The Marlins are investing a lot of time and effort in improving their minor league players:
The Marlins hired Emily Glass, a trained educator, and four other teachers to give language and life lessons to prospects as part of weekly 45-minute sessions. The goal is to make Marlins prospects self-sufficient and more mature, believing that increases their chance of success on the field.
Glass “has a passion for teaching,” Gary Denbo, the Marlins’ director of player development and scouting, told FS-Florida. “We hope to have the best education department in all of sports, not just baseball. That is our goal and we will reach that goal. Everyone has an individual program.”
The Marlins have installed computers and set up labs at their facilities in Jupiter and the Dominican Republic to help them with their course work.
Marlins co-owner Derek Jeter also told Denbo that he wants Spanish-speaking players in the Marlins’ minor-league system to learn English and English-speaking players to learn Spanish. That has been implemented.
There are other interesting things going on as well. The Indians and Red Sox implemented systems like this many years ago, and they appear to have very cohesive teams.
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