Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will be absent for the last two games of the season due to a family health issue, as announced during Friday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Bench coach Luis Urueta will take charge of the team for the rest of the weekend series.
This is Schumaker’s second year managing the Marlins. Miami finished with an 84-78 record and made the playoffs in 2023 but was swept by Philadelphia in the wild-card round. This season, the Marlins hold the worst record in the National League.
Schumaker had an 11-year playing career with St. Louis, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cincinnati, ending in 2015.
He joined San Diego’s coaching staff in 2018 and was the bench coach for St. Louis in 2022. The Marlins hired Schumaker to replace Don Mattingly as manager after the 2022 season.
