Offishial News: George Lombard a 'leading candidate' for White Sox; World Series wait is over

[Ely Sussman]

Today's news roundup also celebrates the anniversary of the Marlins clinching the 2003 World Series title.

On Thursday out in the desert, RHP Brandon White (4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 58 pitches/33 strikes) continued to be the top-performing Marlins pitcher in the Arizona Fall League. White used his full four-seamer/slider/changeup/curveball arsenal and lowered his ERA to 2.70. OF Andrew Pintar went 3-for-5 with two runs scored. The Peoria Javelinas lost, 8-5.

In the Dominican Winter League, 1B Troy Johnston went 2-for-4 to extend his hit streak to seven games. 1B Deyvison De Los Santos is still slumping, now 1-for-15 on the young season with no extra-base hits. He's been rarely getting the ball out of the infield.

Here's more Marlins news and content:

🔷 George Lombard seems to be the only managerial candidate who's in contention for both the Marlins and White Sox. Jon Heyman of the New York Post describes the Tigers bench coach as a "leading candidate" for the Sox along with Phil Nevin and Will Venable. Heyman also reports that former Marlin Avisaíl García underwent lower back surgery to treat a fracture and disc issue. It's unclear how long García was being impacted by that. After being released by the Fish in early June, he did not attempt to play for any minor league or independent league teams, and the timing of this surgery rules out the possibility of him participating in winter ball.

🔷 On this day 21 years ago, the Marlins clinched their second World Series title, winning Game 6 at Yankee Stadium on the strength of Josh Beckett's incredible shutout. Available now exclusively for our SuperSubs, here is a digital copy of Chapter 19 from the upcoming book Shocktober: The Biggest Upsets in World Series History.

🔷 Kevin Barral ponders the opportunity for the Marlins to buy low on Yoán Moncada. The oft-injured third baseman will enter free agency once the White Sox decline his 2025 club option.

🔷 Elsewhere around baseball, the home run ball that completed Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 season sold at auction for nearly $4.4M. It is the highest-priced ball of all-time.

🔷 Today's MLB postseason schedule:

• New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:08 p.m. ET (World Series Game 1)

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[One Regend]

If we end up losing George Lombard to a poverty franchise like the White Sox, then what does that say about us as a franchise? The Marlins need to do better with their negotiations, because what they're doing now clearly isn't working.