Former Yankees and Marlins manager Joe Girardi hasn’t been in the dugout since the Yankees opted not to re-sign him after the 2017 season, but he made clear in an appearance with Mully & Haugh on 670 The Score AM this morning that he’s interested not only in the Cubs’ current vacancy but in any of the managerial gigs available this winter (Twitter links). “Any job out there is going to interest me, because I want to manage again,” said the 2006 NL Manager of the Year. Girardi added that he won’t comment on whether he has an interview lined up with the Cubs or any other team.
Girardi has previously discussed his desire to get back into the dugout and earlier this year even expressed an openness to managing a rebuilding club. He’s been working as an analyst for the MLB Network since last year. Girardi interviewed for several openings in the 2018-19 offseason, including the Rangers, Blue Jays and Reds, although he ultimately withdrew his name from consideration in Cincinnati’s search. Texas and Toronto, meanwhile went with younger and/or less-experienced options in Chris Woodward and Charlie Montoyo, respectively.
An even greater slate of managerial vacancies will likely present itself to Girardi and other candidates this winter, as the Padres, Royals, Cubs, Angels, Pirates and Giants, at the very least, will be seeking new skippers. The Phillies and Mets could yet join them in that regard, as rumors surrounding the status of Gabe Kapler and Mickey Callaway continue to swirl.
Girardi, who’ll turn 55 later this month, has spent 11 seasons as a big league manager and compiled a 910-710 record during regular-season play. He was at the helm for the Yankees’ most recent World Series win back in 2009 and has an overall record of 28-24 in postseason play. Given his track record and vocal stance on wanting to manage again, Girardi will join Joe Maddon among the more high-profile candidates seeking a new opportunity this winter.
He’s going to the Mets
lofl
If only
I agree. Once the Mets officially fire Callaway, Girardi will be their next Manager.
Hope you’re right
Dude it’s the Mets. I repeat, it’s the Mets.
Mets are an incompetent organization at the moment.
Incompetent throughout history as well.
Cubs would be his dream job, no? He was a significantly underrated manager with the Yanks but seemed to have trouble connecting with some; I’m sure Theo and Co. will be sensitive to that and whether it can correct itself.
He was a significantly underrated manager with the Yanks
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It’s tough to know exactly whose fault things are, but in his last 5 years with the Yankees, Joe averaged 86 wins, with no 1st place finishes.
He was not given great teams and they were all teams that could have imploded (as the Yanks did throughout the 80s).
Well Joe did communicate really well with players over 35 years old, or who spoke perfect English, and also players that had crew cuts.
I’m sorry to bear the bad news dim, however joe was handed better teams than some of those that finished ahead of the Yankees.
His last year on the job proved that he was yesterday’s manager who couldn’t keep up with today’s players.
I hope that the Mets sign him.
What the hell are you babbling about? His last year they went all the way to the ALCS. Go troll on the NBA boards.
David Ross will be the next cubs skipper. That roster I believe is going to be busted and Theo needs a manager he can control.
They need something of a disciplinarian
If that happens they lose 90 games next year, David Ross would be a disaster hire
Joe was one game away from a WS in his last season with a roster that was a year or two ahead of where they were projected. He was a great manager for the Yanks just wanted a new voice
Man do I wish that to be true. But I doubt it.
Of course that’s every managers dream job (rolls eyes). A GM named Brodie to answer to lol
Cubs
I hope so. Keep him as far away from the Cubs as possible
The Mets or Cubs
Wilpons are to cheap to hire him but he’d be perfect
Nope. No matter what they pay him it won’t break the bank.
Phillies
It would make sense for him to go to the Giants with their mix of highly paid veterans and young talent, similarly to the position the Yankees were from 2015-2017, but Farhan seems interested in only first year candidates.
I’m not a Yankees fanboy but the Giants are significantly worse than the Yankee teams that Girardi managed.
Farhan’s press conference yesterday by no means indicated that he only wants a first year manager.
Yeah, Zaidi said having a manager w/ experience is a huge plus. Probably canceling out Wotus & Bam bam. Tho M. Alou & especially Bengie Molina should be two dark horse candidates.
As far as I know Bengie hasn’t talked about managing since before he started broadcasting Cardinals games on their Hispanic network. I would be very surprised if he would even except an interview before Yadi retires, he gets very emotional when he talks about how special it is that he gets to call his brothers games.
Zaidi will be gone in 3 years so it likely doesnt matter. Dudes awful
LOL, you clearly haven’t been around anyone who is a giants fan. And, you clearly don’t listen to or watch giants media. Giants took a step in the right direction and aren’t nearly as far away as Everyone assumes.
@Xavier Blaine
The wrap on him was that he wasn’t a great communicator with the younger players. He was seen as the opposite when he was with the Marlins tho. I’ve always respected him during his tenure with the Yanks. But does he have the stomach to start off in a rebuild? The Cubs are in a vastly better situation than the Giants in my opinion. I think they just need a new voice and perhaps a manager a little more straight forward than Madden whose shtick may have gotten old. Just my opinion. I don’t watch the Cubs 24/7 so fans might see it differently.
Theo and company will most likely pass on Joe and go with more of someone in Terry Francona mold instead.
Who might that be?
Didn’t the Yankees fire him because he wasn’t hip to the kids these days and couldn’t communicate with the youngsters? If anything, teams are getting younger.
I could see the Cubs bringing him in as a “special assistant to the GM” where he signs some autographs and pretends to be important, but he’s only getting older, and still isn’t a cool cat.
Mr Brimley, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Billy Madison is a good movie
Same thing was said of A’s manager Bob melvin early on if remember right that he didn’t communicate very well with the younger players and am pretty sure read several times Girardi was that way.
No doubt Girardi knows how to win, tho he did so in NY with talented, veteran heavy teams. Not all veteran managers seem to be able to work with the youngsters.. What I call the Trader jack mckeon type who could relate well.
The Mets? Decent fit with not so many so called kids, but one filled with 1-2y players? Nope.
CoC…..
WOW!
Okay, a simple wrong would’ve done just fine, but thanks.
Lmao
He never stated that that was his own opinion, just that it was the perception of some in baseball at the time. Maybe you should learn to read before criticizing others.
I will give you one point for the reference though.
Die-Ahh-Bee-Tussss
Fogs the brain?
Can’t fire someone who isn’t under contract.
Says the guy who uses Wilford Brimley as his avatar. A guy who looks 20 years older than his actual age.
Girardi is either getting the Cubs or Mets job without a doubt
Girardi wants to manage. For the right team. Cubs and Phillies fit the bill as win-now teams. Maybe San Diego to get over the hump.
Just don’t see the appeal of Philly.
How? He’s dealt with big time players (A-Rod, C.C., AJ Burnett, Jeter, Posada, etc). So dealing wityh Harper and Realmuto and Cutch is right up his alley.
Sure, he won with Torre’s team and didn’t win after that, but his time in Miami shows how he can maximize the talent on a roster. Although I believe he is slightly overrated, I think Philly is the perfect fit for him (along with Chicago).
If the Phillies don’t get him, I’m hoping they get Scioscia
Win-now teams like Philly is perfect. Now, in NY Girardi outperformed expectations 2013-2015. Many awful contracts on those teams, an aging SS up until 2014 and 3B until 2016. He won 85 games with a bad 2013 Yankees team. Very impressive.
Phillies aren’t firing Kapler lol
Probably doesn’t have an interview lined up with the Cubs
Why?
Epstein and Girardi would be an odd couple.
Epstein being the anal retentive one and Girardi the slob?
Excellent Halo…lol
Guaranteed he has an interview
I would quess that the Cubs are front runners for his services. His Chicago roots are broad. Having played there as well as having family roots there.
He would be a dramatic change from Maddon’s more free spirited approach. Madden was famous for doing unorthodox things on the field as well as behind the scenes. He would at times have the team all dress the same, based on some theme, as they travelled from city to city.
We dress our little dogs up in outfits a few times per year, Wild West, Titanic theme, Star Wars, stuff like that.
As David Letterman once said when Paris Hilton brought her dog on all dressed up…..”No Wonnder the rest of the world hates Us”
@parkers I would say Madden was to the Cubs as Phil Jackson was with the Lakers and Bulls. He knew how to deal with personalities. Girardi is more like Riley with the Heat and Knicks. Tough and authoritarian..
Spot on.
Cubs do make sense for him. He’s had some success on the big stage with the yanks as a manager plus he played for both the yanks and cubs right? Point being that kind of high pressure isn’t easy to deal with, and I believe the cub would need a proven/experienced leader to be successful. So it makes a lot of sense for the cubs to go get him.
I agree, it feels like half the job for teams like the Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, etc. is dealing with the media. I think Girardi’s experience with that sets him apart from other candidates.
Many Cubs fans DON’T want him. Prediction …. if the Cubs hire him, Theo will lose his job in two years.
Theo might lose it in 2020 no matter who he hires.
Theo’s contract is up in two years and repeatedly has said ten years in any one job is long enough. He will seek something different at that point. He’s not getting fired.
I hope you’re correct, Mike.
I don’t want him. I don’t want Rothschild either. See Pryor and Wood
See Dusty Baker…
Theo loses his job and is hired 5 minutes later. The owners won’t spend more so Theo either has to break it up and start over or suffer
I think he’d be a good fit with the Mets, Padres or Angels. He should be at the helm for a club that is in duel re-building and win-now modes. Seems like that’s his sweet spot as a manager- young veterans on a talented but inconsistent club. With his issues as a manager, a young and hungry club that hasn’t been in contention but has the pieces to be, wouldn’t begrudge him any miscalculations in the post season, considering the playoff run a quasi championship win in and of itself.
The axe for Kapler should be here in T-Minus 3. . . 2. . . . 1. . . . .
Not happening
Wanting to and getting a chance to. Are often two different things.
Cubs for Joe G.
I think Joe wants to manage the Cubs much more than the Cubs desire to hire him. The Cubs won’t lack the applicants for their managerial opening.
I agree, but he might end up there anyway.
They might. They are maxed out on payroll not very good defensively, horrible bullpen and aging starting pitching.
Given he was interviewed on Chicago sports radio I’d imagine the Cubs are the likely landing spot
I’ve been saying this all year…. he’s been sitting on MLB network waiting for the Cubs job to open up. His style is the direct opposite of Maddon. Generally, when teams fire a manager, the next one is opposite style. And I think the Cubs need a disciplinarian type in the dig out.
I’ve read this “Cubs need a disciplinarian type manager” several times now. I’m curious as to why/where it comes from. Did the Cubs come across as being an “undisciplined” ball club to folks that watch them? Or are fans just after someone they think is completely opposite the guy they had? During Maddon’s tenure, I don’t recall any specific instances that relate to baseball. Dress up themes for travel seems to be what people point to when they talk about his relaxed style. I can’t imagine that, in itself, is what leads to the calls for discipline.
Why is Pirates even listed in this?
because they have an opening.
Please royals
for who? girardi?
Mets will want to know what it’ll cost to hire Girardi and id bet Joe’s Agent takes the stance of ‘We wont negotiate until the position opens out of respect to the current manager.’ Joe will command more than the managers getting hired the last few cycles. The young inexperienced guys are getting like $1-1.8M per season. Do the Mets ‘Splurge’ and guarantee Girardi over $10M on a 3 Yr pact?
Moreover, is Brodie willing to cede power to a Manager with more capital in the building? These are all the dynamics at play. If Brodie is willing to check his ego and Ownership is willing to pay, Girardi is the most qualified available manager in the country. More qualified than everyone’s darling Joe Maddon.
Bullcrap (#saynotojoe)
Joe Girardi cannot carry Joe Maddons jock
Philly?
Come to the city with the best weather in the United States. San Diego will gladly take you in!
Which holding cell was Joe in when they snapped this…uh…picture.
Don’t be surprised if he ends up out here in CA.
No – He will go to White Sox. Searage – pitching coach. Coop canned. Ricky to front office. D. Boston can stay at first.
lol
Girardi is a perfect fit for San Fran.. no better person for that job. He’s a class act. Cubs might call but I think there done with marquee managers. Go west Joe go west.
No offense but the San Fran job is one no one wants
I didn’t think he interviewed for the Jays opening. Any link to that?
What I remembered hearing was he wasn’t interested in any rebuilding teams – hence his explicit statement to the contrary now.
He wasn’t one of the 4 mentioned that was shortlisted for an interview — they supposedly interviewed 5 but Montoya wasn’t on that list either. Any source attribution would be appreciated.
Girardi did an exceptional job with the Marlins young roster before ownership/front office personnel had an issue with him. Girardi also was a big part of the development process of some of the current Yankees stars. One could say that a Girardi didn’t do all that well with the Yankees in his last 5 seasons, but those also happened to be the only 5 seasons the Yankees ever financially constrained over the past few decades.
I’d love to see Joe Girardi return to the Cubs as their manager. I have a preference for former catchers becoming managers and also wouldn’t mind seeing another former Cubs player David Ross get the job.
I believe that when all is said and done, Theo Epstein will choose one of the Cubs internal candidates from among Ross, Mark Loretta and Will Venable. Theo stated in his Monday press conference that a manager with prior experience would be a plus which Girardi has over that trio. My fear is that Epstein would prioritize a manager more inclined to use advanced analytics rather than a more traditional one like Girardi. The Cubs internal candidates would fit that profile better along with a couple of other external ones who have also been mentioned as possibilities.
Girardi is certainly bright enough to adapt to Theo’s ideology and perhaps he will convince him that he will welcome all the analytics the number crunchers feed him. If that’s the case, I can still get my wish while still hoping that Girardi maintains many of his traditional aspects once hired.
One of my main beefs with Joe Maddon was his tendency to over-manage his lineups and bullpen which was fueled by too much information from the geeks. I want a real manager who properly balances statistical input with the traditional elements that have worked for the past century and not a fantasy baseball skipper who leans too heavily toward sabermetrics. Otherwise the Cubs might just as well utilize a robot in the dugout to match the ones who will be calling balls and strikes shortly.
@ aaron—you said “bullpen which was fueled by too much information from the geeks….don’t always agree with your posts, but certainly respect them.
What is your feeling on the rule change next year where a pitcher must face three batters (exclusive of finishing an inning)? Does it become more data driven as the manager has to consider three hitters, or more with potential pinch hitters two batters away—or does it become easier as the decision is made and you have to keep the pitcher on the mound.
I go back and forth with this when trying to guess who the Cubs may pick. Does experience help with the new rule? Or does this benefit a newby who is going through this the first time like the rest of the experienced???
I like the new rule change along with expansion of active rosters to 26 with a cap on pitchers at 13. It should at least stall the changes that have been going on since Bill James introduced sabermetrics to MLB in the early 1970’s.
Much of the problem with the modern game lies with the overuse of advanced analytics. That’s when baseball began seeing less complete games from starters, more specialization with relievers and active rosters gradually morph from a standard mix of 15 players and 10 pitchers to the 12 players and 13 pitchers we typically see today.
Eliminating LOOGY’s won’t necessarily harken back to the days when relievers typically threw multiple inning, including closers, but it will at least force managers to use a pitcher for multiple batters. Stats will certainly play a role as they always have but now front offices might have to concentrate on acquiring relievers with less pronounced splits versus like hitting batters. Of course, the batting order construction by managers may also be impacted to some degree by the new rule change as well.
I suppose that all of this might encourage managers to be a little less driven by data while utilizing more traditional means of managing. Instead of just doing the automatic lefty versus lefty and righty versus righty matchups they will have to be more focused on those other contingencies you mentioned. They might actually have to manage a game rather than have the game manage them. lol
I think the Padres should hire him if Bochy passes on the job.
The Padres will choose the best candidate. Nobody is a lock at this point. I do believe Girardi and Bochy are candidates.
Think Joe goes to an established team such as the Phill’s. Yeah he can say he is open to a rebuild but it’s not really his style. With the Angels unless the get pitching he Gerardi won’t be interested. The Giants are a mess Girardi won’t have the patience. Although it will never be said Girardi wants to step in to a world series now dugout. He is not the type to teach or strategize. He wants a team like the Yankee teams he played on.
The Phillies have entered the chat.
Please Joe…we all knew you could have had the Reds job, but were waiting to see what would happen with Maddon…and that’s where you’re going…lol
Giardi was an under achiever with the studded Yankee lineup. He won once in 10 years. Overrated due to being in NY.
Billy Eppler and Girardi were both working together back in 2009.
He might be what we need. Who knows.
[Girardi on a bridge in Upstate NY,, praying over a guardrail] CLARENCE! HELP ME ClARENCE…. I want to manage again..I want to manage again!… please God help me manage again!
Mark Loretta will be the new Cubs manager. Think about it. The old Cubs manager, Joe Maddon, is from Hazleton PA. Ronnie Miscaviage Sr., the father of the guy who is the leader of Scientology (David Miscaviage), is also from Hazleton, PA. And Ronnie’s first wife, her name is Loretta. So, of course, Mark Loretta would be Joe Maddon’s successor.
It all makes sense!
Now that’s some logic we can all live with.
Please refer to him as ‘All Star’ Joe Girardi