 700 steals.
And probably a few more batting titles
Ichiro has had an amazing career, but for 2016, the fish would do better with an outfield of (1) Stanton, (2) Ozuna, (3) Yelich, (4) Dietrich, and (5) Gillespie. Dietrich can also spell Prado at 3B. But unless the fish go and get two good free agent starts for 2016, they won’t be in the playoff hunt.