It’s been a slow process. First, the foundation was laid for the Miami Marlins, then the walls and the floors leading to the completion of the process that is now reaching an ending point. It’s been two years since the first blueprints were offered and now, with the 2020 season on hold,
Manager Don Mattingly has time to reflect on the journey he and this organization has been on.
It’s one of the reasons Derek Jeter, the team’s CEO, kept Mattingly, his one-time teammate in New York, onboard and gave him a two-year extension before the end of the 2019 campaign.