Marlins name GM Dan Jennings as their new manager

Even for the unpredictable Miami Marlins this qualifies as a shocker.

The Marlins named general manager Dan Jennings as their new field manager Monday, replacing Mike Redmond who was fired Sunday after Miami was nearly no-hit in a 6-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves. The announcement is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. ET on Monday. Miami is 16-22 on the season, putting them fourth in the NL East, and has lost six of their last seven games.

Jennings has been with the Miami organization since 2002, starting out as the team’s vice president of player personnel and eventually working his way up to the GM spot in 2013. Assistant GM Mike Berger will assume Jennings’ front office duties with assistance from team president Michael Hill.

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While he has a strong reputation as a talent-evaluating scout and executive, Jennings has zero managerial experience in professional baseball. The last time he managed or coached a team was 30 years ago at a high school in his native Alabama. Mike Goff, who was working as an advance scout with the Marlins and has both big-league coaching and minor-league managerial experience, will take over as the club’s bench coach.

This move is so Jeffrey Loria it hurts. The Marlins’ owner is already paying Ozzie Guillen and now Redmond, who had just signed an extension in September, to not manage his ballclub, so he turns to a man with no track record as a manager to do the job. The good news for Loria is that tabbing Jennings means he doesn’t have to add another contract to the payroll. We’re sure he’s happy about that.

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