Here’s the latest from Ken Rosenthal, via a video on FOX Sports:
- The Rangers’ strong finish might almost force them to hire interim manager Tim Bogar as the permanent replacement for Ron Washington, Rosenthal says. The Rangers have gone 13-7 since Bogar took over. Their late-season surge also means they won’t get the top overall draft pick next season.
- The Astros have talked to Pirates bench coach Jeff Banister about their managerial job, but Rosenthal says that most within the industry feel the job will go to former Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch or Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo.
- Many within the Brewers are frustrated with their team’s collapse, although Rosenthal notes that the feeling throughout baseball was that the Brewers overachieved throughout much of the early season anyway, and that GM Doug Melvin and manager Ron Roenicke should not be fired for the Brewers’ late-season troubles.
- The Rockies could make some sort of change in their front office, and the Dodgers could even make front office moves if the team struggles in the playoffs, Rosenthal reports. That would leave the Giants as the only NL West team not to make a significant front office change this offseason.
Rosenthal has been trying to get Mattingly fired since 2011
4-27 stretch… that’s just regressing back to the norm right?
Exactly. It was all hitting. Our pitching was some of the best we’ve seen in Milwaukee for a while. Just couldn’t hit anything
You don’t contend for championships when first base is an Overbay/Reynolds platoon. You don’t win extra points for strikeouts.
MLB should change the draft rules so that if the Astros fail to sign their draft picks, the teams drafting behind them get a crack at signing them. I figure the Rangers will end up drafting right behind them, so…
I think they need to take a long look at there hitting coach. Our starters and bullpen did fine. Just couldn’t hit Rhianna if we tried