Hired and Fired this off-season

[metirish]

Don Mattingly signs for two years with the Phillies , apparently there was talk he would not be back , but there you go

[Edgy MD]

There was certainly a populist movement, likely amounting to nothing, for the Yankees to sweep in and steal him away. 

Bill Madden, still bringing it at 80 years old, is out there banging the drum for the Yankees to bring back Buck Showalter.

[Gwreck]

He was their second choice (again) after Alex Cora (again) told them “no, thanks.”  

Cora, of course. is making $7.25M a year (through the end of 2027) to not manage Boston.

[Edgy MD]

Don Mattingly, God bless him, is to the Yankees what Wally Backman is to the Mets.  He's never going to get the job, but until the day he dies, you're never going to stop hearing about him getting the job — and about how his not getting the job is a slap in the face to the real fans, and to the real team, as argued by guys who think they somehow speak for both.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, Cora effectively pre-rejected the Phils in advance of them talking to him and then took himself out of the running for all jobs by saying he would manage nowhere this year (kids in school and getting (re-) married this summer).

 

As far as the rest of the league goes ... 

 

 

So all three -in-season interim managers were hired permanently (BoSox, Mets, Phils).

A couple of more teams have balls in the air at this point. The Mariners are looking within their division by talking with Joe Espada so I guess Houston has moved on.  Diamondbacks and Angels also aren't set for next season. 

Info from Cot's Contracts (arm of Baseball Prospectus) but they don't always have terms of the deal. Unlike player contracts, manager contracts aren't always made public.

 

 

 

 

 

[Edgy MD]

Manager of the Rockies feels like the most anonymous job in baseball.

[metirish]

51 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

There was certainly a populist movement, likely amounting to nothing, for the Yankees to sweep in and steal him away. 

Bill Madden, still bringing it at 80 years old, is out there banging the drum for the Yankees to bring back Buck Showalter.

I saw where Madden said this ,I wonder what Lupica thinks 

[Benjamin Grimm]

50 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Manager of the Rockies feels like the most anonymous job in baseball.

At least his name is Schaeffer!

[metirish]

Great spreadsheet,  I feel like Kurt Suzuki is on a hiding to nothing with the Angels 

[seawolf17]

If this was a quiz, I would have been able to name less than half of the current MLB managers. Wow.

I can probably still name everyone who appeared on a Topps manager card from the 1980s, though.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I wouldn't have been able to name any of the managers, other than the Mets, Yankees, and Phillies.

There's a Torey Luvello and a Tony Vitello? Confusing!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember when managers were named Sparky Anderson. Bill Virdon. Tom Lasorda. Tony Larussa. Jim Leyland. Bobby Cox. Dusty Baker. John McNamara. I don't know who most of these guys are. I'm clearly not paying attention anymore!

[Edgy MD]

Dave Roberts is someone we all should know, though.  He's only 54 (looks at least 10 years older), but he's got over 1,000 wins and seems like a quiet cinch to make the all-time top five.

Also revered by Red Sox fans for his part in the 2004 comeback.

In 11 seasons, he has never won fewer than 91 games, except for the Covid year of 2020 in which his team put up a .717 winning percentage.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know Terry Francona too, but didn't know he was in Cincinnati. I would have guessed that Skip Schumaker was still managing the Braves, but I see he's with the Rangers now. Craig Counsell managing the Cubs is something I did know about, but I wouldn't have been able to come up with his name if prompted.

[metirish]

35 minutes ago, Benjamin Grimm said:

I wouldn't have been able to name any of the managers, other than the Mets, Yankees, and Phillies.

There's a Torey Luvello and a Tony Vitello? Confusing!

Right? Crazy that Luvello has been there since 2016 , I couldn't pick him out of a lineup 

[metirish]

Angels declined the option on Suzuki, he's out 

[Frayed Knot]

The NYY brass held a post-season press conference/post-mortem today. Among the announcements:

- Aaron Boone, who was signed for next year anyway, will be retained despite the fervent wishes of many Yanqui fans to have him drop-kicked outta there. 2027 will be his 10th season at the helm.

- GM Brian Cashman, also not as universally beloved as the distance since the last WS title grows, was not only kept but signed an extension so he'll be around for a while. 2027 will be his 30th season in that post. Remember when 30 weeks was high for a NYY exec?

- Hal Steinbrenner decided all this was the players' fault (mainly the bats) for not coming through in post-season games.

[Edgy MD]

Surprised to see the Angels eat Suzuki's contract after only a single season.

Yeah, it was the first 100-loss season in their history, but it's not like they haven't been on this track for a decade.