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Making Dan Jennings the manager of the Marlins was doomed from the start, unless the goal was for Miami to simply avoid putting another manager on the payroll. From that very likely and very Marlins point of view, Jennings as manager was a rousing success! The season is almost over, though, and getting Jennings back into the front office will be part of the team’s reported “sweeping changes” this winter. The question is whether Jennings gets to return to being the GM, or if he’s placed in some other role with the organization instead.
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald goes as far as to say that it’s unclear if Jennings will return to the Marlins at all -- the GM job is open for the Seattle Mariners, and Jennings used to work for that team. As troublesome as some things have been in Seattle over the years, anything is better than more time working under Loria, especially for someone who traded in their suit for dugout pajamas. That transition for Jennings has supposedly (and understandably) put a strain on their relationship, so maybe Jennings doesn’t feel the same loyalty he once did to his owner.
The sources who spoke to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com seem more confident in Jennings returning not only to the team, but to his former post as GM. Of course, with regards to either report, that’s just how things are today. This is the Marlins and Jeffrey Loria we’re talking about, you know: things could change in a hurry for them, for Jennings, for basically anyone who isn’t Loria as he’s the only guy who doesn’t have to answer to his whims in order to remain employed.
- Have you wondered how the Cardinals have been able to not only stay afloat but thrive in 2015 despite injuries to their veterans? They can thank the kids for that, as they have the most productive young players around.
- It is September 2. Zack Greinke's ERA for the season is 1.59. Also, he smelled his bat on Tuesday night.
- Yankees fans were very excited for Rob Refsnyder not all that long ago. Now, though? Not so much!
- The Red Sox lost to the Yankees on Tuesday night, but it wasn't Rick Porcello's fault. In his second start back from the DL, he once again showed there is still hope for his extension, striking out 13 batters over eight innings while allowing just six baserunners. He still has to prove he's legit once more, but this has been a convincing start.
- If the MLB trade deadline were moved to the end of August, things would have looked a whole lot different in the AL two days ago.
- This young Royals fan crushed this ice cream just like his favorite team has been crushing their opponents. Hopefully he didn't catch chicken pox while he was at the game, though!
- (That's uh, not actually a thing I think will happen to any children in attendance, it was just a convenient segue to mention the Royals' chicken pox story.)
- Paul Goldschmidt hit into the most casual triple play imaginable against the Rockies.
- T-Pain sang the National Anthem before Dodgers-Giants game, and he didn't use autotune. And it was good!
- There's a new last name in the MLB alphabet now, as Tony Zych was called up by the Mariners, displacing Dutch Zwilling. That gives the Mariners the first (David Aardsma) and last names in the proverbial book.
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