Kim Ng’s historic run as the Miami Marlins’ general manager is over.
Ng, the first female general manager among the major professional North American sports leagues, declined her mutual option for 2024 and she and the Marlins have parted ways, the club announced Monday morning.
The Marlins exercised their end of the mutual option, they said.
The Post’s Joel Sherman reported that Ng wanted to expand her baseball ops staff without having a president brought in above her, and she believed ownership would reject her on both.
“Last week, Bruce (Sherman) and I discussed his plan to reshape the Baseball Operations department. In our discussions, it became apparent that we were not completely aligned on what that should look like and I felt it best to step away.,” Ng told The Athletic’s Tyler Kepner.
“I wish to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Marlins family and its fans for my time in South Florida. This year was a great step forward for the organization, and I will miss working with [manager] Skip [Shumaker] and his coaches as well as all of the dedicated staff in baseball operations and throughout the front office. They are a very talented group and I wish them great success in the future.”
Ng, 54, was hired as the Marlins GM after the 2020 season.
“We thank Kim for her contributions during her time with our organization and wish her and her family well,” Marlins owner Bruce Sherman said in a statement.
After two seasons of 93-plus losses, the Marlins went 84-78 this season and made the playoffs, falling 2-0 to the Phillies in the wild-card round.
It was the Marlins’ first postseason appearance in a non-shortened season since they won the World Series in 2003; they made the playoffs in the COVID-impacted 2020 season, going 31-29 and defeating the Cubs in the wild-card round before falling to the Braves in the NLDS.
Ng was an assistant general manager for the Yankees from 1998-2001 after a run as the White Sox’s assistant director of baseball operations.
She became a vice president and assistant GM with the Dodgers after the 2001 season and remained with them until 2011, when she was hired as MLB’s senior vice president of baseball operations, reporting to Joe Torre.
