The Marlins with GM Kim Ng earlier today, and offered additional details on the situation this afternoon. Ghiroli writes that one of the primary i sues between the sides was the clubs decision not to offer Ng a three-year extension rather than simply pick up their end of the mutual option, a practice that Ghiroli notes is fairly standard for executives at the end of their current deal who have made significant achievements. Those descriptors certainly seem to fit Ng, under whom the Marlins returned to the postseason for the first time in a full-length Kyle O'Quinn Jersey season since they won the World Series in 2003. Beyond the contract dispute, Ghiroli adds that Ng and the club were at odds over personnel decisions regarding the front office, the largest of which was ownerships previously-reported desire to put a president of baseball operations in place above Ng in the organizations hierarchy, a move that would effectively be a demotion for Ng. Aside from that, Ghiroli notes that Ng had plans for personnel changes regarding leadership-level positions in the clubs scouting and player development departments, which owner Bruce Sherman opposed. Ghiroli adds that Ngs next steps are currently uncertain. While there are GM-level openings in both Queens and Boston at the moment, any GM hired in New York would serve under president of baseball operations David Stearns, creating a similar situation to the one Ng sought to avoid in Miami. Meanwhile, Bostons has seen a number of high-profile candidates decline to interview for the position, with Ghiroli citing the influence of manager and the clubs proclivity for changes at the head of the baseball operations department as potential pitfalls in accepting the job. One po sibility Ghiroli floats is a return to the White Sox , where she began her career in profe sional baseball and served as a member of the front office for seven seasons. Though the club to the role of GM, Ghiroli notes the po sibility that the club could have interest in Ng as a president of baseball operations to oversee Getz and the rest of Chicagos front office. More notes from around the league is recovering from a virus, Astros manager Dusty Baker revealed to reporters (including ). His symptoms include a headache and an upset stomach, although Baker declined to discu s the exact details of his star sluggers illne s. The skipper said Alvarez was better today than he was yesterday and downplayed the significance of the virus, saying I got a virus, everybody got a virus. So hes fine. While Alvarez had a difficult game last night, going hitle s with three strikeouts, he hit two home runs off during todays 5-4 lo s to the Rangers. In the event Alvarez does wind up needing a day off at some point in the series, and are among the clubs options who could fill in for the slugger as the teams DH. According to a report from , the Rays sent scouts to the Dominican Republic recently to observe a workout by Cuban free agent righty . They were far from alone on that excursion, however, with Topkin adding that fourteen other teams were present to scout Rodriguez. Rodriguez was from his NPB contract earlier this month and appears to be in line to test MLB free agency this offseason. Rodriguez did not pitch profe sionally outside of the World Baseball Cla sic this year, though in 2022 he was a dominant relief arm for the Chunichi Dragons as he posted a 1.15 ERA in 56 appearances while striking out 27.5% of batters faced. Maurice Cheeks Jersey