The Florida Marlins might have bigger tasks to undertake this offseason, but for now their focus is on replacing pitching coach Mark Wiley.
As they are so often when pursuing players, they are already onto their secondary targets now that Bryan Price has opted to become the Cincinnati Reds pitching coach.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Price had discussions with several teams and mulled a few offers, including one from the Marlins.
"We discussed the job at length and Larry and Jeffrey [Loria] worked hard to get something done," Price told the Sun-Sentinel. "Cincinnati was just a better fit. I could have easily worked for [manager] Fredi [Gonzalez], [President of Baseball Operations] Larry [Beinfest] and [owner] Jeffrey [Loria]. They did nothing wrong in their efforts to make it work. They were first class all the way."