The Marlins have made a groundbreaking hire, as the team announced that Kim Ng will be the team’s new general manager. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (Twitter link) was the first to report the news that Ng will join the Marlins, making her the first Asian-American GM in Major League Baseball history and the first woman to ever act as a GM for a men’s team in any of the major North American sports.
Today’s news is the culmination of a baseball career that began almost 30 years ago, when Ng was hired as an intern in the White Sox front office. Like many other Marlins hires, Ng has a connection to Derek Jeter, as she worked as an assistant GM with the Yankees from 1998-2001. Ng then moved on to an assistant GM job with the Dodgers until 2011, and she has since worked for Major League Baseball as the league’s senior vice president for baseball operations.
Ng’s name has long been floated in past GM searches, as she was previously a candidate for openings with the Orioles, Giants and Mets as recently as 2018, as well as past vacancies with the Dodgers, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Angels, Mariners, and Padres. These interviews created some anticipation that Ng would eventually be the first woman put in charge of an MLB front office, though after all the years and all the close calls, it was the Marlins who made the breakthrough decision.
The 51-year-old Ng will now oversee a promising young team that is coming off both its first playoff berth since 2003 and its first winning season since 2010. While the Marlins’ 31-29 record in a shortened season isn’t quite yet indicative that Miami has wholly turned the corner after another rebuild, Jeter and owner Bruce Sherman appear to have gotten the franchise on the right track since taking over in 2017.
The Marlins decided to part ways from long-time president of baseball operations Michael Hill after Hill’s contract expired after the season, and there hasn’t been much news about candidates on Miami’s radar. Jeter has often spoken about the collaborative process involved in the Marlins’ front office decision-making, so it makes sense that he would want another familiar and trusted voice in Ng to provide counsel and handle the day-to-day front office operations.
She should have had a GM job a long time ago. And her friendship with Jeter likely helps.
That’s a surprise. A good to see.
I had read a while back that she didn’t get those other GM jobs bc her background was more on the admin/contract areas and not more on playing development/scouting, hence why others with that experience kept getting the GM jobs. But congrats to her, I hope she runs with this.
Finally. I wish the Phillies rather than burying their head in the sand wouks have hired her. But obviously that would be too much outside the box for old stuck in the past Middleton.
I wish the White Sox hired her for the managerial job.
not good, she likes a glass a wine with dinner.
I was hoping the giants would have taken her when they interviewed her
Should have been hired ten years ago very impressive resume.
Ten years ago all she had was several years of being assistant GM, like about 100 others.
And for most men, 13 years as an asstGM position is plenty for their first GM spot. Especially with 9 different teams considering her (and she was often in final 4 or better)
It’s long overdue
Good for her. Been interviewing for a decade, always a candidate but never landed the job.
she has deserved this for a LONG TIME. Way to go Marlins and congrats to Kim!
Actually her resume dictates a job higher up on the food chain than GM, but it’s a start. And Jeter doesn’t seem to have a lot of infrastructure in his Front Office.
Love it! Great hire.
Best of luck Kim
long overdue. she’s gonna do an awesome job
This is amazing!!
good
Mets should’ve hired her instead of BVW
I agree. Wilpons didn’t have the balls to make that hire
Absolutely. She beat Scott Boras in an arbitration case a while back.
And he still had good things to say about her. Seems like a special person. He doesn’t like management and he likes losing even less.
Great news! She’s been mentioned as a potential GM for years. Glad to see a team finally giving her a shot at the top spot!
Rumours are that the notoriously cheap Marlins hired her cause they only had to pay her 70% of what a male GM gets paid.
But on a serious note, she is deserving and hope she guides the Marlins to success.
Hopefully she is good. Her resume is impressive so it’s not just bc she is a woman. Good luck with no money tho.
Is her resume really good? Did she ever play baseball or even softball? Was she ever a scout or did she ever manage a team? Well as least she spent the last studying analytics at…major league baseball’s HQ? Yeah, I’m sure that all makes her more qualified than a super agent.
@ andremets
Where did Theo play ball (as an example?)
And where did your super gent agent get you?
She’s been in the league for 30 years include over a decade with MLB directly and another decade as asst GMs. Be quiet
How many GMs played pro ball?
Lol, how does playing softball prepare one to become a GM? Believe me, she’s qualified intellectually, which is what matters.
Being “intellectual” proves nothing. No, I choose not to believe you.
She actually did play softball in college but that means absolutely nothing when it comes to her qualifications for a GM role. She’s had an excellent resume to become a GM for a while. My only concern would be if spending the last 9-10 years employed by MLB vs. an actual MLB team will make her GM skills a little rusty. I’m willing to bet she ends up killing it though.
I obviously don’t know what her day-to-day at MLB was like. But, you’d think she would’ve made plenty of professional connections in front offices throughout the league. Not necessarily a huge deal, but a plus.
Ahhhh, MetsFans22 taking a shot at the Marlins when the Mets are looking at Mike Hill as one of their GM candidates.
Priceless!
For what it’s worth, when I’ve made fun of the Marlins it’s more of a guilt by association thing. Nobody wants to be comparably sucky to the Mets.
Hopefully, both teams are making the right moves now so they’re comparably good and our arguments can be about cooler stuff.
With the Mets looking at Mike Hill, stay tuned. That will speak volumes of the Mets direction.
The handful of Marlins fans I’ve seen post don’t seem worried about losing him, doesn’t seem to bode well. Hopefully that hire comes out of TB and not Miami.
We aren’t worried. We were actually surprised and disappointed that he wasn’t fired during the ownership change. Then, after it was understood that he was retained to assist the transition and because of the contract extension Loria gave him just before the sale, we cursed Loria every single day until Hill was let go this year.
2020 was a year that we made the playoffs and let go of Hill. It was a great season for the Marlins.
But will she be recognized by the state of Florida as the new GM?
Lol
GM elect
Obviously, MLB Trade Rumors is part of the MSM and may be trying to deceive us.
Fox News confirmed but no confirmation by Newsmax so it’s fake news right now. /s
Have to see if she has the radioactive isotope, lowereastsider, ha ha.
Bret Baier, Neil Cavuto, Bill Hemmer and Chris Wallace acknowledged her as the new GM. Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham had 55-minute rants…although Laura’s was taken as seriously as her anti-mask rants prior to getting caught wearing a mask at her favorite president’s rally. And Jessie Watters trolled until his mommy scolded him.
It brings a tear to your eye when you see the bridesmaid become the bride.
Love this. She is set up for success.
Awesome
Brava!
Sometimes you need someone (Jeter) to open that door for you. Every GM has a story with their first GM job. Congrats to Kim. She’s walking into a pretty good situation.
She’s been rumored as a GM-in-waiting since Brian Cashman hired her as an AGM for the Yankees in 1998 and now all these years with the Dodgers. Jeter likes to hire people he knows, so glad that helped here. I thought maybe her time had passed, so great to see that’s not the case. Still only 51.
The fact it took this long for Kim Ng to get a GM job is a travesty. Perfect situation for her and it gives Jeter another great pillar of intelligence. Great move by Jeter and the Marlins.
Only 30 GM jobs at the big league level. It’s really not that shocking.
A little bit considering some of the terrible hires that have been made over the last decade. A fish rots from the head down; bad ownership leads to bad management that leads to bad teams.
Why is it a travesty? She HAS THE JOB SNOWFLAKE. MR WOKE
In before all the “wHo cArES wHaT hEr GEnDer iS?!?!?!” comments.
Great job Marlins. You get it. Just awesome.
What do they get?
Big mistake
…says the guy with the name from the 50s. Why is the “My Three Sons” theme song playing in my head?
tss tss home run kyleschearbersmom real qwik giv me 3 my three suns jokes
Though this is the same man that called me a “loser” yesterday for complementing Jose Abreu and the White Sox lol. Don’t expect much from him.
Cut dat part out
Lyle Chipperson in the flesh.
@chip – Others have cited her decades of experience as reason for this to be a good hire. Do you have any justification for your comment?
He doesen’t.
he’s just a troll
This is a great hire. I wanted the Phillies to hire her.
Why?
I love what leadership from the Mets and Marlins are saying and doing so far. The NL East looks like it has at least four capable front offices. It may not happen as soon as next season, but the division could shape up to have some dogfights in the next 5-10 years. Can’t wait.
Shattering the glass ceiling! You can truly be anything you want in America if you are willing to work hard at it, no matter what the nattering nabobs of negativity say!!!
I don’t know what a “nabob” is or what “nattering” is, but I love the phrase “nattering nabobs.”
I once went negative nattering nabobbing for apples and came up with selppa in my malevolent muttering mouth.
It is a phrase famously uttered by Spiro Agnew, for those who care.
How did Agnew say it? He doesnt have a head.
Good choice, I agree she should of been a GM a long time ago but because of that she has gotten a lot of experience in different aspects of the game. She got to work with Joe Torre as an executive for MLB. I believe it’s pronounced like “Win”
Yes, and quite ironic!
Ng has been thought of as one of the most talented up-and-coming executives in baseball for over two decades. She’s interviewed for countless GM positions over the years.
Anyone who thinks she isn’t qualified for the job is showing they simply don’t follow baseball that closely.
What proof do we have that she will definitely succeed in this role?
What proof do we have that anyone will succeed in a new role?
Exactly. Now stop the slobbering and wait to see the actual result.
It’s not my slobber. She’ll be home late, FYI.
FYI. Female beagles don’t count
Yikes. I just got hit with a white towel, guess you’re done.
How do you prove someone will succeed in a job before they’ve started the job? What an absurd question. The point is that she is qualified and if she were a grey-haired white dude with that resume people would be lauding the hire.
Almost everyone on here *is* lauding the hire, so…
How’s all that lauding working out for you now?
Love it! Well deserved! Now we need a woman as president of this great nation!
If I were a betting man I’d say you’ll get your wish within the next 4 years.
I have a bet with a friend for the next 12, but you’re probably right that it will be sooner!
4 weeks? Ok
This is what happens when you hire someone solely to make a social statement rather than on how effective they will be in the role.
How many here had to google her?
Like most GM hires, I end up having to look up their bio to find out more about them. But I see a lot of comments like “about time” and “so-and-so should have hired her years ago.”
It may be that some of the people posting know of her more than others. I had heard of her but still do not know much about her. Others that get hired, I have no clue and like you have to look them up. Mangers and coaches are more in the open as to who they are as opposed to front office types.
Good for you for doing your research instead of jumping to vapid conclusions!
I get your point, but in her case I’ve been aware of her for over 20 years. She’s a pretty high-profile name. As I stated elsewhere, I thought maybe her time had passed as a hot GM commodity as her name wasn’t even in play the last couple off seasons when GM jobs opened up. She’s much better known among general fans than most of the people the Angels just interviewed.
Yes and as a Braves fan I was only aware of the Perry guy the Angles just hired after seeing his name in recent discussions (and the fact that when I saw his picture he immediately reminded me of a Sopranos character, but that is neither here nor there lol)
hey, leave the angels! but yeah, she should have been seriously considered by every team in market for a gm.
Congratulations to a worthy & deserving candidate.
This selection is overdue by about 12 to 15 years..
Nice hire
Good to hear. Hopefully she is successful.
I wish her the best of luck. She has a talented roster to work with. I look forward to seeing what she does.
I like the hire, and was hoping the Phillies would give her the job.
You can count yourself lucky that never happened.
It might be pronounced “ing”, but I think I’ll just call her N-G because it sounds cooler and more notorious lol.
Great hire from the Marlins though. To be honest, I’m not sure why it didn’t happen sooner given her resume… I can guess, but I’d be sad if that was what was seriously holding her back.
not only a great hire on the Marlins part but a great moment for baseball and women. little things like this make a dreadful year not so bad(at times)
Marlins fans I’m sure feel so proud of how she’s handled the team.
I’m no fan of the Marlins, but now that the last vestiges of the Loria regime are gone it’s not quite as bad, and I give them major props for hiring Ng, which was long overdue. I’m pulling for her.
Side note to Mark Polishuk: pretty sure she is not the first Asian-American GM of a major North American sports team. Rich Cho was the Charlotte Hornets’ GM until a couple years ago.
Looks like it may have been changed to MLB, but isn’t Farhan Zaidi an Asian Canadian-American?
Not sure if he’s an American citizen, but he’s definitely Asian. He’s Pakistani.
Born way north of Toronto in a town where baseball might not be invented yet.
That is a joke, but the winter temperatures there aren’t.
She’s worked hard and long so I believe she deserves a chance… good luck
lol
She is a brilliant woman. Finished Top of the class at Northwestern Law School with a 4.0 GPA. Even Scott Boras had said nice things about her and he almost never praises management
It’s been far too long.
Quick note, she’s not the first Asian-American GM in NA pro sports. Bobby Webster is currently the GM of the Raptors, and Rich Cho was the GM of the Trail Blazers and Hornets before that. There may be more but they are the first two that comes to mind.
Different role but Charles Wang was also a majority owner of the NY Islanders.
Joseph Tsai is the Nets current owner.
Far too long since what?
I believe Indians had a female GM first and it went terrible. She attempted to destroy the team in order to move them.
It took me a minute, but I got it. Nicely done.
She was the owner. But, she had the GM in her pocket.
If they start signing dead guys, you know something is up.
That’s the democratic way
You mean that documentary on a young Marge Schott staring Charlie Sheen?
They did Marge a big favor with the casting, if that’s the case. Both in terms of looks and maybe even personality.
Although it didn’t go accordingly, she did hire Lou Brown as manager who turned around and revitalize the careers of Rich Vaughn, Willie Mays Hayes, Cerrano, and legend Jake Taylor.
Somebody feel free to correct me, but the Marlins did not have a GM under the Jeter era until now. Yes?
Uh uh because the former order gave them lengthly contracts before he left and screwed the next owners over
They have not technically had a GM. Mike Hill was looked at as “that guy” but he was from the Loria regime. Now Jeter and Sherman are starting fresh.
Good for her. I’ve heard good things about her for the past two decades. I hope she proves to be a successful hire for the Marlins.
Good hire and she lands in a great spot, the Marlins are loaded with young talent. Hopefully she gets them to spend a bit more.
Interesting: did they cut a sub-thread off this thread? Seems my posts were removed and they were complimentary, which, especially after reading some others, seems a bit odd…..
I am excited about this well deserved hire but am very cautious about how the long-standing “good old boy” network that exists in baseball. Baseball has made some big strides in its attempts to be more inclusive, but I still can see some GM at the winter meetings channeling their best Al Campanis and saying, “Hey Honey, would you mind getting me a cup of coffee.”
You have too much time of this worries you. Women have been in positions of power for decades and she will be fine. Have you seen the diversity support from MLB (at time overboard and probably inappropriate for sports because it conflates sports with politics)?
Rest easy, or bite your fingernails, but this isn’t 1940.
Diversity isn’t political.
Yes, it certainly can be. Like anything can be wielded as a political weapon, anything by itself can be harmless and appropriate if handled properly. Doesn’t change my point.
Nope! What I said is right.
Okay, I guess because you say so it must be. Good luck with that…
It’s not right because I said it. I said it because it’s right. You don’t need luck when you’re right.
I said a while back that I hope the Angels consider her for GM. I got a lot of negative responses. I’ve heard nothing but great things and I wish the Angels would have looked at her for the job. I look forward to seeing the success she brings to the Marlins.
Seems like a great hire.
Nice to see, apparently well earned, and notable. Progress. More progress might be when we don’t think it’s notable anymore. Eventually, that will happen.
@mike156
“more progress might be when we we don’t think it’s notable any more.”
Great comment. Full stop.
It’s pronounced like Eng as my friends family changed the spelling of their last name to Eng from Ng to make it easier to pronounce
Man, Kim Ng is a name from the past.! I thought that her best before date had long expired as she hadn’t been linked to any GM openings for quite a long time. Kudos to the Marlins for giving her a chance! First, LaRussa and now Ng. A very interesting offseason and it’s still early days. With the Ng hiring, Joey Cora should take heart because he may yet get a shot at managing in the bigs, something many thought would have happened years ago. Bring Joey back to Chicago, Tony, and groom him to be your heir.
Good for her!
This has to be the coolest thing I have ever read here. Well deserved, well overdue, and I can’t wait to see her succeed. Just wish the Giants would have pulled the trigger when they had the chance, something tells me they will be regretting not giving her the job instead of FZ.
It’s nice that an Asian-American woman became a GM….not so nice when you remember she replaces the only African-American GM in the game…..
But as I said above, eminently qualified, for a rung higher on the ladder than GM, actually. Good, important hire.
Good point, but from what I hear Hill is very likely to land a job somewhere else. The Mets are a good bet to hire him.
Good for her!
I’d imagine if they wouldnt have given Stanton to the yankees they’d be farther along….
Why, does their IL contribute somehow?
They’d be much worse actually. They wouldn’t spend any more money on the team if Stanton was still there. Their highest paid player makes $12M/yr now and they just traded for him this year. They are still a low budget team, so hopefully Kim can navigate the waters well with such limited financial resources.
I’m pleasantly surprised to see this comment section still open. Encouraging.
We’re gettin there. Might not be the cleanest comments section, but we’re gettin there.
Hello Rangers 29
I don’t think any comments board is necessarily clean, but I’m always open to free speech. I’m an utterly lefty English liberal, but I always want people to speak their minds whether I agree or vehemently disagree. I’d rather people had the opportunity to speak freely.
And I’ve got to say mlbtr is one of the free-est as an old school 90’s bulletin boarder….
By the way, I usually find your comments considered, rational, informative…
How on earth are you a Rangers fan?!
Take care and have a good weekend!
A’sfan: I applaud you for your openness and believe that we lose so much because many want to shut down an opposing view rather than disagree; or one would rather aggressively attack another’s entire character based on a point of view on a single topic (usually this is misinterpreted anyway) instead of having honest open debate.
I think the younger generations that have not seen how quickly societies with stifled speech and thought devolve don’t realize what they give up when they ask for censorship ……..
And I’m a teenager which makes this all the more odd. Though I like seeing people find it weird to see a teenager be a voice of reason. Hopefully it helps me in my future endeavors. I like discussing baseball and reading about it here because I’d like to get into a career in baseball FO work.
That’s great, you’re level-headed. Not often do teenagers act with maturity and restraint. Stay that way. You’ll do just fine in your endeavor.
“Ing” as in…. f ing last place here we come..
Damn bro you got the whole squad laughing
He’s probably hangry. His wife isn’t barefoot, naked and pregnant making him a sandwich and bringing him a beer. =D
Old screed…can you be more creative next post?
Nah. The Mets got that covered even with Uncle Steve onboard.
“Ing”….as in= eff ing last place here we come..
About time Kim Ng got her shot. Her name’s been mentioned as a candidate for well over a decade now.
Vietnamese speech sounds nasal to me. Ng is pronounced exactly like its spelled. Say the suffix “ing” without pronouncing the “i” and emphasize the ng.
However, I don’t know how this person pronounces her surname.
Long overdue, and perhaps several years down the road she can replace Larry Baer at the top of the Giants.
Considering the low bar that Mike Hill set, Ng should easily clear it in high heels.
Bucky
Who actually took time to teach you such a pronunciation? I believe it may have been mentioned in passing,but I do not believe you received any lessons on this particular pronunciation
Bucky
Who actually took time to teach you such a pronunciation? I believe it may have been mentioned in passing,but I do not believe you received any lessons on this particular pronunciation….
I wonder if they will have the gm meetings this winter
First and foremost, Congratulations Kim Ng. Many years ago the Seattle Mariners had a chance for her, they passed, they were fools. I believe that Ms. Ng is going to get down to business and that the Marlins are going to be pleased. She has done everything under the sun except as GM, she has far more experience overall than most current GMs.
Also the first gm w no vowel in there last name. What an accomplishment!
Honestly, I never heard of her. my first concern was if she was qualified or not. After researching her career, I would say she is fully qualified for this job. Congratulations, Ms. Ng.
With her track record, I have no issue with this whatsoever. Jeter found a diamond in the rough… Watch Kim take the Marlins do a different level. The last guy was awful for years in Miami.
This is awesome! I’m happy to see it regardless of the job she does this is something to be celebrated! I hope she does great and ends up a baseball legend. I love to see new things being tried and traditions being broken. Its like breaking a curse
Your statement is the reason society still has problems… the job should not be about “breaking tradition” because that achieves no purpose. It should be because she deserves the job plain and simple. And she does.
I can’t thumb this comment enough. This is literally just an experienced, qualified former AGM getting a job as a GM. Nothing more. Acting like it’s about gender and making a big deal about her gender is just what perpetuates sexism.
The biggest news here should be the Marlins actually hiring someone good, not anything about the gender of the hire.
Based on her first moves in reconstructing the roster, this is the perfect opportunity to prove whether chicks truly dig the long ball.
Not that she can’t do the job, cause she definitely can. I’d be concerned other gm’s would take her seriously… hope I’m wrong
Doesn’t matter if they do…. when she wins, they will. And then she will take their job. In reality it’s such a small circuit and she is so well known that her reputation will preceded her with anyone that has any time around the game.
She is a well know comodity so I do not think it will be an issue. People respect her and will take her seriously without a doubt b
Yeah, she’s very well known around the game as being a good negotiator and leader, I don’t think there will be any issues like that from 90% of teams.
The comments on pronunciation leads me to one conclusion: apparently nobody here listens to They Might Be Giants.
So glad I’m not a Marlins fan! Now I even have more reason to see them fail.
They’re probably happy you’re not a fan, too. Win-win!
I’m happy for her, but thought occurred to me… The job is what it is and some day she may be the first female GM fired from the job.
Yes, it could happen, but based on her exposure in the field and experience I think it’s more likely that the next female GM is the first one fired. Ng will continue moving on to larger clubs (dare I say replace Cash when he goes given her ties to NYY?!) and has the knowledge, skills, and resume to back up any position in baseball, especially now. Hell, she may be primed to be the next MLB commissioner with her connections and experience.
Why stop there skankee? Hell, she may be primed to be the next queen of the galaxy within a year. No stopping that little firecracker.
I’m positing what they may do, but apparently that offends you…. for some reason you seem to be quite insecure about it. Care to expound, or are you here just to troll, troll?
How’s that working out so far?
So many posts unsure about her qualifications under an article that lists her qualifications.
my name is Nguyen Ng and i pronounce it…
… WINNING!