Miami Marlins general manager Kim Ng announced during Thursday’s broadcast that the team and Manager Don Mattingly’s mutually agreed to pick up the option in his contract, keeping him as the team’s manager through at least 2022.
Ng said that the Marlins wanted Mattingly around and he was excited to stay on as well, leading them to both agree that his option would be activated. She explained why to the Marlins broadcast team of Paul Severino and Todd Hollandsworth.
“Donnie has been steady at the helm, and I think that’s one of his greatest attributes,” Ng said.