Gary Denbo out as Miami Marlins’ VP of scouting and player development
The Miami Marlins have parted ways with vice president of player development and scouting Gary Denbo, a source confirmed to the Miami Herald on Wednesday.
Denbo was Derek Jeter’s first big front office hire after the Bruce Sherman ownership group took over the franchise in late 2017.
Prior to joining the Marlins, Denbo spent 23 years in the New York Yankees’ organization, the final three (2015-2017) as the Yankees’ vice president of player development. Denbo was present for most of Jeter’s early playing days in the organization, serving as the manager each of Jeter’s first two seasons in professional baseball (the rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 1992, Class A Greensboro in 1993) and as hitting coach for Double A Albany-Colonie in 1994 and Triple A Columbus in 1995 when Jeter played at both of those levels. He was also the Yankees’ hitting coach in 2001.
In addition to overseeing the Marlins’ minor-league developments and being the point person for the club’s various scouting departments, Denbo was also one of several front office officials Jeter consulted — along with general manager Kim Ng, now-assistant general manager Dan Greenlee, and the trio of Hadi Raad, Adrian Lorenzo and DJ Svhilik in the scouting department at the time — when it came to baseball operations decisions when Jeter served as the Marlins’ CEO although Jeter had the final say on what moves were made.
Jeter left the Marlins on Feb. 28, saying in a statement that “the vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead.”
Ng then became the Marlins’ lead decision-maker on the baseball operations side, with Denbo serving as her No. 2.
Four months later, Denbo is out.
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