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Now that Skip Schumaker has been introduced as the new Marlins manager, what does that mean for the rest of the coaching staff? 

Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. and bullpen coach Wellington Cepeda will be back, but the rest of the staff is a work in progress with interviews underway. Stottlemyre, who will return for his fifth season in Miami, helped guide a rotation to the eighth-lowest ERA (3.70) and 12th-highest WAR (12.5) in the Majors in 2022.

"Getting Mel done was important," Schumaker said. "He's done a really good job with this staff for a number of years. I needed that kind of pitching culture to stay the same. That's been one of the successes here, and that was important to me."

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Expect familiar faces to join Schumaker's staff, though it will be a collaborative process with the front office. The 42-year-old saw firsthand -- as a player, front-office member and coach -- how good cohesive staffs can impact a ballclub. He wants people who know what winning looks like and will hold everyone accountable.

"For me, and I've said this before, I don't really believe in arranged marriages," Schumaker said. "I believe in you should know what kind of coach is coming on your staff. High character, quality person is what I care about. And then that high baseball IQ is like third on the list, because I believe that having good people around you makes everything go, and relationships matter. I would tell you that the guys on my staff will be guys I've known already in some way: either I played with, coached with or I've known from being on the other side."

A close friend and prominent Cardinal falls under those categories: Mark McGwire, who offered guidance to Schumaker before being named the Cardinals' hitting coach for three seasons (2010-12). He served in the same capacity for the Dodgers ('13-15) until becoming the Padres' bench coach ('16-18). Cardinals hitting coach Jeff Albert already informed the club he wouldn't be returning, so he's another option to join Schumaker in Miami.

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Familiarity isn't the only possible theme among future coaching hires. Schumaker, who spent three years learning Spanish in high school, stopped afterwards and called it one of his regrets considering he works in professional baseball. He intends to build a staff around him that understands the language more than he does, though Schumaker won't hire someone just because of that.

"I think it starts with Skip knowing a lot of coaches out there in the industry, and we start with that list," general manager Kim Ng said. "I've added a few names of people that I'd like for him to interview, but definitely very collaborative. I told somebody earlier, the second day he was with us, he and I were talking about staff, and it was just a very easy conversation. It was as if I had known him for 10-15 years, so I don't see any issues on that front. I think you guys heard what he's interested in bringing into the mix in terms of the attributes that he's looking for in his coaching staff, and it's right in line with what I'm looking for as well."