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Derek Jeter's time as an executive and part-owner of the Marlins is coming to an end.

Jeter announced Monday morning that he was stepping down as the CEO of the team and that he will no longer be atlanta braves hank aaron jersey a shareholder of the club. He has been a part-owner and CEO since an ownership group led by Bruce Sherman bought the team in August 2017.

"We had a vision five years ago to turn the Marlins franchise around, and as CEO, I have been proud to put my name and reputation on the line to make our plan a reality," Jeter said in the announcement. "Through hard work, trust and accountability, we transformed every aspect of the franchise, reshaping the workforce, and developing a long-term strategic plan for success."

Sherman confirmed in a statement that Jeter was departing the organization after more than four years in the club's front office.

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Why Derek Jeter is leaving the Marlins

While Jeter said he has been proud to be a part of the Marlins organization, it sounded like he wasn't exactly on board with the club's long-term plans.

"The vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead," Jeter wrote in his statement. "Now is the right time for me to step a atlanta braves world series sweatshirt side as a new season begins."

His decision to leave comes as MLB and the MLBPA continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with players curren atlanta braves jersey plain tly locked out. Monday is the proposed deadline by Major League Baseball to have a deal in place in order to begin the regular season as scheduled on March 31.

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A major part of the discussions has been about forcing teams to attempt to compete and av atlanta braves jersey shirts men oid tanking, a practice that has become common by maintaining MLB Pajamas| Keychains a low payroll and instead playing for high draft picks. In the four seasons since Jeter and Sherman became owners of the Marlins, Miami has posted a 218-327 record. The team made its only playoff appearance under Jeter in 2020, when it went 31-29 and reached the expanded postseason in the pandemic-shortened year.

The Marlins were also cited in a grievance filed by MLBPA as one of three teams — the other two being the Pirates and Rays — that have not spent enough revenue-sharing money on players before the 2018 or 2019 seasons.

Heading into the 2022 season, the Marlins have the fourth-lowest payroll in baseball ($55.7 million), per Spotrac, despite making several offseason moves to sign Avisail Garcia and Miguel Rojas, and trade for Jacob Stallings and Joey Wendle.

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Jeter owned a 4 percent share of the Marlins, according to ESPN. Forbes reports that the team is worth $990 million, as of March 2021, which would mean that Jeter's share of tMLB Home and Office Decorhe team is worth $39.6 million.

According to a report from The Athletic, Jeter was making $5 million per year, and his contract was not set to expire until later in 2022.