4:07pm: Pat Kelly, who was Cincinnati’s interim bench coach under Riggleman, is likely to return to the team’s minor league system, a source tells Nightengale. Kelly was the Reds’ Triple-A manager before joining Riggleman’s staff. He was among those who interviewed for the Reds’ managerial opening prior to Bell’s hiring.
2:22pm: The Reds won’t be keeping Jim Riggleman in the organization in 2019, Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports (Twitter link). The interim manager for much of the 2018 season, Riggleman interviewed for the full-time job before the Reds hired David Bell as their next skipper earlier this week.
Riggleman has spent the last seven years within the Reds organization, managing at the Double-A and Triple-A levels, and then working as a third base coach and bench coach for the Major League team. He took the managerial reins on April 19 when Bryan Price was fired in the wake of a brutal 3-15 start to the season, and Riggleman did right the ship to some extent, leading Cincinnati to an even 45-45 record over the next 90 games. As the team faded down the stretch, however, Riggleman was left with a 64-80 record as skipper. Nonetheless, there still appeared to be a solid chance that Riggleman would lose the interim tag, as his performance reportedly impressed owner Robert Castellini and many in the Reds’ front office.
There was some speculation that Riggleman could remain with the Reds in some capacity, possibly as a minor league manager again or potentially even his old bench coach role (if the team had stayed in-house and hired John Farrell to manage). Instead, the 65-year-old will now look elsewhere to continue a coaching and managing career that has lasted since 1983. Riggleman is one of a select group who have managed five different Major League teams, with different stints running the dugouts for the Reds, Nationals, Mariners, Cubs, and Padres.
Patriots will take him
Lol idk if Bill has room on his staff for him
Good guy but most teams going away from retreads and for good reason.
Baltimore?
Nope. They’ll go progressive now.
Gonna hire Liz Warren.
And Ocasio-Sanders or whatever her name is. They’ll advocate for the teams in the largest markets to pay for Baltimore’s payroll.
Whoever heard of a salary cap and revenue sharing in sports?
Or lying Sarah Huckaliar!
Rim Jiggleman
Sounds like a bad name for an adult film actor
He was. Now he’s replacing Nikki Haley at the United Nations….Gotta secretary named Stormy something-or-other…..
I’ll take Riggleman over Martinez
Hail Cesar!!!
Anybody got any more wholly irrelevant political jokes? If there’s one thing we need right now, it’s more politics on the internet.
Cardinals he would be a great addition to the staff.
New broom sweeps clean. Sounds like Bell, FO and ownership are on the same page.