The Marlins are “expected” to hire long-time MLB catcher Jorge Posada as a special adviser to the club’s baseball operations department, according to Craig Mish of MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM (Twitter link). Posada’s precise duties aren’t yet known.
Posada obviously has deep ties with Marlins CEO Derek Jeter. The pair starred together for years with the Yankees, forming half of the legendary “core four” that helped lead the New York organization to five World Series titles.
A resident of the Miami area, Posada has already established something of a presence around Marlins Park. He’ll now have a direct tie to the organization, though it remains to be seen how significant his role will be.
Posada hung up his spikes after the 2011 campaign, wrapping up an excellent 17-year career. Since then, however, Posada has kept a relatively low profile in terms of his involvement with Major League Baseball.
Nice hire.
Why.
Posada was the fire in that team. He got in people’s faces and didn’t always have the oerfect reporter quotes. This is a good pickup for a young organization that has no idea how to win yet.
Jorge no Greek. Xenos.
What’s the Greek armies motto?
Never leave your buddies behind !!
Is being a Yankee a qualification to work for Jeter?
Definitely wish him well there, but it just feels off to not have him working with the Yankees.
Well, he’s a notorious @s$hole so…
If that’s true then Bud Norris must be next
he’s definitely accumulated a wealth of knowledge as a catcher. Could be a nice hire.
A wealth of knowledge as a subpar catcher? Yeah.
Subpar catcher? Are you trolling or just stupid?
Posada was one of the top 3 catchers of his era, get out of here. A 5 time All Star is subpar lol, OK.
If you have to ask if qbass is trolling then you’re new here brother…
Just stupid.
Are you kidding, qbass?
Subpar? What were you watching?
Next skipper?
Marlins are the Yankee Organization of the South
I literally said the same thing when i read the title of this article.
Yep, take away the tradition, winning, and strong fanbase and it’s a mirror image
The fish have allowed facial hair again. They’re ahead of the Yankees in one regard.
Half the state is elderly Yankees fans. The Marlins could do a lot worse than hire a bunch of glory years Yankees and transition those Yankees fans to also being Marlins fans. Pretty clever actually.
Do you root for teams based on their GM and management staff? I was a huge Don Mattingly fan .I hate the Dodgers always have and have no positive feelings about the Marlins even though I liked Jeter and Posada and loved Mattingly.If those guys could still play like they did in their prime I might change my mind
I’m positive no one roots for a team based on a special advisor. Honestly I wouldn’t even know who is a special advisor for which team. Im partial to Rocco baldelli from watching him come up but I don’t think I’ll be rooting for the twins anytime soon because he manages them. Maybe it makes a difference to some people, I don’t know. I have to imagine not much.
Yeah, sometimes I do.
Another misconception regarding the state of Florida. Sure, certain areas are literally “ate up” with yankees, but definitely not the majority of the state.
I was a huge Mattingly fan and still wanted him to win despite coaching the Dodgers. Of course, not if he played the Yankees, but I wouldn’t have minded a Yankees/Dodgers World Series. I didn’t watch any of his games, but I still kept track of how his team was doing. I’ll probably do the same with Jeter.
You forgot the money as well.
I’m not surprised. Jeter getting his boys.
Hip hip…JORGE!
Who cares? “Special Advisor” is like the title you give to your friends when you hire them.
I’m fairly certain the special advisor role has been given to quite a few guys recently who’ve went on to become manager. I don’t know if that’s in Posada’s plans as Mattingly is clearly just a placeholder there but he’d seemingly fit their market and their increased focus on international players well.
Exactly, Special Advisor is a job you give friends, while you’re canning all the people with ties to the franchise…
Are you pissed that Derek didn’t ask your permission?
How do they do things in your Girl Scout troop?
in todays climate in the MLB Posada would have been out on the streets like the rest of the 30 year olds ….. but back before baseball started their ” Value driven” campaign .. he got a 5 year deal.. and then a 4 year deal … 5 years is an eternity in catcher years..
Maybe they want to establish a winning culture. Doesn’t hurt to have a winner around.
Congrats to Mr P Hands
Moises Alou?
Are Mo and Andy to follow? Has Bernie been spotted at the park?
Bernie’s in the parking lot, playing his guitar.
Andy goes down there to that clinic for youthful medicine 😉
Might as well hire people who know how to do it the right baseball way.
They key will be watching this rebuild. If it takes more than 2-3 years, then there is a problem. With elite Gm’s [Cashman, Dombrowski] it only takes 2-3 years.
I wouldn’t expect the marlins to only take 2-3, or hold your breath for a Cashman, dombrowski type turnaround. Some of the best in the biz on 2 of the biggest market teams in the game, with lots of cash to splash. At end of 2018 they were still rated a bottom 5 farm system
Nobody does a ful rebuild in 2-3 years. This was a complete tear down. You cant strip it down to the studs and get pissed when you still suck in 2 years. A small-mid market full scale rebuild is a 5 year plan. A team with the capacity of a 200 million dollar payroll can do things a little quicker.
Thats if you have tons of money.I don’t think the Marlins can afford to buy pitchers like Price and Porcello or players like JD Martinez. I also don’t think they have the farm system Boston had which allowed him to trade for Sale and still have Bogaerts Betts and Devers, The Marlins payroll is about 170 mill less then the Yanks and 210 mill less then the Red Sox Give Jeter 200 mill to spend and I bet he could put a decent team together in 3 years.Hell I could,Better yet make it 150 mill and he could’.ve kept Realmuto Stanton Yelich Gordon and Ozuna
Most real rebuilds are going to take more then 2 to 3 years. Especially the complete tear down type. Having the financial might of the Yankees and Red Sox can help speed up the process if used correctly which Miami dosen’t have. Marlins have pretty much already dealt all their valuable trade chips and their farm system still isn’t that great. It’s going to be a while before they are good again.
It is not just money that can turn around a MLB club in 2-3 years, it takes brains. Stearns did it in 2 years. It can happen.
This 5 year turnaround crap is marketing BS. I have been listening to it for years. The best example is in Toronto from Shapiro for the past two years. He did nothing in Cleveland at the major league level in 12 years except develop talent for everyone else’s use.
There are Elite GM’s and then there are the alsorands. 5 years of rebuild time shows me an alsorand, 2-3 years shows me an Elite GM
They ought to hire you to run the Marlins.No one was turning around that mess in 2 years. No one is turning the orioles around in 2 years or the royals. You comparing the Yankees and Red Sox “rebuild” with Cash and DD to that of the Marlins is crazy. You’ve got two guys with huge spending capacities who had significantly more talent in their system. DD came in with Moncada, Kopech, Anderson Espinoza, Devers, Benintendi, Betts, Bogey, is he really elite for being able to make that team good quickly? Not sure what you’re selling with Stearns here. That brewers team hadn’t been to the playoffs since 2011 prior to last season.
I actually agree with what you are saying. DD was smart enough to trade the right ones away for sale etc and keep the good ones. Cashman was the same. He picked 4 homegrown propects in his entire system many years ago and said they were untouchable: Judge, Sanchez, Severino, and Andujar.
You have to be very smart to do that.
ANother eilte GM is Pat Gillick. It took forever to build the Jays into ’92 and ’93 repeats. But then he left them and looked for clubs with good minor league talent that he could exploit to win again. He quit his Orioles post becuase the owners kept vetoing his deals. It took him 2 years to win in Philadelphia. He is elite.
There was a great article recently on the history of the Marlins. It bascially said, build from the farm, try to win at the MLB level and sell it off before the players get too expensive and that Jeter is following the same pattern. I don’t accept owners that have small budgets. If they can spend a billion on franchise they can spend 200m every year on player budget.
Smart hire after acquiring a young catcher in the JTR trade…
Great hire, too many jealous people concerning Derek and Jorge. Get over it. All the best to this organization. Bring on Mariano!
Hire Bernie to play guitar in between innings instead of an organ player. It would double their ticket sales
He’s been living in Miami for a while and he keeps appearing at restaurants I work at, and like many Yankees before him he is a garbage tipper. People used to get excited taking care of him until he runs you around like crazy and barely leaves 15 percent.
Sorry just still bothered at the couple times he got me good.
Everyone should have to work at some point in the food service industry. Tips would improve.
I’ll give u the best tip of all, get an education
You hire the person you can trust to do the job. They know the work ethic he will bring.
I wonder with the amount of people coming from the Yankee organization if eventually you would see A-Rod getting some skin on this game. He has strong ties to Florida, he has a great deal of money, and he has been attempting to re-polish his presence in MLB. I understand he rubs tons of people the wrong way but still you gotta figure he’s going to get some way back in the league. Maybe this is it.
Also if anyone is complaining about this. You shouldn’t. This seems like they are trying to bring baseball back to Florida. Make a team like this interesting and competitive down the line would be fun in the NL East. Not a fan of the Marlins but would love to see what happens.
No complaint here, but the rumor is that A-Rod and Jeter hate each other. I would love to see A-Rod help out Miami, but I just don’t see it happening.
I agree with your post. I respect Posada’s baseball career but a vending machine has more personality than Jorge Posada.
Gonna replace Realmuto.
It’s time to make a move for George Constanza, i’ve heard he’s available again.
He would fit like a glove.
Yeah, like I’d ever move to Florida. It’s always humid, how could anyone live in a place that’s always humid? Now my parents on the other hand…
Does he still pee on his hands, or was that Moises Alou?
Hip Hip Jorge!!!!!!
This has been quite a hostile thread!
Let’s focus on the Posada’s new job since his career and personal conduct are obviously unimpeachable. How many pitchers do you think Posada has seen up close over the years? I bet he could help evaluate talent. Furthermore, he could inspire young pitchers and catchers at Spring Training. Any team would want this guy around. Good for the fish!
Side note, without Jeter, the Marlins would not have Jorge hanging around. Hopefully they pull off a miracle and get a winning culture rolling in Miami—wishing the Marlins all the best cuz last year was rough!
so trade away their pride catcher to hire someone with experience to compete…makes sense…not
He’ll replace J.T. And bat 6th.
just an excuse for Jeter and his friend Posada to party in MIA. Rivera and Matsui are next to sign.
All the Yankee haters seem to think Jeter is some spy who joined the Marlins to help the Yankees win, based on some of the comments posted. Couldn’t be more further from the truth. You guys forgot that infamous discussion during contract negotiations between Jeter and Cashman years ago?
Jeter: “Who would you rather have? Me or Tulo at Shortstop?”
Cashman: “Tulo.”
Jeter: (WtF?!)
We’re getting the band back together!
he’s gonna teach these young fellas how to pee on their hands
funny thing is if Posada and Jeter decided to play again, they’d start for the marlins
Still weird seeing Jeter associated with the Marlins. Now Jorge, I don’t like it
Not as weird as Barry Bonds…
And if anyone was wondering where all the urinal cakes in the bathrooms went…
When Conine, Dawson & Perez were Special Assistants they were paid $85,000/yr each. As you recall when Jeter & Co arrived, they dismissed the SAs. After severe backlash they were offered $25,000 to return as Special Assistants. You will never guess what Jorge is being paid to be a SA.
I’m speculating a little but here but guys who get hired as “special assistants” have become increasingly popular manager picks. Look at Posada. A young guy who speaks Spanish and has the trust of the CEO. For a team that is in a heavily Latin market and is putting their best foot forward on the international market. He makes a lot of sense as becoming their manager in 2020 or 2021.
friends + business= ???
see how that goes
Would not be surprised to see Posada replace Mattingly as manager for the Marlins next year.
Hey man, were getting the band back together…” the band”