The Marlins are making a change in their hitting room.
President of baseball operations Peter Bendix said Tuesday morning that Pedro Guerrero will not return as Miami’s hitting coach for the 2027 season. The rest of the club’s 2026 coaching staff, led by manager Clayton McCullough, will stay in place, including assistant hitting coaches Chris Hess and Corbin Day.
Bendix was clear that the move wasn’t a reflection of Guerrero’s effort or character.
“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.”
Guerrero, 37, spent the last two seasons in the role with Miami. Before that, he worked as an assistant hitting coach with the Giants from 2022-24 and with the Phillies from 2018-21. He also served as the bench coach for the Rookie Level Dodgers in 2016-17.
Miami’s offense showed solid overall production in 2026, and the numbers back that up. The Marlins tied for fifth in the majors in on-base percentage at .326, finished seventh in batting average at .249, and tied for ninth in both hits with 1,347 and OPS at .726.
They also tied for 11th in FanGraphs’ offensive value. The power numbers were more middle-of-the-pack, with Miami tied for 16th in slugging percentage at .400 and 18th in runs per game at 4.41.
Bendix said the decision comes down to fit and alignment across the organization’s approach to hitting.
“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.”
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