Marlins add former pitcher to baseball operations department

Former Texas Rangers relief pitcher Brandon Mann.

The Marlins announced that they have hired Sara Goodrum as director of special projects. Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald relayed the news before the official announcement.

They also announced that former big leaguer Brandon Mann has been brought aboard as a pitching strategist and announced their previously reported hiring of Sam Mondry-Cohen as vice president of player personnel. Craig Mish of the Miami Herald reported the hiring of Mann last month.

Goodrum has been working for the Astros for the past two years. She was hired late in 2021 to be director of player development and served in that role until the organization parted ways with her in October. Before that, she worked as a minor league hitting coordinator with the Brewers.

Mann got a brief taste of major league action as a pitcher, getting into seven games for the 2018 Rangers. Since then, he’s worked as pitching coordinator for the Lotte Giants of the KBO and spent the past two years working with Driveline Baseball.

The Marlins have been busy reworking their baseball operations department this winter after general manager Kim Ng moved on.

Peter Bendix was hired as president of baseball operations and has subsequently added Gabe Kapler as assistant general manager and Rachel Balkovec as director of player development.

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