Marlins Manager Search: Key Candidates and Insights

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00:00Who are you hearing the Marlins want to hire as their manager?

00:09I think they may end up hiring somebody who has been in the playoffs.

00:13There's a number of names that are out there.

00:16I'm not really sure, you know, how deep it's going to go yet, but there's two names in

00:21particular that I think that they have interest in.

00:24One is the bench coach on Cleveland.

00:27His name is Craig Abernaz.

00:28I think that there's a possibility there.

00:31The other is a coach that's on the Philadelphia Phillies, just got eliminated, named Dusty

00:37Wathen.

00:38You may be familiar with him.

00:39He's been with them a long time too.

00:40I think they're going to interview probably five, six people.

00:43I don't see this being like they interviewed like 20, 30 people with Skip Schumacher.

00:47I don't think it's going to be that deep.

00:48I think they have an idea in terms of relationships as to who they want, Scott.

00:52So I would imagine immediately after the World Series is over, you'll start to hear things

00:57are getting hot.

00:59I do think it could end up being somebody who's currently in the postseason right now.

01:02And let's be honest, you never know how things can go.

01:04Yankees get knocked out in four.

01:06Maybe the Yankees are looking for a new manager.

01:08Dodgers get knocked out in five.

01:09Maybe the Dodgers are looking for a new manager.

01:11You never know.

01:12Well, Schumacher, I heard, was going to be a hot commodity after he left Miami.

01:18Are you buying that?

01:19Yeah.

01:20I mean, yes, I think he's going to manage again, but it has to be in the right situation.

01:26You hear stuff, Scott, and not a lot of it is true.

01:29I mean, that's just the reality.

01:30There's only 30 of these gigs, and it has to be the right scenario, the right team,

01:36the right GM.

01:37And let's be honest, it has to be the right owner too, because no matter what happens

01:40in baseball, and Scott, I think this is probably the biggest fallacy of all.

01:44People think that it's the general manager that hires the manager.

01:49It is not.

01:50The general manager says, this is who I want to hire, and then they go to the owner, and

01:53then the owner makes that decision, which is what happened in Cincinnati, right?

01:56I mean, how do you think that Terry Francona, all of a sudden, Scott comes out of nowhere,

02:01and he's the manager?

02:02Did you even hear about any other interviews?

02:03No.

02:04Do you remember when the White Sox hired Tony LaRusso a few years ago?

02:07Did you even hear about any other interviews?

02:09The owners are hiring the manager in the end.

02:11Now, the general manager and the presidents, they make the recommendations, but that's

02:16how it goes down.

02:17So is Skip going to manage again in the big leagues?

02:19Absolutely.

02:20Can I guarantee it's going to be this year?

02:21No, I have no idea.

02:23Were you surprised the Pirates kept Sherrington and Shelton?

02:26Because some people got really mad that Tito got that job in Cincinnati, and that they

02:32just stayed with who they had, and they've been so miserable.

02:37Listen, besides Paul Skeens, they're awful.

02:41Well, Brian Reynolds is a good player, you know?

02:44Whatever.

02:45I mean, O'Neal Cruz is a good player, and Jared Jones is a good player.

02:49I think, Scott, the deal is that they feel like they're on the cusp of being competitive,

02:56and I think they felt like they showed enough last year to give them another shot.

02:59But if the Pirates were to finish, let's say, below .500 again next season, I think Shelton

03:04would be looking for another job.

03:06I don't know what Ben Sherrington's relationship is with Bob Nutting, and again, that's how

03:12owners and GMs get hired and fired.

03:15And I would imagine that he's under some restrictions in terms of what he can do financially, and

03:19so I think that has to factor into the equation.

03:22But first comes the manager, then comes the president and the general manager.

03:25So Shelton would be one of those managers going into next season that you would say

03:29has to win more than he loses, or else he'll probably be looking for another job.

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