Video: Breaking Down Craig Albernaz's Coaching Journey and Qualifications for Marlins Job

[Ely Sussman]

On The Offishial Show, Ely Sussman vets Cleveland Guardians bench coach Craig Albernaz, who is poised to become the new Miami Marlins manager.

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[THOMAS JOSEPH]

I commented (facetiously) on X that I preferred Venable because his dad had a short stint with the Expos in 1984. To some of your serious points, Venable does appear to have a better resume. Still, replacing managers and coaches is like painting a house - easily changed and hardly ever affecting the structure. I think Albernaz will be adequate, especially since the relationships with Bendix and Kapler are already established and, indeed, are the foundations of his consideration in the first place. Since we have turned over the show to Bendix, Albernaz's hiring is congruent with the new culture. Moreover, he can grow with his young team (Lord, I hate social worker platitudes like that, so please forgive me for taking the easy route). Lastly, I agree with you that the turnaround (some semblance of strong progress, anyway) will be quicker than many think. It's baseball, which is almost always counterintuitive vis-á-vis doomsayers. To paraphrase an O.G. of anti-groupthink (is that the proper use of the colloquial abbreviation?), Alfred Sloan of GM, when I have a table of people all in agreement, I know something is badly missing. Every expert says the Marlins are mired in their current state, blah, blah.