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Miam have struggled despite making significant offseason
moves in a bid to end a decade-long playoff drought.
The Marlins made the announcement shortly after the team escaped
being no-hit by Atlanta's Shelby Miller in a 6-0 loss to the
Braves. Miller lost his no-hitter after two were out in the
ninth inning.
"Hopefully a new voice will spark and motivate our guys to play
as capable as we know they are capable of playing," Michael
Hill, the Marlins' president of baseball operations, said in a
statement on Twitter.
Redmond, 44, was in his third season as the team's manager. He
had a 155-207 record and was dismissed along with bench coach
Rob Leary.
The Marlins said they would name a new manager on Monday.
The team last made the playoffs in 2003 and went on to win the
World Series. They have not had a winning record since 2009.
In hopes of ending the streak, the Marlins signed hard-hitting
Giancarlo Stanton to a record 13-year, $325 million contract and
acquired several new players through trades and free agency.
But the turnaround has yet to materialize as the Marlin stood
fourth in the five-team National League East after losing six of
their last seven games.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina)
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