The Miami Marlins employed Peter Bendix to run their baseball operations division, the group introduced Monday, poaching him from the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of replicating the constant success of their northerly neighbors.
Bendix replaces Kim Ng, the previous normal supervisor who left the Marlins after possession prompt it deliberate on hiring a president of baseball operations above her.
“Peter has an incredible fame inside baseball and is dedicated to reaching sustained excellence in all areas of Baseball Operations,” Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker stated in remarks distributed by the membership. “I’m wanting ahead to working alongside Peter to convey the Marlins again to the playoffs.”
Good morning from our President of Baseball Operations, Peter Bendix.
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— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) November 6, 2023
After becoming a member of the Rays as an intern in 2009, Bendix rose to normal supervisor and his obligations within the group coated a large expanse, together with baseball growth and analysis and growth.
When Ng left the Marlins three weeks in the past, Miami proprietor Bruce Sherman made clear to potential candidates that he wished the group to function just like the Rays, whose success in drafting, participant growth and participant acquisition has allowed them to thrive in an American League East with rivals who boast payrolls two and 3 times the scale of Tampa Bay’s.
“Peter is a longtime business chief with an in depth skillset and deep expertise that may proceed the momentum now we have made on the Main League degree, whereas additionally strategically constructing the muse for sustained success by means of participant acquisition, growth, and scouting in any respect ranges,” Sherman stated.
Miami began the season with a payroll round $92 million, trumped by division rivals New York ($354 million), Philadelphia ($243 million), Atlanta ($203 million) and Washington ($101 million). Regardless of the shortage of spending, the Marlins made a stunning run to the postseason this 12 months, going 84-78 with a run differential of -57, the bottom ever for a playoff group.
Led by first-year supervisor Schumaker, the favourite for Nationwide League Supervisor of the 12 months, Miami misplaced within the wild-card spherical to a Philadelphia group that made it to Sport 7 of the NL Championship Collection earlier than shedding to Arizona.
Bendix, 38, inherits a group wealthy in pitching however mild on hitting. Whereas the Marlins do have NL batting champion Luis Arraez and first baseman Josh Bell, who opted in to a $16.5 million contract for 2024, slugger Jorge Soler opted out of his deal and is now a free agent.
