McCullough, who has a home in Jupiter (site of the Marlins’ minor-league complex), has extensive minor-league managing experience, compiling a 402-367 record while managing four teams in the low-level minors: Toronto’s rookie-league team in 2007, Lansing (Michigan) in 2008 and 2009, Dunedin in 2010 and 2011 and Vancouver in 2012 and 2013.

The Marlins have hired Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as their new manager, ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez reports ( X link ). This is the 44-year-old McCullough’s first job as a skipper at the big league level.