When Skip Schumaker had the club option on his contract removed ahead of the 2024 season, it was abundantly clear that the upcoming campaign would be his last with the Miami Marlins. Their season going just about as poorly as one could’ve expected just one year removed following a shocking postseason berth only made it clearer that Schumaker would be departing. The only question was where would he end up.
The Chicago White Sox have always loomed as a possibility, but would Schumaker really want to join what will likely be the worst team in MLB history? Another team linked pretty heavily to Schumaker was a team he played for, the St. Louis Cardinals. They’d need to fire Oli Marmol first, but the Cardinals would feel like a great fit for a proven MLB manager.
Now, after the Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday, they loom as an intriguing possibility…