Marlins hire Román Ocumarez as new international scouting director

ESPN’s Enrique Rojas reported on Monday that Román Ocumarez has agreed to become the Marlins’ international scouting director. The Marlins haven’t announced his hiring yet. Ocumarez fills the position previously held by Fernando Seguignol, who was let go by the Fish in September.

While Seguignol played professionally for nearly two decades before transitioning into baseball operations, “Ocu” comes from a more traditional scouting background. With the Astros, he was directly involved with signing future big leaguers Luis García, Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, Enoli Paredes, Hector Pérez, Gilberto Celestino and recent Marlin Jorge Guzman. He had risen up the ranks to the role of Latin…