(Miami) Kim Ng leaves the Miami Marlins after three seasons as general manager.
Bruce Sherman, team president and majority owner, announced the news on Monday.
At age 54, Ng became the highest-ranking woman in baseball operations and the first woman to be named general manager of a team in any of North America’s four major professional sports leagues during a groundbreaking hire in November 2020. .
The Marlins activated their option clause that would have allowed Ng to remain on the job through 2024, Sherman said in a news release, but chose not to activate theirs.
“Last week, Bruce and I discussed his plans to restructure the baseball operations departments. In our discussions, it became apparent that we were not completely in agreement on what this should look like,” Ng told The Athletic on Monday.
“I thought it was better to give up. I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Marlins family and fans for the time I spent in South Florida. This year was a big step forward for the organization. »
Ng named Skip Schumaker as coach ahead of the 2023 season. He guided the Marlins to an 84-78 record and their first playoff berth since the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign.
The last full season the Marlins made the playoffs was 2003, when they won the World Series.
The Marlins lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round of the National League playoffs in early October.
Ng became the fifth person to hold the position in Marlins history. Sherman said the search for a replacement will begin immediately.
