Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill announced following Friday’s 3-2 victory over the Nationals that hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo has been relieved of his duties. Jeff Livesey will fill his shoes on an interim basis with Eric Duncan joining the major league staff as assistant hitting coach (after previously serving as minor league hitting coordinator).
In doing so, the Marlins became the first team this season to fire a member of their MLB coaching staff.
Miami’s offense is bad. The team entered Friday leading the majors in grounding into double plays (23) while drawing the fewest walks (45).