Guardians bench coach Craig Albernaz has withdrawn his identify from the Marlins’ managerial search, stories ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Each the Marlins and White Sox preferred Albernaz sufficient to contemplate him a finalist of their searches, however Passan suggests Albernaz took his identify out of the bidding in Chicago as properly previous to the staff’s hiring of Will Venable. In a separate report, Passan provides that Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough remains to be within the combine for Miami’s emptiness. MLB.com’s Christina De Nicola first linked Miami and McCullough about three weeks in the past.
Albernaz, 42, was a minor league catcher within the Rays and Tigers programs from 2006-14. He spent 4 years because the Giants’ bullpen and catching coach and overlapped with then-manager (and now Marlins assistant GM) Gabe Kapler’s time in San Francisco’s dugout. The Guards employed him away from the Giants final offseason — however not after first interviewing him for their very own managerial emptiness (which finally went to Stephen Vogt). Albernaz was initially employed because the Guardians’ discipline coordinator, however simply 16 days later he was listed because the staff’s bench coach after they finalized their complete employees below the newly employed Vogt.
McCullough, 44, performed 4 years within the minors earlier than shifting to a minor league teaching observe. He managed for seven seasons within the Blue Jays’ system and has been with the Dodgers since 2015. Los Angeles initially employed McCullough as their minor league discipline coordinator, and he’s been Dave Roberts’ first base coach for the reason that 2021 season.
For the previous few years, McCullough has been extensively considered as a future supervisor. He’s interviewed not solely with the Marlins but additionally the White Sox, Brewers, Guardians, Mets and Royals — rising as a finalist alongside Matt Quatraro for the Kansas Metropolis gig. De Nicola tweets that Dodgers star Mookie Betts has referred to as McCullough “the perfect coach I’ve ever had.” Like Albernaz, McCullough has labored with Kapler prior to now, as the 2 overlapped throughout their time within the Dodgers’ minor league teaching ranks.
It’s not clear at this juncture who, past McCullough, remains to be into consideration. Albernaz and Venable have been reported to be among the many staff’s finalists earlier this week. Venable, after all, has since been employed by the White Sox whereas Albernaz has taken his identify out of the working. Different recognized candidates for Miami’s managerial search included Tigers bench coach George Lombard and Luis Urueta, who served because the bench coach below Skip Schumaker previous to his current departure from the group.
