Winter Meetings reset: Catching up on what the Marlins have done so far this offseason

When the Miami Marlins left the field in Toronto on the afternoon of September 29, they were one of the hottest teams in baseball, riding a four-game winning streak. Let's say that after you turned off the postgame coverage, you ceased following the Fish until this very moment. Here is what you missed...

Coaching staff turnover

On the evening of the 29th, Skip Schumaker and the Marlins officially parted ways. He has landed with the Texas Rangers as a senior advisor. A candidate to fill his shoes, Luis Urueta ultimately followed Schumaker to Arlington where he'll serve as Bruce Bochy's bench coach. Other members of the 2024 Miami coaching staff who have joined different MLB clubs include Jon Jay (St. Louis Cardinals) and Wellington Cepeda (Arizona Diamondbacks).

The process to find Schumaker's replacement took an awkward twist when perceived frontrunner Craig Albernaz decided to forgo managerial opportunities to stay with the Cleveland Guardians for another season. The Marlins pivoted to Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough and announced his hiring on November 11.

As of this writing, McCullough's coaching staff is approximately half-full. He'll be surrounded by bench coach Carson Vitale, hitting coach Pedro Guerrero, pitching coach Daniel Moskos, field coordinator Aaron Leanhardt and pitching strategist Brandon Mann (the lone uniformed holdover from the Schumaker era).

Baseball operations realignment

Peter Bendix continues to create positions that did not previously exist in the Marlins front office. Joe Migliaccio, Bill Hezel and Maxx Garrett are Miami's new directors of hitting, pitching and catching, respectively. Garrett was already with the organization last season, while the other two are newcomers.

There has also been a baseball solutions group established under the baseball ops umbrella. It's being led by Ryan Plunkett.

Player movement

For a meager 0.2% of the Juan Soto contract, the Marlins filled out their 2024 international signing class by inking Cuban INF Luis Manuel León for $1.5 million.

León might be a half-decade away from MLB readiness, but we should see some combination of OF Heriberto Hernández, RHP Robinson Pina, LHP John Rooney and UTIL Ronny Simon in Miami next season. Each of them have received minor league deals with invitations to spring training after spending some/all of the 2024 campaign at the Triple-A level.

Prospects 1B Deyvison De Los Santos, INF Jared Serna and LHP Dax Fulton have been selected to the 40-man roster in advance of Wednesday's Rule 5 draft. RHP Luarbert Arias, who was due to become a minor league free agent, was selected as well. The Marlins also tendered contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players.

The following players are no longer with the organization after finishing the season finale on Miami's 40-man roster or major league injured list: Shaun Anderson, David Hensley, Anthony Maldonado, Darren McCaughan, John McMillon, Roddery Muñoz, Adam Oller, Michael Petersen and Sixto Sánchez.

The Marlins hold the No. 3 pick in the Rule 5, but their 40-man is currently full. Teams cannot participate in the draft's major league phase unless they have at least one open spot in advance.

Miscellaneous

• The Marlins and FanDuel Sports Network Florida have moved on from television play-by-play announcer Paul Severino whose contract had expired following the season. No word yet on the contenders to replace him.

• For the second consecutive year, Fish On First is providing in-person coverage of the Winter Meetings! Follow Alex Krutchik for updates from Dallas.