Marlins file grievance against Nationals over salary of former manager
By Jason Parker
The Miami Marlins are not happy with the low salary the Washington Nationals are paying their former manager, Dan Jennings, for his new front office role.
Anyone who has followed the Miami Marlins over their 24 seasons of existence knows that cheapness is an understatement with the ownership and front offices that have run the team. Since winning the 1997 World Series, the franchise has pinched pennies every single season (somehow coming out with another World Series title in 2003).
Along with being cheap, the team also has had a problem keeping managers around. Since the start of that 2003 season, there have been 11 different managers to lead the Marlins onto the diamond. After firing Mike Redmond just a month and a half into the 2015 season, the team moved Dan Jennings from the front office to the dugout for the rest of the season.
Needless to say, after Jennings finished the year with a 55-69 record, he was also shown the door and turned down a chance to return upstairs with the team. For 2016, Jennings is staying in the NL East and serving as a special assistant to the GM for the Washington Nationals.
Per his buyout from the Marlins, that franchise must pay the difference between any salary he makes this year and what he would have made in Miami. After hearing what Jennings will be paid in 2016 by the Nats, the Fish are furious, according to the Miami Herald:
"The Marlins are fuming, and filed a grievance, because they’ve been told Washington is paying Jennings only $100,000 as a special assistant to general manager Mike Rizzo, which they believe is well below a salary commensurate with his responsibilities."
You have to wonder why in the world legendary former first baseman and MLB manager Don Mattingly would wants to join this comedy of errors in South Florida often called a Major League Baseball team. The Miami Marlins have proven again and again that winning isn’t important to them, and it wouldn’t be much of a loss for residents in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties of this team would pack things up and head to Montreal, Las Vegas, Norfolk or any other locations that would welcome semi-pro baseball.
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