On Friday, the Miami Marlins held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the brand-new baseball school that they have built in the Dominican Republic. The city of Santo Domingo serves as the setting for the school.
The Marlins Think The School Will Produce Stars Like Their Pitcher
The Marlins have great hopes that the university will produce future stars on par with their present ace Sandy Alcantara, who is contending for the Cy Young Award in the National League.
On its grounds of 35 acres (14 hectares), the academy has three playing fields that are up to the standards of the major leagues, an area that is set aside for agility drills, four tunnels for batting cages, and a roofed set of six pitching mounds.
An administrative building with two stories, and a residential community. Additionally, the academy has an area that is set aside for pitching mounds that are up to the standards of the major leagues.
In addition, there is a residential complex associated with the school. The conveniences are located in Boca Chica, which is a suburb of Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo is the country’s largest city.
This area has served as the basis of operations for the respective baseball academies of the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies for several years.
Following that, Don Mattingly was hired as the new manager of the Miami Marlins, and three days later, Skip Schumaker was hired to take Mattingly’s place as the bench coach of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Mattingly’s Departure Opened The Cardinals Bench Coach Position
However, the post of bench coach for the Cardinals became available after Mattingly’s departure. There have been several important occurrences in the recent past in Miami, and one of them is the arrival of Schumaker.
Oz Ocampo, a former executive with the Astros who was in charge of successful international signings such as Dominicans Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier, Mexican Jose Urquidy, and Cuban Yuli Gurriel, will be the new assistant to Kim Ng, who is the general manager of the Marlins.
Oz Ocampo was in charge of the signings of international players while he worked for the Astros. When Oz Ocampo was employed by the Astros, one of his responsibilities was overseeing the signing of overseas players.
The credibility of this information has been vouched for by Bruce Sherman, the owner of the Marlins.
Ocampo “has had a remarkable career with the Houston Astros, during which he has amassed a significant number of accomplishments and accomplishments. A further point to consider is the fact that he is now working for the Miami Marlins.”
During the beginning of the event, Sherman spoke with the Associated Press to provide their audience his perspective.
Finishing Line
According to him, the city of Miami is putting in a lot of work to improve its performance, and he believes they will succeed.
The Marlins concluded the season with a record of 69-93, which is the 12th time in the past 13 years that they have finished with a record that was worse than their previous season’s record. Since their inception in 1993, the Marlins have competed in the National League.
They finished the year 2020 with a record of 31-29, which was the only year in which they did not live up to the standards set for them.
“There is more than just one year that should be taken into consideration. The major focus of concentration should be on long-term objectives “A comment was made by Sherman.
