Offishial News: New names vying for Marlins manager gig; Jun-Seok Shim struggles

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Today's news roundup also includes MLB postseason updates and a debate about how Giancarlo Stanton would be depicted in Cooperstown.

Two more Marlins players made their Dominican Winter League season debuts on Thursday. For Gigantes del Cibao, 1B Deyvison De Los Santos went 0-for-3 and RHP Austin Roberts pitched a scoreless inning of relief while also earning the win.

Out in the desert, OF Kemp Alderman went 1-for-3 with a walk. It's fair to feel a bit worried about RHP Jun-Seok Shim, who looked awful in his second Arizona Fall League appearance (0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 27 pitches/12 strikes). Five of the six batters Shim faced reached safely and he generated only one whiff, and even that was a foul tip rather than a pure swing-and-miss. Peoria lost their fifth consecutive game, 11-6. You can watch the full game broadcast here.

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🔷 Tigers bench coach George Lombard and Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken have emerged as candidates in the Marlins managerial search, according to Fish On First's own Isaac Azout. Lombard previously interviewed for the job two years ago, while Nakken would become the first female manager in MLB history if hired. As FOF previously covered, the Marlins are also very interested in Guardians bench coach Craig Albernaz. They have now asked Cleveland for permission to formally interview him, per ESPN's Buster Olney.

🔷 On the Baseball Tonight podcast, former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker told Buster Olney that he's "talking with a couple clubs" about potential jobs (though he understandably didn't elaborate on what the clubs or positions were). In reflecting on the disappointing 2024 season, he said, "I never wanted to have a culture where there was finger-pointing or the blame game and we didn't have that, and that was a test for sure...Our process never changed, which it could have, and I'm grateful that we stayed the course." Schumaker reiterated his love for managing, comparing the role to "holding your own baby."

🔷 The second part of the Swimming Upstream season-in-review super-pod is embedded below. Alex Carver and Kevin Barral discussed standout prospects who played for Double-A Pensacola and Triple-A Jacksonville during the 2024 season.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the final few innings of the Yankees vs. Guardians game were as scintillating as anything we've seen this postseason. Emmanuel Clase has now allowed more earned runs in October than he did throughout the entire regular season. However, David Fry bailed him out and delivered a walk-off two-run home run in the 10th inning. In the National League, the Dodgers scored early and often against the Mets to move within one win of clinching a World Series berth. Max Muncy is the NLCS MVP frontrunner, upping his slash line to .500/.722/1.100.

🔷 Giancarlo Stanton continues to bolster his Hall of Fame candidacy with excellent, clutch production in the playoffs, so Nate Karzmer asks whether his HOF plaque would depict him in a Marlins or a Yankees hat. Voting so far has been split pretty evenly.

🔷 Today's MLB postseason schedule:

• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets, 5:08 p.m. ET (NLCS Game 5)
• New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians, 8:08 p.m. ET (ALCS Game 4)

 

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