All of the Marlins coaches are in limbo

by craig on Sep 27, 2009 9:00 AM EDT in News and Rumors

One of the Marlins' first decisions about the 2010 season is expected later this week with the fate of the coaching staff.

Hitting coach Jim Presley, pitching coach Mark Wiley and bench coach Carlos Tosca are signed to two-year contracts that expire when the season ends next Sunday.

Third-base coach Bo Porter, first-base coach Andy Fox, bullpen coach Steve Foster and bullpen coordinator Pierre Arsenault are on one-year deals. Last year, the Marlins announced the day before their final series of the season that the coaching staff would return.

Manager Fredi Gonzalez is signed through the 2011 season.

I fully expect that they all will be offered contracts and they should be. While I think Bo Porter is too conservative as a third base coach when it comes to sending runners, he is doing a good job with the outfielders. And Andy Fox is still learning how to teach infield defense, however there has been marked improvement this season.

It is a good team of coaches and they should be kept onboard.

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c'mon man!

seriously?… no wonder we’re the marlins and not the defending champion phillies!!! the difference? charlie manuel at least tried to find a closer! brad lidge went to the trash bin so manuel tried other closers! our stupid manager doesn’t even get the bullpen going when our closer puts the first 3 men on in the ninth! mark wiley didn’t even go talk to him! are you f’ing kidding me? and what the hell is this chris volstad kid still doing in the bigs? he should be in new orleans where he belongs! you just can’t win a title by being an idiot! then there’s bo porter the most indecisive 3rd base coach in mlb! how many runs has he held up at third when they should have scored or how many runners get punched out cause he can’t judge a good situation to throw to the plate or more importantly a bad sitiuation to send them! none of these guys could even be a bat boy for the yankees! and you people on here are talking playoffs?… have any of you ever watched baseball?

by Dre on Sep 27, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions