Miami Moneyball? Marlins’ new front office has big dreams with small payroll

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The Miami Marlins, fresh off a surprising 79-83 season, continued their push toward an analytically driven, progressive principle of baseball by announcing a number of front office advancements last week, the most notable of which was Gabe Kapler’s promotion from assistant general manager to general manager.

With his advancement, Kapler becomes the sixth general manager in the Marlins’ history, and he will report directly to Peter Bendix, Miami’s president of baseball operations. In addition to Kapler, the Marlins named Vinesh Kanthan as senior director of baseball operations, and Frankie Piliere as vice president of amateur forecasting and player evaluation initiatives.

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