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D’backs “Hope” To Have Decision On Manager Monday

By charliewilmoth,Jeff Todd,Steve Adams and edcreech | October 12, 2014 at 5:00pm CDT

Here’s the latest on the Diamondbacks’ managerial situation:

OCT. 12:

  • Sources tell CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman Turner Ward, the Diamondbacks’ assistant hitting coach, is a finalist in addition to the previously reported Jim Tracy, Phil Nevin, Chip Hale, and Sandy Alomar Jr.
  • Diamondbacks President/CEO Derrick Hall, Chief Baseball Officer Tony La Russa, GM Dave Stewart, and Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations De Jon Watson will meet tonight to discuss the new manager hire and Stewart says “we should have this thing done, probably we hope, by [Monday],“ reports MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert. Gilbert adds the Diamondbacks would need permission from MLB to announce a new manager this week because of baseball’s preference for the focus to be on the playoffs. 

OCT. 11:

  • The D’Backs appear to have completed their interview process, meaning that Wakamatsu and Bundy won’t receive interviews as previously scheduled, MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert reports.  The two coaches’ busier schedules (the Royals are still going in the playoffs and the Dodgers were just eliminated) seem to be to blame, and Arizona is eager to get moving on the hiring process from within the pool of nine candidates who have already been interviewed.  A team official tells Gilbert that, contrary to Nightengale’s earlier report, no finalists have been identified from the nine candidates.
  • Tracy and Nevin could both be hired by the Diamondbacks, Nightengale tweets.  One would serve as manager and the other as bench coach in this scenario.

OCT. 10: 

  • Jim Tracy, Phil Nevin, Chip Hale, and Sandy Alomar are the finalists, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. A decision will be announced on Monday.

OCT. 3:

  • Jim Tracy’s interview with the D’Backs was yesterday and went well, sources tell Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe (Twitter link).
  • Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Rangers have granted the D’Backs permission to interview Bogar. As he notes, this is a bit curious, as Bogar is seen as one of the favorites in Texas’ own managerial search.

OCT. 2:

  • The Diamondbacks have now also received permission to interview A’s bench coach Chip Hale and Dodgers third base coach Lorenzo Bundy, the team announced. They also announced that they’ve asked the Rangers for permission to interview interim manager Tim Bogar.

OCT. 1:

  • The D’Backs now announce that they’ve received permission to interview Royals bench coach Don Wakamatsu for the position as well. Wakamatsu formerly managed the Mariners and recently interviewed for the Astros’ managerial opening before Houston hired A.J. Hinch.
  • McEwing has also been officially cleared to interview, as Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweeted and the club confirmed on Twitter.
  • The club has announced (Twitter links) an initial candidate list that includes Sandy Alomar Jr. and Jim Tracy in addition to Bell, Green, Nevin, and Ward. That list will be added to once interview consents are received for personnel under contract with other clubs.

SEPT. 27:

Unless otherwise, noted, information is via MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert (all Twitter links).

  • Internal candidates for the Diamondbacks’ managerial job include Triple-A Reno manager Phil Nevin, Double-A Mobile manager Andy Green and big-league hitting coach Turner Ward, new GM Dave Stewart says. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that Nevin is a particularly strong candidate, given his work at Reno.
  • Other candidates could include Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo and bench coach Mike Aldrete, White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing, and Twins bench coach Terry Steinbach. All four have ties to Diamondbacks chief baseball officer Tony La Russa.
  • Reds bench coach Jay Bell will be another candidate, John Gambadoro of KTAR.com tweets. Bell, of course, played for the Diamondbacks and later served as their bench coach.
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Comments

  1. vtadave

    8 years ago

    “Jim Tracy would really help energize that franchise and that fan base.” – No one ever.

    Reply
    • davbee

      8 years ago

      I hear reports out of AZ that it’s Tracy. Hope I’m wrong. He’s the worst of the choices.

      Reply
  2. DrSteveBrule

    8 years ago

    Would like to see Sandy Alomar finally land a gig

    Reply
    • MJ

      8 years ago

      I wouldnt mind seeing this.

      Reply
    • Bryan

      8 years ago

      Would be cool to see Sandy Alomar or Chip Hale

      Reply
  3. Joe Faraci

    8 years ago

    what about dusty baker?

    Reply
    • sascoach2003

      8 years ago

      Not with LaRussa running things. No love lost between those two.

      Reply
    • Jimmy p.

      8 years ago

      You would have to be nuts to hire Baker.

      Reply
    • basix

      8 years ago

      No thanks. We’d actually like to win playoff games, not just get there.

      Reply
  4. SlyderZ

    8 years ago

    Bogar will never go to AZ. He’s got a terrific young team at Texas to build on and the foundation of good Vets as: Beltre, Fielder, Choo… with Darvish and Holland as staff starters. Bogar, is a numbers guy to compliment GM Daniels head game baseball. Bogar is a growing youth presence Mgr., to pilot the Texas Rangers. The Foundation at Texas blows away anything AZ can promise Bogar. A winning five year plus, CONTENDING focus is already there in Rangerland.

    Reply
    • Thizzie

      8 years ago

      Dude, the Rangers were so bad last year. I love them but this squad ain’t contending even with Bogar

      Reply
  5. Andrew Cromack

    8 years ago

    Come on Reds. Stop being greedy and let the Dbacks interview with Jay Bell. I would love to see him back in AZ. This would be a great move for us weary fans with horrible moves over the last 3 years.

    Reply
  6. Bruce

    8 years ago

    Always seems after every interview they say the interview went well. Has anyone ever said after that the interview went poorly?

    Reply
    • $21621694

      8 years ago

      I always wonder about these interviews… What do they even ask? “hey it’s the bottom of the 9th and you are facing Trout, which reliever do you bring?”

      Reply
  7. Thizzie

    8 years ago

    I literally could not think of a worse candidate than Jim Tracy. He quickly destroyed what Cliny Hurdle built in Colorado and the franchise had never been the same since. Tracy is a negative person and treats his players terribly…so tells me a former Rockie player

    Reply
  8. Natalie Woodey

    8 years ago

    Jim Tracy should never manage another MLB team…Ever.

    Reply
  9. bigmike04

    8 years ago

    think maybe they go with Phil Nevin or Sandy Alomar Jr or Chip hale, thought Jim Tracy had two managing jobs in majors & didn’t do so well, what make the Dback that the third time will be a charm..

    Reply
  10. Ralph Esposito

    8 years ago

    What will it take for Sandy Alomar, Jr. Or Dave Martinez to get managerial gigs? I think they would both be more than qualified.

    Reply
  11. Nathan Walter

    8 years ago

    Which would you rather see? Alomar, Nevin, Tracy, or the potential of Chip ‘N’ Hale shirts around Phoenix?

    Reply
  12. Red_Line_9

    8 years ago

    LaRussa will hire Luis Polonia to manage against right handed starters and Stan Javier to manage when the Dbacks face a lefty. THAT and hiring Dave Stewart as GM is how Arizona will become the front runner for a world series ring in 1988

    Reply
  13. Seamaholic

    8 years ago

    Lord have mercy, someone’s gonna give Jim Tracy another managerial job.

    Reply
    • Mike

      8 years ago

      As a DBacks fan, this is what I have to worry about all the time.

      Reply
  14. $21621694

    8 years ago

    Here is the problem with this organization… “hope”. They are in complete control of when and who they sign as a manager yet they “hope” to get it done by Monday.

    Reply
  15. $21621694

    8 years ago

    Like the Dbacks new manager signing will take away any attention from the playoffs…

    Reply

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