The Marlins informed assistant general managers Dan Greenlee and Oz Ocampo that their contracts will not be renewed in 2025, report Barry Jackson and Craig Mish of the Miami Herald. The front office changes go beyond the AGM ranks. ESPN’s Alden González reports that the Fish are overhauling a lot of their player development department and are parting ways with international scouting director Roman Ocumarez.
It’s common for new baseball operations leaders to replace a lot of their top personnel fairly early in their tenure. Miami hired president of baseball operations Peter Bendix last November. Shortly before Bendix’s hiring, former GM Kim Ng declined her end of a mutual option after owner Bruce Sherman informed her the team was planning to hire a baseball ops president (thereby dropping Ng to second in the front office hierarchy).
Greenlee and Ocampo predated Bendix in the Miami front office. The Fish hired Greenlee back in 2017 and promoted him to AGM at the end of the 2020 campaign, just before they tabbed Ng to run baseball operations. Ocampo was an Ng hire, joining the organization over the 2022-23 offseason after spending time with the Astros and Pirates in international scouting.
The Marlins operated with four assistant GMs this season. They don’t actually have a general manager following Ng’s departure. Brian Chattin has been a part of the organization for more than a quarter century and has held an AGM title for nine seasons. Bendix surprisingly tabbed former Giants manager Gabe Kapler as an assistant GM last December. Jackson and Mish report that Chattin is expected to remain with the organization.
Both The Miami Herald and ESPN write that Kapler is expected to continue serving as an assistant GM next season as well. That should end any speculation about Kapler potentially making the jump back to the manager’s office in Miami. The Fish are generally expected to part ways with second-year manager Skip Schumaker at season’s end. While Schumaker won the Senior Circuit’s Manager of the Year award in his first season, the Marlins agreed to void a 2025 club option on his contract last winter after the manager reportedly voiced his displeasure with the organization’s handling of Ng’s situation.
It’s entirely possible that Bendix would have put his stamp on the front office regardless of how the team performed in 2024. The way the team played immediately solidified that they were headed for an organizational overhaul. Bendix oversaw a quiet first offseason from a player personnel perspective. The Fish never seemed strong believers that they’d repeat last year’s surprising playoff berth.
An 0-9 start tanked their season from the beginning and the Marlins pulled the trigger on a Luis Arraez trade just six weeks into the season. They followed up with trades of Jazz Chisholm Jr., Bryan De La Cruz, Josh Bell, Trevor Rogers and most players of note from their bullpen (e.g. Tanner Scott, A.J. Puk, Huascar Brazoban). Were it not for a brutal stretch of injury luck in the rotation, they’d probably have dealt Jesús Luzardo and potentially Braxton Garrett or Ryan Weathers as well.
It’s yet another full rebuild in Miami, one that’ll certainly continue into next offseason and quite likely the ’25 trade deadline. There are likely to be more changes throughout the roster, coaching staff and potentially in the front office as they try to turn the page on one of the worst seasons in franchise history.
These were the two that thought De La Cruz was worth keeping.
Nowhere to go but up!
Have you seen the ChiSox?
“Parting ways” = “we’re going forward without you, and the exit is that way”
“We are going backwards and doing it with someone who we will be able to pay less.”
It is sort of strange to employ a manager whom everyone knows is leaving at the end of the year.
Brewers did it
Dumpster fire of an organization. Kapler was a decent player-development guy, but not a good manager.
Man, if a team that won two championships is a dumpster fire, I wonder what all of the teams that have not won championships during the last 27 years are.
21 years and counting. They’re a dumpster fire.
Two World Series Championships, but they have never won a Division Title.
So much of the Marlin organization is in opposite contrast to that of 200m away TB Rays. Tampa long history of winning/developing. marlins opposite, venen draft pretty bad down in Miami. Leadership, since manager Freddi gonzalez has not been good and that goes back years. GM’s more of the same, tho myself thought Kim NG was a breath of fresh air and worthy.
Only real area give Marlins kudos to over TB and goes to the begining of both is announcers. TB has really never, ever had anybody who wasn’t full blown clown/homer in their booth calling games, sand 1 year of kevin kennedy who did color 1yr home games. Rest, since very begining wear rays tinted glasses..100%.
Marlins have had some of the best, from Rich Walz years ago to once fired and now rehired ex player Tommy hutton. call the game like it is, warts and all. Too few David Simms (Mariners) Eckersley (retired, did R/Sox) types around the game now.
Huh?
My understanding of it is in comparison to the Rays management bad, broadcasters good….
I think Severino is abhorrent, and makes everyone else worse. Love Tommy, obviously, and I like Rod Hill. Should have never let Rich Walz go. Clown move
*Rod Allen
This is literally illegible garbage
Oz has an amazing record of finding MLB pitchers among older Latin American prospects.
Just look at the guys he found for Houston.
He should have his pick of suitors. He won’t he unemployed long.
All of his signings have flamed out almost immediately, so far…
I was definitely interested at the time b/c of the total lack of attention in the international market, but I have faith Bendix will bring someone legit in, considering his track record with the Rays in that area
Framber Valdez, Bryan Abreu, Cristian Javier, Ronel Blanco, Luis Garcia and Jose Urquidy say “hi”
None of them play for the Marlins organization…which is clearly what I meant
Hi, guys!
Jericho?
Sorry I reacted to what you wrote w/o a deep think on your meaning.
Oz’s strength is in international scouting. There is no way ANY of the guys he brought in have had any time at all to show/prove themselves.
I don’t have a list of who he brought in, but his history shows they will look much much better in 2-5 years.
That’s okay. I was just saying hi back to Framber, Bryan, Cristian, Ronel, Luis, and Jose. Good manners will help us through this rough patch.
Ocampo’s been with Miami for less than 2 years. How is he supposed to turn the literally kids the team has signed as international amateurs into stars in 2 years?
O I thought it was a Chris jericho reference, for a learning moment lol
Not saying that, but they’ve flamed out. For an organization that hasn’t participated in international market in that way for a long time, they need to hit on these guys, and they’re barely making it past the Dominican summer league, and struggling mightily immediately. At that point, they were better off ignoring the market the way they were before
Gabe Kapler will be the manager next year.
LOL good one
He’s probably not joking…
You are probably right. Skip had them void the team option on his contract for next season, so it’s kind of obvious that he wants out.
mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/marlins-reportedly-void…
How does that correlate with Kapler becoming the new manager next season?
In-house option, familiar with the organization and has prior managing experience. Maybe not guaranteed but you have to imagine they would at least interview him
Take Brandon Gomes for a ptbnl
I miss the Florida Marlins teams that bought championships and the did fire sales. Those were the good’ol days.
Who will be the POBO/GM the next time the Marlins are relevant?
Someone not born yet.
Well, they’re not lollygagging around like in Detroit.
You know what that makes them? Lollygaggers!
Bendix is nothing without the blueprint to teach pitchers the Roger Beshens Football Slider. The Rays and Bendix learned it when they saw Glasnow throwing the RBFS with Pitt in June 2018. Where is Roger Beshens? Talking with Brent Strom, notice Nelson elevating his game, why didn’t Nelson do that last year. Next guy working on Cecconi. Walston needs to throw the RBFS more.
Bendix just canned most of his baseball development, analytics, and scouting personnel. 21 people fired total and more have been informed they will be let go at the end of their respective minor league seasons. Not sure he has anyone left at all in international scouting. Skip Schumaker forced them to void their option for 2025. Purges like this rarely work out well for the organization. Building back up that much staff will take multiple years. I don’t think Bendix will be around when the organizational rebuild is done, let alone the one on the field.
We have friends that are Marlins fans and season ticket holders and I feel for them. As bad as it’s been, it just got much worse.
No more Dr. Oz in Miami.
Have you seen the price of crudités?
Bendix decided to better his position by not teaching the Roger Beshens Football Slider to the whole organization at this time. When all is cleaned out he will.
PUK and Tanner Rogers threw the RB Football Slider.
Bendix could have had people teach the current Marlins that football slider but Bendix has agenda and it’s in his best interest. The current Marlins should have never hired this turd.
Bendix, NG, Farid all should be excused from MLB and MLB should hire respected people but MLB decided to not admit what the Sweeper really is or how it’s thrown.
We get it Roger, your football slider is an elite pitch. Now please stop spamming the comments section
It seems to me there are some good things about the organization. For such a low ranked Farm system they seem to have some success in the Minors 1 very strong DSL team. Top class FCL, Near Championship level low A .480 High A, Near Championship AA and a little under .500 AAA. Not bad for 28th place farm system at the beginning of the season.
The day the Marlins develop an elite position player prospect, I’ll feel better about them.
Those are just the scapegoat for Bendix. I give Bendix no more than 3 years before he’s replaced. He’s been a disaster for the Marlins.
I’m hoping Skip re-signs with the Marlins. At the time they voided the team option he did not know Bendix. It seems to me Skip is the right kind of manager to contrast with a Bendix style POBO
Is Assistant General Manager Gabe Kapler on the chopping block or in line for a promotion?
The real story of what happened in the Marlins camp and why the bloodletting is going on now….
Derek jeter had a private agreement with Bruce Sherman – that they would build a winner starting with drafting and developing young players and when they started to amass a load of talent [2023] at the major league level, the budget would be greatly enlarged to fill in the holes and bring the club to a championship level.
Except in 2023 when Jeter asked for the promised money Sherman said no. Jeter immediately resigned and the organizational diassembly began.
It is same with 2024, no money. This is about trying to win on a Tampa Bay rays model of using a low payroll. Hence what is going on now. It’s all Sherman doing this for money.
Rofl this isn’t at all what happened. Jeter wanted players that made no sense to waste money on, and made bad trades that helped thin the farm system, making it dumber to sign FAs. The last few years are an instant replay of 2014-2017, leaving the Marlins with no choice but to move pieces, and they should have done it a year ago
Spending money doesn’t matter when the organization is garbage, and you have no assets, and it’s insane we still have people complaining about this. This is the reason we ended up wasting our money on Avisail Garcia and Jorge Soler…this right here
Ultimately, Jeter got full return on his investment in the team in less than 5 years, plus made a bunch of money. He wasn’t hurting for anything
You know how many people around the WORLD want to learn how Glasnow, Snell, Cole, Sale and hundreds of ML pitchers throw their slider? MILLIONS
They can’t even GOOGLE IT and learn it cause…..
MLB a billion dollar business can’t even recognize a guy in May 2018, Roger Beshens, that helped elevate hundreds of ML pitchers by messaging them his the Grip, Tilt and Wrist action of his Football Slider which is on center grip, throw like football, stiff wrist.
It’s selfish and asine MLB, Mlb network, Players, won’t talk about it when they benefited from it. They have a personal agenda to elevate their status at the expense of Millions of people around the globe and not give credit where due. Roger Beshens.
This is going to change at the end of the season. Roger is dealing with Brent Strom now in 2024. Stay tuned. There’s video, audio, pictures, social media admitting to the Roger Beshens Football Slider. There’s no reason a kid across the pond can’t Google how do you throw a slider and it’s described the proper way. Roger Beshens describes how to throw the pitch the best and MLB can’t even admit it.
Pretty clear Ng made the right call to abort. What another dumpster org.
As soon a Jeter left, the writing was on the wall. See note above.
Quite frankly guys, I don’t think we talked enough about the Roger Beshens Football Slider
Brent Strom’s been talking with him since Spring Training. He can’t possibly care about uneducated gibberish talk with many like horse names.
Jeter was used to buy the team and he had to know he was being used. MLB wanted Jeter to be involved and they allowed some creative accounting so Sherman could buy the team with little of his own cash down IF JETER WAS IN ON IT.
Jeter, got a salary of around 5 million a year while there. So when it was time for him to cash out on his small ownership piece, I believe but haven’t seen it reported, that the team but not Sherman simply bought his ownership back which of course added to the massive amount of debt the team owes which has to be amortized.
Therefore, all the debt that the team owes explains much.