2015-2016 Managerial Shuffle

[Edgy MD]

The offseason hasn't begun with regard to rebuilding rosters, but it's certain started when it comes to coaching staves. Joining Matt Williams and his company of coachies in the search for jobs is San Diego interim manager Pat Murphy.

The heavily muscled-up Padres, held up as an embarrassing contrast with the LOLMets last off-season, actually managed to win fewer games than in 2014, and two manager heads have rolled for it.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

I can live with Wally going to the Padres, but i'll be devastated if he ends up in DC.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that the Marlins have interviewed Larry Bowa for their open managing job.

If he gets the gig, Terry Collins will no longer be baseball's oldest manager.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Lloyd McClendon boned by the Mariners.

[Edgy MD]

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: I can live with Wally going to the Padres, but i'll be devastated if he ends up in DC.

Pretty funny, considering your avatar.

[Frayed Knot]

TEAM	MANAGER	SIGNED THRU	STATUS	Hired
METS	Terry Collins	2015		11/23/2010
BRAVES	Fredi Gonzalez	2015		10/13/2010
PHILLIES	Pete MacKanin	2016	Interim tag removed for 2016	6/29/15
NATIONALS	Matt Williams	2016 + option �17	Fired Oct 2015	10/13/2013
MARLINS	Dan Jennings	2015	Will not return - offered front office job instead	5/18/15
CARDINALS	Mike Matheny	2017		11/20/2013
PIRATES	Clint Hurdle	2017 + option for �18		11/15/2010
CUBS	Joe Maddon	2019		10/31/2014
REDS	Bryan Price	2016		10/22/2013
BREWERS	Craig Counsell	2015-2017		5/4/15
DODGERS	Don Mattingly	2016		9/17/2010
GIANTS	Bruce Bochy	2016		Oct 2006
PADRES	Pat Murphy	2015	Will not return	6/15/15
DBACKS	Chip Hale	2016		10/13/2014
ROCKIES	Walt Weiss	2016		11/7/2012
RED SOX	John Farrell	2016	Extended thru 2017	10/20/2012
YANKEES	Joe Girardi	2017		10/30/2007
ORIOLES	Buck Showalter	2018		7/28/2010
BLUE JAYS	John Gibbons	2015 + option for �16		11/20/2012
RAYS	Kevin Cash	2019		12/04/2014
TIGERS	Brad Ausmus	2016 + option for �17		11/4/2013
INDIANS	Terry Francona	2016	Extended thru 2018 w/options for '19 + �20	10/8/2012
ROYALS	Ned Yost	2015		5/13/2010
TWINS	Paul Molitor	2017		11/4/2014
WHITE SOX	Robin Ventura	2014		10/6/2011
ANGELS	Mike Scioscia	2018		11/17/1999
RANGERS	Jeff Banister	2017		10/17/2014
MARINERS	Lloyd McClendon	201?	Fired 10/9/15	11/7/2013
ASTROS	AJ Hinch	2017 + '18 option		9/29/2014
ATHLETICS	Bob Melvin	2016		6/9/2011

[Edgy MD]

The Nats have asked for and received permission to talk to the Diamondbacks' AAA manager Phil Nevin, also coming with no big league experience, if you value that sort of thing. And indeed, if you do, there is also talk of Don Wakamatsu and Dave Martinez.

Nevin has also been interviewed for the Marlins job (last week) and the Astros job (last year, which went to A.J. Hinch). He gets around. Buzz nonetheless still hovers around Bud Black.

[Valadius]

Phil Nevin managing? There's no precedent for former #1 picks to manage in the big leagues, is there?

[TransMonk]

Per Cot's Contracts, Robin Ventura signed a multi-year extension on 01/24/14 which puts him under contract through 2016 with the White Sox.

[Frayed Knot]

Valadius wrote: Phil Nevin managing? There's no precedent for former #1 picks to manage in the big leagues, is there?

Hmmm, interesting question.
Probably not. Bobby V was a 5th overall. He could be the highest.


oe: Nope, Paul Molitor was 3rd overall in 1977
Matt Williams also 3rd (1986)

[Edgy MD]

Jeff Burroughs managed in the Little League World Series!

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

RIP STEPHEN STRASBURG

[Frayed Knot]

Mattingly walks away from Dodgers.

Apparently not a firing but a "mutual parting of ways".
Sounds a bit like a Torre situation, where they offer him a deal he could -- and did -- refuse.

TEAM	MANAGER	SIGNED THRU	STATUS	Hired
METS	Terry Collins	2015		11/23/2010
BRAVES	Fredi Gonzalez	2015		10/13/2010
PHILLIES	Pete MacKanin	2016	Interim tag removed for 2016	6/29/15
NATIONALS	Matt Williams	2016 + option �17	Fired Oct 2015	10/13/2013
MARLINS	Dan Jennings	2015	Will not return - offered front office job instead	5/18/15
CARDINALS	Mike Matheny	2017		11/20/2013
PIRATES	Clint Hurdle	2017 + option for �18		11/15/2010
CUBS	Joe Maddon	2019		10/31/2014
REDS	Bryan Price	2016		10/22/2013
BREWERS	Craig Counsell	2015-2017		5/4/15
DODGERS	Don Mattingly	2016	Resigned - 10/22/15	9/17/2010
GIANTS	Bruce Bochy	2016		Oct 2006
PADRES	Pat Murphy	2015	Will not return	6/15/15
DBACKS	Chip Hale	2016		10/13/2014
ROCKIES	Walt Weiss	2016		11/7/2012
RED SOX	John Farrell	2016	Extended thru 2017	10/20/2012
YANKEES	Joe Girardi	2017		10/30/2007
ORIOLES	Buck Showalter	2018		7/28/2010
BLUE JAYS	John Gibbons	2015 + option for �16		11/20/2012
RAYS	Kevin Cash	2019		12/04/2014
TIGERS	Brad Ausmus	2016 + option for �17		11/4/2013
INDIANS	Terry Francona	2016	Extended thru 2018 w/options for '19 + �20	10/8/2012
ROYALS	Ned Yost	2015		5/13/2010
TWINS	Paul Molitor	2017		11/4/2014
WHITE SOX	Robin Ventura	2014		10/6/2011
ANGELS	Mike Scioscia	2018		11/17/1999
RANGERS	Jeff Banister	2017		10/17/2014
MARINERS	Lloyd McClendon	201?	Fired 10/9/15	11/7/2013
ASTROS	AJ Hinch	2017 + '18 option		9/29/2014
ATHLETICS	Bob Melvin	2016		6/9/2011

[Edgy MD]

Going into a winner-take-all game, at home, with Greinke on the mound, and then getting sunk by the Mets. Getting yelled at by at least two of his players during the game. That's not necessarily the way you wanna go out.

The Mets have really left a trail of human wreckage in their wake this season � with each of the NL East opponents throwing up their hands and turning over their team or their management at one level or another, and the Dodgers perhaps looking at a complete overhaul. It's good to see the Cubs go down with grace.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

How soon does he surface in the Bronx?

[Edgy MD]

I was thinking he'd land with the Rays.

[MFS62]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: How soon does he surface in the Bronx?

My thoughts, too. Joe Torre couldn't manage in the National League, either. Maybe Don will be better suited to the more simplistic game played in the American League.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

The Yanquis chose Girardi over Mattingly however many years ago and I don't think they're unhappy with Girardi so, no, I don't expect him to wind up in the Bronx anytime soon (at least not until he's an invited guest at the next number retirement ceremony which should be in a few weeks or so ... and then again a few weeks after that.)

I do suspect that he'll interview for jobs this winter, maybe a few of the ones currently open in the NL East.

[HahnSolo]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: How soon does he surface in the Bronx?

More interesting to me is who gets the Dodger gig. Do they go first-time manager? Give Bud Black another shot at a job in California? A different retread?

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: How soon does he surface in the Bronx? More interesting to me is who gets the Dodger gig. Do they go first-time manager? Give Bud Black another shot at a job in California? A different retread?

Willie RAndolph.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ceetar wrote: HahnSolo wrote: Mets � Willets Point wrote: How soon does he surface in the Bronx? More interesting to me is who gets the Dodger gig. Do they go first-time manager? Give Bud Black another shot at a job in California? A different retread? Willie RAndolph.

Interesting guess. Though I expect they'll be giving Dusty a call, myself.

[Frayed Knot]

The thing with the Dodgers is that they're being run now by that ex-TBR guy who inherited Mattingly but would really rather have a manager who's more comfortable with the more Sabermetric kind of stuff they're going to feed him. That as much as anything is what led to a parting of ways.
But moving forward, Dusty ain't going to be that guy, and Randolph ain't that guy (and, yes, I know that suggestion wasn't totally serious to begin with). Bud Black maybe (I heard he prefers to stay on the west coast although will almost certainly at least interview with the Nats)

[HahnSolo]

Maybe Dave Martinez? Worked with Maddon in TB and Chi; Coach in Tampa when Friedman was there; getting raves as a managerial candidate on the Nats board.

[Edgy MD]

Nats, meanwhile, have interviewed two ex-Met infielders from different eras: Ron Gardenhire and Andy Green.

[TransMonk]

MLB satellite radio jocks were prognosticating Mattingly to the Marlins this afternoon.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

I was thinking he'd end up as some Yankees' coach/advisor/specialist/bloviator rather than manager.

[Gwreck]

Mark Saxon (ESPN's Dodger beat) says that Bob Geren is a possibility for the LA job.

[Edgy MD]

Bob Geren is busy keeping our bench from flying up in the air.

[MFS62]

This is good to hear about John Farrell:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/great-news--red-sox-manager-john-farrell-s-cancer-is-in-remission-212144361.html

Later

[Frayed Knot]

The ex-catcher tradition continues as the Mariners tab former Houston/Cubs/Giants/Rockies backstop Scott Servias as their manager.
He has no prior managing experience but had been working in the Angels front office over the last four years under Jerry DiPoto. DiPoto was forced out in Anaheim earlier this year but has since hooked up in Seattle.

TEAM	MANAGER	SIGNED THRU	STATUS	Hired
METS	Terry Collins	2015		11/23/2010
BRAVES	Fredi Gonzalez	2015		10/13/2010
PHILLIES	Pete MacKanin	2016	Interim tag removed for 2016	6/29/15
NATIONALS	Matt Williams	2016 + option �17	Fired Oct 2015	10/13/2013
MARLINS	Dan Jennings	2015	Will not return - offered front office job instead	5/18/15
CARDINALS	Mike Matheny	2017		11/20/2013
PIRATES	Clint Hurdle	2017 + option for �18		11/15/2010
CUBS	Joe Maddon	2019		10/31/2014
REDS	Bryan Price	2016		10/22/2013
BREWERS	Craig Counsell	2015-2017		5/4/15
DODGERS	Don Mattingly	2016	Resigned - 10/22/15	9/17/2010
GIANTS	Bruce Bochy	2016		Oct 2006
PADRES	Pat Murphy	2015	Will not return	6/15/15
DBACKS	Chip Hale	2016		10/13/2014
ROCKIES	Walt Weiss	2016		11/7/2012
RED SOX	John Farrell	2016	Extended thru 2017	10/20/2012
YANKEES	Joe Girardi	2017		10/30/2007
ORIOLES	Buck Showalter	2018		7/28/2010
BLUE JAYS	John Gibbons	2015 + option for �16		11/20/2012
RAYS	Kevin Cash	2019		12/04/2014
TIGERS	Brad Ausmus	2016 + option for �17		11/4/2013
INDIANS	Terry Francona	2016	Extended thru 2018 w/options for '19 + �20	10/8/2012
ROYALS	Ned Yost	2015		5/13/2010
TWINS	Paul Molitor	2017		11/4/2014
WHITE SOX	Robin Ventura	2014		10/6/2011
ANGELS	Mike Scioscia	2018		11/17/1999
RANGERS	Jeff Banister	2017		10/17/2014
MARINERS	Lloyd McClendon	201?	Fired 10/9/15 - Scott Servais hired	10/23/2015
ASTROS	AJ Hinch	2017 + '18 option		9/29/2014
ATHLETICS	Bob Melvin	2016		6/9/2011