Marlins part ways with hitting coach Guerrero
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MIAMI – The Marlins will not be bringing back hitting coach Pedro Guerrero for the 2027 season, president of baseball operations Peter Bendix announced on Tuesday morning.
Miami will retain the rest of its 2026 coaching staff helmed by manager Clayton McCullough, including assistant hitting coaches Chris Hess and Corbin Day.
“He did a tremendous job for us,” Bendix said of Guerrero. “He's a wonderful human being. We're going to miss having him around, and really appreciate everything that Pedro gave to us. Just time for a new voice in the hitting space.”
The 37-year-old Guerrero, who spent the past two seasons in that role for the Marlins, served as an assistant hitting coach for the Giants (2022-24) and Phillies (2018-21) and as the bench coach for the Rookie Level Dodgers (2016-17) prior to his Marlins tenure.
In 2026, the Marlins ranked as follows in the Majors:
- Tied for fifth in on-base percentage (.326)
- Seventh in average (.249)
- Tied for ninth in hits (1,347) and OPS (.726)
- Tied for 11th in FanGraphs’ offensive value
- Tied for 16th in slugging percentage (.400)
- 18th in runs per game (4.41)
“Evaluating a hitting coach is very difficult,” Bendix said. “That role is very, very difficult. I think we have a unique structure here, not just in the hitting department, but in all of our departments, with a director, a director of hitting, in this case, that oversees our hitting space. And so really looking for that sort of alignment from top to bottom with our director, with our entire hitting coaches. That's what we'll be prioritizing.”