After surprising the entire baseball world and leading her team to the playoffs, Kim Ng, the first woman to occupy a general manager position in MLB history, surprises once again.
Indeed, according to what the Miami Marlins announced this morning, Ng will not be back with the team as general manager, the latter having declined the mutual option provided for in his contract.
According to what we learned from the majority owner of the Florida team, Bruce Sherman, the Marlins wanted the manager to be back with them, but the interest was not reciprocal.
Not everyone’s vision was the same, which pushed the DG to leave.
Although the club exercised its team option for her to return for the 2024 season, Kim declined her mutual option. We thank Kim for her contributions to our organization and wish her and her family well.
This casts a little shadow on yesterday’s good news, when we learned that the San Francisco Giants had granted an interview to Alyssa Nakken for their vacant manager position.
The about-face also leaves plenty of questions after the departures of Don Mattingly and Derek Jeter from Miami, and after the Marlins made the playoffs for the first time since winning the World Series in 2003 (at except for the shortened year of 2020), thanks among other things to Ng’s acquisitions, such as those of outfielder Bryan De La Cruz, pitcher Jesus Luzardo and hitter Luis Arraez.
If Ng is looking for a new opportunity for the next campaign and beyond, the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets could prove to be good challenges.
Brian Chattin, the Marlins’ director of player development, will act as interim general manager while the team searches for a worthy replacement for Ng.
As for Kim Ng, one wonders if the Red Sox will interview her. His name came up a few times on Twitter, anyway.
