The Dodgers lose first-base coach Clayton McCullough, who has taken the head job with the Miami Marlins:
McCullough, 44, spent the past four seasons on Dave Roberts' coaching staff in L.A., the last of which ended in a championship. He succeeds Skip Schumaker, who was not brought back at the end of his contract and has since joined the Texas Rangers' front office as a senior adviser to president of baseball operations Chris Young.The Miami Marlins are hiring former Los Angeles Dodgers first-base coach Clayton McCullough as their new manager, a source familiar with the situation told ESPN on Sunday.
Bummed to lose McCullough, whose antics at first were always hilarious, be it knocking helmets with Shohei Ohtani, or doing a spin flip when Freddie Freeman rounded first following his World Series Game 1 walk-off grand slam. I also worry about him at the Marlins, who have been said to have fostered a toxic clubhouse culture (consider the source, I know), not to mention a place where the organization tried to sideline the GM after making the playoffs for the first time in four years. (Kim Ng opted to leave the club rather than be demoted.)
The Marlins were 62-100 last year, the second-worst record in the National League. McCullough deserved a better landing spot than this.
Thank you, Clayton McCullough, for four great years with the Dodgers!
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