Most Recent Update – Oct. 20, 15:30

Andy Martino of SNY reports that any speculation linking the Mets GM vacancy to former Marlins GM Kim Ng is “not rooted in reality.”

Martino noted that one person who has spoken with Ng passed along, “I doubt she has any interest in the Mets.”

Multiple reports have noted that president of baseball operations David Stearns might not hire a GM this offseason after finding himself unexpectedly looking following the shocking resignation of former GM Billy Eppler.

Updated Post – Oct. 20, 13:20

Chris Cotillo of Masslive reports that former Marlins general manager Kim Ng has declined to interview for the Boston Red Sox top baseball decision-maker position. Ng joins a long list of candidates that includes Sam Fuld from the Phillies, Brandon Gomes from the Dodgers, Jon Daniels, and multiple internal folks who have declined the interview request to become Boston’s next president of baseball operations. James Click of the Blue Jays also pulled his name out of consideration following an interview.

It was reported earlier on Friday by the Boston Globe, that former Giants manager Gabe Kapler has interviewed for the POBO position.

Original Post – Oct. 16, 09:29

First reported by Craig Mish of SportsGrid, the Marlins and general manager Kim Ng have agreed to part ways. Her contract expired at the end of the 2023 season. Ng has been the general manager of the Marlins since 2021, serving three years in her post. Ng took the Marlins to the post-season in 2023, their third playoff appearance in a full season in franchise history.

The team announced that they had picked up the club side of the mutual option for 2024 on her contract, but she denied her side of the mutual option. When discussing her decision, Ng noted, “she and Marlins owner Bruce Sherman had different visions on how to reshape the baseball operations department.”

Ng turned the Marlins roster around, taking the club from a 67-95 finish in 2021 to an 84-78 record and a wild card berth in 2023. She signed Jorge Soler before the 2022 season, and the former Royal clubbed 36 homers in 2023, leading the team and giving them a power threat they had been missing since the days of Giancarlo Stanton. Ng also came out a major winner of the 2023 trading deadline, landing Jake Burger, who posted a .860 OPS down the stretch and has multiple more years of club control in Miami.

Ng, 54, became the first woman to serve as a general manager for a major sport in North America. Before the Marlins, she had served as an assistant general manager for the Dodgers, Yankees, and an assistant director of baseball operations for the White Sox. Ng worked with the White Sox from 1990-1996, then won three World Series rings with the Yankees from 1998-2000. After three world titles, she left to work for the Dodgers from 2002-2011. After the Dodgers, she became the Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball.

Ng is now a free agent, and the Marlins become the second team in the National League East to be looking for a new general manager this winter, joining the Mets. Overall, there are now three general manager openings in baseball: the aforementioned Mets and Marlins, and the Boston Red Sox.