Kim Ng, first female MLB GM, leaving Miami Marlins after rare winning season

Miami Marlins General Manager and MLB’s first female head of baseball operations Kim Ng will not return to the team in a shocking exit after the club won more games this season than it had in over a decade, officials announced on Monday.

The club had exercised a mutual decision to bring Ng back for 2024, but she refused her end of the deal, Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman announced.

“We thank Kim for her contributions during her time with our organization and wish her and her family well,” Sherman said in a statement.

Miami went 84-78 this season, clinching the National League’s second wild-card spot, before they were knocked out by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Minus the Covid-shortened 2020 campaign, it was the Marlin’s first winning season since 2009, when they went 87-75.

While speaking to the Athletic and MLB.com, Ng acknowledged that she had a fundamental disagreement with management’s plans.

“Last week, Bruce 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,” Kim Ng said.

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