Kim Ng not returning as Marlins GM

[Guest Leo Armbrister]

Not a surprise. Ng can find a better GM job based on her success this year. Sherman should have extended her during the season if he wanted to keep her. I hope he doesn't make the same mistake with Skip.

[Guest]

James Click and Chaim Bloom would be the first two names I call if I'm Bruce Sherman. Both have GM experience, and 'grew up' in the Rays' front office (an organization the Marlins should be trying to emulate). Click also has some overlap with Marlins AGM Oz Ocampo which could be a plus. For Bloom - I think he got the short end of the stick in Boston, as their ownership seemed erratic on when he could spend and not spend (i.e., they basically forced him to trade Mookie Betts). Bloom built up a really great farm system with only the covid-shortened season as one where they were really bad.

[Guest]

That cheap SOB! We all know it was money, probably concerning the length of the contract offered. It's the club's loss, and it's a big one.

[Ely Sussman]

Both options who are more analytically inclined than Ng. The ideal configuration to me would've been hiring one of them as GM and elevating Ng to president of baseball ops.

[Guest Kommenter]

Given the long delay with no news, it was obvious this was going to happen. The ominous thing she said on her way out (quoted in the Athletic) was that Bruce had different views on how to run the baseball operations department. It's his team and he has every right to run it as he pleases but he has even less knowledge and experience that Derek Jeter had. Kim's comments are going to stick in the mind of every candidate, so look for an internal hire. My money is on Oz. And the Marlins are considered a bad GM position - Kim only took it because she needed experience as GM with one team before moving to a better team. The Fish offer little payroll, a minimal fanbase that disappears altogether during the frequent losing spells and now to top it off, a meddling no-nothing owner. Whoever we hire is going to need to restart his own rebuild - the third time in seven years - based on his style.

My guess is that Kim is beantown bound.

[Ely Sussman]

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[Hans Herrera]

Following the previous FanPost, I was planning to make the Kim Ng extension analysis this week, but I guess there is no reason to do so anymore.

 

It is too early to clarify what actually happened, but for sure it will come to light in the next couple of days/ weeks.

 

I'm baffled. I wish her the best in her future endeavors.

[Guest]

I concur with your "surprised by not surprised" categorization. Over the years, I have come to think of GMs in a similar view as player WAR and concluded there is a max 20 percent advantage derived from the best ones. Ng is not in that category, although I acknowledge some good moves and a strategy that produced this delightfully overachieving season (albeit by the slimmest of margins and highly unlikely repeatability). No need to delineate all the moves, but if we must rate her, I think a 7 out of 10 is fair, given the organizational limitations you noted. I simply think she opted to move on, as with players who can, at her peak value. Also, frankly, we know next season is highly unlikely to be as magical, if for no other reason than betting the Mets are once again fourth place finishers. Certainly, we must realize Cohen will not have it nor is the Marlins organizational capacity to add needle-moving players any higher. This is so because the team has sunk costs (García, Cueto buyout, Alcántara's lost year), significant arb increases, and divergent holes to plug. My long years with the Expos saw many GMs make their bones and then move on (Dave Dombrowski, Dan Duquette, Bill Stoneman, Murray Cook, and Jim Beattie). It happens, as with players, and it's usually not a wrist-cutting loss.

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[Ely Sussman]

It is unfortunately an undesirable job opening. This situation only adds to that. How can anybody get genuinely excited about it when their predecessor didn't get a reasonable contract offer coming off a successful year?

[Guest]

Two names, Thad Levine or Jon Daniels. People can complain about Sherman but looking at his business background of building companies Warren Buffett likes to buy, he might know a thing or two about what a good org structure is. Did she do okay and did we over perform this season yes, but weak draft and FA, she has strengths but maybe he wanted someone to fill gaps and let her focus on her strengths