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A'sfaninUK
The Maddux signing deserves its own post. It’s very interesting how the Nats hired a manager who doesn’t “believe in” pitch counts, then hires the best pitching coach in the game to, for lack of a better word, counteract that? Fascinating and encouraging move by the Nats, odds are Maddux is going to be reporting to the front office regarding Dusty’s pitcher abuse record, if it gets too much, Dusty’s gone. Matter of fact, I don’t think there’s anyone out there who would think Baker would outlast Maddux at the org.
Niekro
It may not have been his call but the Rangers were not exactly light on Darvish. A guy they knew had a lot of innings in Japan was near the tops in pitches in 2013 and well on to it again before being injured in 2014. If he sit around and let it happen to Darvish what will be different on the Nationals?
YourDaddy
The Nationals had to do something to temper Dusty’s lack of skills in handling a pitching staff so they are paying Maddux more to be the pitching coach than a few managers like Matheny are making. Speaks volumes about how little they actually think of Dusty handling their pitchers.
homeparkdc
Your creative writing about the Nationals does get boring. Maddux is an elite pitching coach. Matheny is not an elite manager.
homeparkdc
“Washington’s pursuit lasted more than two weeks, and Nightengale hears that the Nationals’ plan was to hire Maddux as pitching coach regardless of who was eventually named manager.”
cjcronsdisease — Do you not read the articles?
AGAVE
Wonder if Maddux would consider a Manager job at some pointe for the Nats after Baker’s term is up?
petrie000
so the Nationals low-ball their first choice of manager in Black, and settle for Dusty…. then turn around and give a big fat contract to a new pitching coach instead?
that’s just bizarre….
YourDaddy
The Lin article is a bunch of hooey. I often wonder why we cant find any halfway decent sportswriters in San Diego and why the UT continues to publish stuff like this. If the Padres FO staff is smart, why would they totally insult a guy they interviewed for the managers position by offering him a lower position after they hire someone else? That’s total BS. You just don’t do that if you are a successful or even halfway smart business person. Its far more likely that Gardenhire turned down the Padres position because the FO wanted far too much control of day to day decisions and of the coaching staff as a whole. Now they are leaking hooey about offering him a bench coach position. While Balsley agreed in principle to a deal with the Padres, he hasn’t signed a new contract yet.
SixFlagsMagicPadres
Maybe they should pull a Marlins and just throw Preller down into the dugout to help manage the team. ( not really because that would be laughable)
homeparkdc
If Dave Roberts doesn’t get the LA manager’s gig, he would be certainly be another great addition to the Nats as bench coach.
thecoffinnail
I know the Nationals had said they were going to hire a manager with experience, but I wonder why they didn’t just offer the managers job to Maddux. He has been coaching long enough to warrant a shot as a manager and as the article points out he is highly respected around the game. Several current managers were pitching coaches at one time and they seem to transition well. Perhaps that is exactly what they plan to do in a couple of years, seeing as how they gave Dusty a pretty short contract and apparently insulted Bud Black with their offer.
antsal 2
It seems they may have TOLD Bud Black that Mike Maddux was going to be the pitching coach and Bud Black might have wanted to pick someone he had better control over for that position. They probably suggested Mike Maddux to Dusty Baker and he didn’t have a problem with it. It’s difficult to be the pitching coach and the manager which is why they wanted a guy like Dusty Baker to be the manager and not have to worry about pitching.