The Miami Marlins are hiring former Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as their subsequent supervisor, an individual with information of the hiring informed The Associated Press.
The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the deal had not been introduced. ESPN first reported the hiring.
McCullough, 44, was employed by the Dodgers in 2015 as a minor league fielding coordinator and has been the primary base coach on Dave Roberts’ workers for the reason that 2021 season. Last month the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in 5 video games profitable their eighth World Series title.
A former minor league catcher, McCullough was a coach within the Blue Jays’ minor league system for seven seasons.
He takes over the spot beforehand held by 2023 NL Manager of the Year Skip Schumaker, who parted methods with the crew in September after simply two seasons. The Marlins went 146-178 beneath Schumaker, who was employed in 2022.
McCullough, initially from Greenville, North Carolina, spent one season at Vanderbilt earlier than transferring to East Carolina University. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians within the twenty second spherical in 2002 and performed of their minor league from 2002 to 2005.
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The Marlins additionally thought-about former Cleveland Guardians bench coach Craig Albernaz and Will Venable, a former Texas affiliate coach. Venable was employed by the Chicago White Sox as supervisor on October 30, and Albernaz reportedly withdrew from Marlins managerial consideration.
Associated Press reporting.
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