The Padres are looking for a new manager, and the club is “believed to be” again considering Ron Washington for the job, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reports (Twitter link). San Diego’s last managerial search came down to a decision between Washington and Jayce Tingler back in October 2019, with the Padres opting for first-timer Tingler ahead of a more seasoned bench boss in Washington, who managed the Rangers from 2007-14.
With Tingler now out after two seasons, it seems only natural that the Padres would again look in Washington’s direction, though team chairman Peter Seidler recently said that Major League managerial experience wasn’t necessarily a priority with the next skipper. Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller is quite familiar with Washington’s resume, as Preller was working in the Texas front office during Washington’s tenure.
After leading the Rangers to a 664-611 record and two AL pennants, Washington surprised many by resigning in early September 2014, later explaining that he stepped down from the job in the aftermath of a marital affair. Washington returned to baseball as an infield coach and then a third base coach with the A’s the next season, and worked in Oakland through the 2016 campaign before joining the Braves as their new third base coach. That hiring came after another near-miss as manager, as Washington one of the finalists for the Atlanta job that ended up going to Brian Snitker.
Going from the 40-year-old Tingler to the 69-year-old Washington would represent quite the sea change for the Padres, though it could be argued that such a drastic shift is necessary considering San Diego’s collapse in the second half of the season. Clubhouse discord reportedly marked the final weeks of the Padres’ season, and while it isn’t surprising that losing so many games would lead to some hard feelings, Tingler’s critics argued that he lacked the experience to keep the situation on track, and that Tingler’s close friendship with Preller created some natural division between the manager and the rest of the team.
During Preller’s time running the Padres’ front office, his two managerial hires (Tingler and Andy Green) reflected the growing trend around baseball to hire younger, first-time managers who were closer in age to the players. By contrast, Washington would be the third-oldest skipper in baseball if hired, though it is worth noting that the 76-year-old Tony La Russa, the 72-year-old Dusty Baker, and the 65-year-old Snitker are all at the helm of postseason teams.
I love Ron Washington. Remember when he was a coach on the 92 Tidewater Tides team.
Smoke crack get yo job back
You think he’s the only MLB dude to ever do coke? There’s more to him than that. Stupid, predictable comments here.
And where did anyone claim he’s the only person to ever do coke in baseball?
Notice how almost no one from the 1980s is associated with mlb anymore? Or if they are, they more than likely have some addiction story associated with their career. coincidence?
You’re talking out your butt. Coke is a destructive thing, no doubt, but you’re all supposition here. What’s you’re source for this? I see no evidence that baseball lacked folks from the 80’s in the past and many of them are in their 70’s now; retired. You’re talking nonsense.
Really? How’s Dwight Gooden looking right now? How about the entire Met alumni group from the 80s? And it goes beyond players. I was even thinking all the way toTony la Russa. You can call me whatever you want. But you know damn well drug use+ alcohol abuse in mlb was huge in the 80s. Or you should know
You’re all over the place. I never said coke wasn’t a problem. YOU claimed that “almost no one from the 80’s is associated with baseball” implying that it was because of coke. You’re wrong on THAT. Now you’re just moving the goal posts. Gooden is an example of one player who had major problems that linger. Dave Parker highly damaged his career. So did Garry Templeton. So what? Those are anecdotes that don’t prove your exaggerated nonsense. My original point was that it’s dumb that people bring this up every time Washington is mentioned. You went off on nonsense that you can’t back up and now your changing the conversation.
Before McCourt seems to have some significant issues with past cocaine use. Often people do not change, BUT people can change and improve their health and lifestyle if one makes it a daily routine. Focusing on his bad choices in his past seems to indicate more about you than Washington.
By * you*, I meant antes de McCourt.
Never touched that crap. Thanks for posting
I think Ron Washington has been outstanding for the Braves. As far as cocaine it was a huge problem in MLB the 1980’s especially. People do change sometimes Darryl Strawberry and Dwight (Doc) Gooden were teammates and star players that cocaine probably robbed them both of the Hall of Fame. Look up Darryl Strawberry now he is a changed man. Steve Howe was suspended 7 times for drug use. The list is long but my point is sometimes people kick a addiction and change their lives. I suspect these days with the higher THC content in marajuana and some states legalizing usage it’s probably the new stimulant of choice in some athletes.
Ron Washington was busted for cocaine use in 2010. That was not the first time. Or the 2nd. Then he admitted to cheating on his wife. It was not the first time. Or the 2nd. Then came the accusations of sexual harassment. Then we found out it wasn’t the first time, that the team and MLB had made those allegations go away with money. You see a pattern here?
Also ignored by the fear-mongering media is the fact that millions of Americans consistently use drugs, including the hard stuff, and are able to lead productive lives whilst doing so (by productive I mean the outdated & cliched version: hold down a job, raise a family, bbqs in the park, civically engaged, etc). Now, some people clearly are unable to do such a thing (if they so wished that type of “productive” life), but many people are. Imagine if the media anecdotally told these stories as well.
Yeah drug use, especially cocaine, was more prevalent in the early to mid 1980s.
So what and there is nothing to support your wild assertions.
And the conspiratorial, sloppy-thinking, cherry-picking arguments begin.
Yes, your comment was both.
Wow overwhelmed with the coke-head take. I have never heard such astute and concise baseball knowledge handed down to us before. We’re not worthy.
Please, feel free to lie down and be quiet. If you’re overwhelmed, that is
great comeback lol
Padres are hellbent on being the Rangers of the west coast.
Decade long losers? Oh wait, they already are that.
He had a rep as being a strong player’s manager who had good relationships with his players while managing the Rangers. Not like he has been out of the limelight either since he has been a coach for the Braves since 2017.
Injuries and underperformance by a several veteran players Prellar brought in were the reasons the Padres underperformed this year but the manager didn’t help either.
I could see Washington being able to meld that clubhouse filled with a wide array of personalities into a more harmonious environment and getter player accountability. Also having a better relationship with Tatis and Machado.
Hope the Mets consider him for the job.
Couldn’t happen to a more dysfunctional organization. I hope the Mets hire him.
LaRussa was a much bigger question mark coming back for several reasons and all things considered it worked out okay.
The impact of a manager in MLB is less important than any other similar head coach especially with a DH. Manager can set a lineup and go sleep until the 4th inning most games.
Managers influence on in-game strategy and decisions has also greatly diminished too and the front office are the ones who final make roster decisions on every team I follow closely.
Did it work out that great? They won the division because their division was horrible. But their actual play was mediocre down the stretch if I’m being nice. They are a game away from getting swept out in the first round. TLA probably doesn’t get fired this year, but was it really that much of a win? I’d say no
Managers don’t have the impact on strategy that they had in the past, but they have a major impact on the clubhouse and keeping players motivated and productive thru the 162 game grind. Tingler is the perfect example of why this is important. He had plenty of talent and FO driven strategy and decisions but failed keeping his players motivated and playing together. Keeping 25 talented egos working together and pulling in the same direction thru slumps and bad patches is they key thing today’s manager needs to do. Not simply turn in the line up card and look up the shift pattern the analytics team puts out.
Can Washington handle a Cancer like Machado?
Washington has his faults, but he was a pretty good manager for awhile
I am just not sure if he is the man for the job.
Also Preller is a clown
Is there a Dallas Green type available, someone like Dallas would help the Padres
Cancer like Machado? He has been great since he joined the Padres and stepped up his leadership.
@bbatardo
Yeah leadership, like yelling and waving of arms, yeah leadership
@Lefty I’m guessing everyone on the Orioles all have great leadership from what you wrote because they were doing the same thing when they lost 20 plus games in a row. Dude, worry about the sad state of your team.
He signed the second largest contract in MLB history (at the time). You don’t do that for leadership. You sign a “leadership” guy for $5m a year at the tail end of his career.
Machado has been a good player with San Diego but when you’re being paid $300m you need to be great (MVP convo every year for the first 6/7 years of the contract) and take your team to at least one World Series.
For $300m you lead by hitting .320/.400/.500. Mets made the exact same mistake with Lindor, thought throwing $300+m would turn him into a great player and a great leader but neither worked.
Johnsmith – “…and take your team to at least one World Series.”
No one player has the ability to take his team to the world series. It has to be the whole team. The Angels are a perfect example. Trout has three MVPs and a bunch of runner ups and he has played in one playoff game ever. He can’t do it himself and neither can Machado.
Usually, when someone calls a player a clubhouse cancer, they are required to have proof to back up their assertion.
Your proof of Machado being a clubhouse cancer?
@RemovePitcherWinsFromTheRecordBook
Your proof of Machado being a clubhouse cancer?
Screaming at Tatis, what did that do?
Machado’s best position is third but he made the Orioles or used his carm wioth Showalter to play shortstop and never seemed that interested in helping the team
When traded to the Dodgers, it did not take long for their fans to realize he was not Charlie Huslte. He never runs out ground balls
He overswings and whacks the opposing catcher in the back of the head
He fought with Josh Donaldson for no real reason
How many times has he slid late into second causing the opposing infielder harm
He thinks he is Mr Wonderful and really nothing more than a talented Prima Donna
Different Machado take here.
The guy busts it every night. He is physically extremely large. In shape. He has a violent swing with severe joint torque, and throws his body around like an acrobat at third base and in common right field shifts.
All of that mashes up the body over a 6-7 month slog. Ask any retired veteran player what that does to them in season and for life. I have, thousands of times. It takes a giant toll.
Not running hard on easy outs is actually wise. It saves him for the long haul. It took me a few years to come around to that, but honestly we don’t know how physically hard it is to play this game from afar.
Not NFL hard, but most commonly wrecks the spine, knees and upper extremities. Not a secret.
Take a closer look at Manny Machado, The nightly effort is all-out, save for the grounders issue. Leo Durocher or Eddie Stanky wouldn’t abide by that business decision, but they’re gone now. OK to freshen up that part of your playbook. Talk to a teammate. Machado plays hard.
Machado is a Prima Donna
If you look at the Twitter feeds of Dodgers fans like two weeks after they acquired him, they sounded just like me
Growing pains Lefty Oriole fan. Machado was immature like all young twenties males. He’s an elder now on the Padres and plays the game right, always leading by example. That “blow-up” with Tatis was done to get Tatis’s head refocused. And, yeah, Machado was frustrated when it happened and maybe could have used a calmer approach but Tatis was absolutely wound up with hostile energy at the time. I think WAY too big a deal was made about the incident but I suppose it blew up because the media and frustrated fans saw it as a metaphor for the Padres frustrating season.
@Lefty_Orioles_Fan Someone had to say it to Tatis and Tingler wasn’t doing it. It’s been documented that Machado and Tatis are great friends. He also got along well with his teammates when he was a Dodger.
He did have Josh Hamilton and C.J. Wilson so i imagine Was can handle Machado
Do you think that Wash and Hamilton did drugs together?
Please NO!!
gonna be Aaron Boone..Yankees let him walk
Boone’s a local kid, like Bochy and pitching coach Darren Balsley. Heck, Roger Craig, Bob Skinner, Dave Garcia and a whole bunch of other ex-managers are from this area.
No. Ron needs to replace Snit.
Ron needs to stay where hes at. Buck Showalter is the next best mgr available but wrong guy for SD. The Pads need to find a young Kapler like well respected asst/bench coach.
why do people think Showalter is so good? 9 postseason wins in 20 years, including several with pretty darn good teams.
I’m a lifelong Rangers fan. I’ve got Showalter as one of the two worst managers i Rangers’ history. The other is Doug Rader.
My problem with Showalter when he was in Texas is that he treated the players like children. I can’t stand the guy.
Looking at photos of him at age 30, he appears much older. Did he have known drug issues as a player?
I think hiring him as manager should be avoided because of the drug history and his age. The stress could cause him to relapse.
This is a logical take on the drug usage. I respect you
Bring Washington as a bench coach pay him somewhat more than the Braves… and plug in Donnie Ecker as manager make a smart move padres. There is a reason the giants are lights out and other than a mean look on his face Gabe provides nothing… that team is amazing because of Donnie!!!! And all you idiots want to do is fill the talk about cocaine, like are you kidding me guys everyone in the world did coke in the 80’s.
Washington did it in the 2000s. His last time was in 2010. Then a few years later it was another case of adultery.
You should try to recreationally use drugs outinleftfield you might actually gain some sort of common sense, but your posts are trash… I’d rather have people who use drugs and are intelligent then a sorry sucker like you anywhere near me. You epitomize the word Stupid!!!
“Another case of adultery”?? Gimme a break – guy isn’t even breaking the law with that. Immoral, sure, but if you were judge a man’s professional aptitude based on his fidelity then most pro athletes (especially in the NBA where Wilt Chamberlain was as much of a legend off the court than he was on) would be unemployed.
Bobby Cox had his wife call the cops on him during the mid-90’s after a drunken argument in which she had bruising to her face and he admitted to putting his hands on her — and he never missed coaching a game — after her story changed on sitting next to him on live TV. But let’s throw stones at Wash for messing around, publicly apologizing about it, relinquishing his position – and trying to work up to that level (again) 7-8 years later.
Can the Padres hire anyone that’s not a former Ranger? How hard is it to go find a former big league player with the credentials to do this?
They need an Alex Cora/ Dave Martinez type. Not Jayce Tingler or someone in their 70’s
I agree. Preller should stop dumpster diving in Arlington. There aren’t a whole lot of winners in their wastebasket.
Extramarital Affair, not Martial Affair. Meaning – He cheated on his wife, again. A serial adulterer. A serial cocaine user.
Plenty of people cheat on their spouses and somehow manage to be good at their jobs.
Maybe the cheating on the wife makes people better at their jobs? Gives an edge of more confidence. Just a thought…
maybe it was extramartial? Him and his high school enemy may have set up competing karate dojos, that can take up a lot of your time
Who cares? As long as he’s a good manager and the team wins, who cares what he does during his free time? Good thing no one thought like this during Billy Martin’s time managing.
Whoever is the worst candidate, that’s who Preller will hire……..
Lol bet your drinking Caymus you dummy aka (mega purple grape) used to work for them… Pour some water in a decanter look what color that turns purple instead of pink, mega problems with the production glorified grape juice that has additives… worst wine available… Preller I promise won’t S..t The bed this time he’s got too much in he needs someone like Donny making the batters take BP from the other side of the plate. Look how posey belt Crawford all somehow figured it out… BIG ???? Maybe take BP from the other side of the plate work out the other side!!!!!!!!!!!!!
English would be nice.
Someone that will put up with AJ’s antics,, his micromanaging and his, sometimes, bone headed trades.
Hey former Padres executive you didn’t help the team win a World Series or towards a World Series. Bad picks in the draft and other things as you remain anonymous.
Former Padres executive you didn’t help the team win a World Series or towards a World Series. Bad picks in the draft and other things as you remain anonymous.
you didn’t help the team win a World Series or towards a World Series. Bad picks in the draft and other things as you remain anonymous.
Why they should listen to you. Anonymous person who was fired and now posting online
They must be snorting something together! The man made crucial mistakes losing the Rangers chance to win a WS twice! He is a DUD as a playoff manager! Retire already snow white!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOO! BOO! BOOO!
Ron is one of those guys that looks like he’s in his 50’s for 40 years lol
I actually think he did a good job with the rangers. He’s waited a long long time for another chance. I hope he gets it.
I’m in favor of Ron Washington being named manager of the Padres. He has experience and baseball savvy. He’s made some mistakes in his past, but I have as well. Maybe Tony Gwynn, Jr. would be a good pick. Here’s something not mentioned by others: the Padres have a long history of hiring Caucasian men to manage the team. They let Dave Roberts slip through their fingers; same with Rod Barajas. I think players need to know their manager understands their backgrounds and their struggles to reach the majors, and to stay in the game. I’m not recommending they select someone just because they’re an ethnic minority, but it would be a welcome change to the long line of managers they’ve had in the past who couldn’t relate to their players. If Bochy isn’t available (and that seems the case), then selecting a manager the players could relate to would be wise.
@Stars&Stripes Doing cocaine and cheating on your spouse are affirmatively NOT mistakes. He didn’t trip and fall and and land with his face in a pile of cocaine. He did it because he wanted to.
Remove — Completely disagree. They very much can be mistakes that you can learn from. What would you call them? Sins? Transgressive acts? Commandment infractions?
And I don’t necessarily think doing coke (or crack or heroin or pot or tobacco or alcohol), or even being a serial user of such a substance, is necessarily a mistake. Plenty productive members of society have been or are regular users and handle it just fine. Maybe Wash didn’t handle it so well and thus it became a mistake to keep doing it. As far as infidelity goes, I don’t really care. I mean, if he is being predatory for like twenty-year-old women or something… sure. If he leaves his wife while she is on her deathbed (Gingrich style), okay, we can have a conversation. But it should not be as big a deal as some people make it.
Wow. First the horrible takes about Pedro Avila not signing with the Padres if they don’t trade for him first and about Manny Machado having trade value and now defending cocaine users and adulterers? Not only are your takes bad but now you show a serious lack of moral character.
And what does it matter who you are cheating with? Cheating with a 20 y/o is no less legal than cheating with someone your own age. Everyone is over the age of consent so the issue isn’t the age of the other person. It’s that he shouldn’t be cheating on his wife in the first place. Literally the worst thing you can do in a marriage.
Remove. Is this how you spend your life? Full of revenge and grudges? What is going on with you? I’m worried about you.
No one cares about your or my Avila take. (By the way, I am 100% right and you are 100% wrong.)
And I really don’t care about your quasi-religious takes on infidelity. Yeah, it’s wrong under most circumstances. But it certainly is not the worst thing that can happen in a marriage/family situation. Not even close. Have a good rest of your Sunday and go get some fresh air or something.
And please, please, please stop with this grudge stuff. It is petty and comes across as, well, silly and desperate.
@Steve Garvey’s Son I’m right. You just don’t get it. It’s Ok.
Infidelity frankly should be illegal. There is never a situation where it is acceptable.
Now go stand in the timeout corner and think about what you’ve learned today.
Cheating on your spouse is illegal? I don’t think so, I’m going to disagree.
If we decide that players, coaches and managers cannot have “sinned” in the past? Sports is done, my friends.
@Sherm623 It’s not but it should be
Bloody hell. That’s tough.
I’d be doing life without parole.
Bruce Bochy would be a better choice if they are hiring a more experienced Manager.
Buck Schowalter is another good one to consider.
Ron Washington should be considered also. Wash’s teams could never get themselves through the playoffs and to the World Series to win one,
Snow is the cheapest since he’s saddled with baggage out of experienced guys
No question that Bochy lead teams to 3 rings. But in 25 years as a manager he has a losing record. Difficult to evaluate managers. We’ll see how BB of the Pats does without Brady.
Do it.
Is Jack McKeon still around?
Always thought Washington would end up with the Nationals.
We will miss Wash a lot if he goes. Not only has he done wonders with our infield but maybe the best 3rd base coach in baseball.
Ask NYY how important a decent 3rd base coach is.
This has to be the stupidest thread I’ve read on this site. You’re all a bunch of idiots.
Thank you for the compliment. I am just trying to get real with my idiocy.
maybe San Diego needs to go to the concession stands and find a long-time vendor to deal with the hot dogs on that roster.
One part caught my eye in the article :
“Tingler’s critics argued that he lacked the experience to keep the situation on track, and that Tingler’s close friendship with Preller created some natural division between the manager and the rest of the team.“
I get the experience part of that line but if Timgler’s close relationship be a cause of the division between Tingler and the players, would not Washington’s close relationship with Preller cause the same division?
I can not believe some of these comments, I would like to say, “”you without sin cast the first stone”. Personally, I hope Wash stays where he is at, he means so much to the Atlanta Braves. You see so many of the Braves give credit to Wash. Wash may have a little baggage, my question to you is , who doesn’t. Anyone with a manager opening should run to Wash, but I sincerely hope they do not
A’s Billy Beane brought Wash to Oakland so that he can teach Marcus Semien how to be a better fielder and look what Marcus turned out to be, just an incredible player! Oakland wanted Wash to stay but he wanted to moved closer to his family on the east coast. No way Wash is leaving Atlanta but you never know with money!
Headin’ down Scott, turnin’ up Main
Looking for that girl……………….
What’s everyone having for lunch today?
Salad with shredded chicken, OJ, fresh sliced fruit.
Probably.
Leftover stuffed salmon could also enter into today’s lunch equation. Ponder time remains.
Pulled pork bar-b-que with baked beans, potato salad and coleslaw, and Milo’s sweet tea.
Preller should have hired him instead of Tingler. I wrote it here when it was down to the two of them.
Washington has a history of working with and developing major league players going back to the A’s and Billy Beane. In fact, he made Beane look good.
Preller’s Padres cannot develop players at the major league level. Washington can change that. He’ll oversee the coaching staff.
I agree. Preller picked Tingler over Washington and should’ve expected these results. This is his chance to right that wrong.
Showalter should be hired.. a joke he’s not a manager for a contending team
One clarification about Wash’s exit from Texas: He asked the team for a leave of absence so he could get things in order with his wife. That request was not granted, thus the resignation.
Jayce Tingler is probably everything his adoring good buddy AJ Preller thinks about him.
What his adoring good buddy fails to grasp is the snooty air in his San Diego clubhouse. It’s half-filled with Divas. Capital D.
A normal person with wonderful qualities won’t win those types over as their leader. That takes a larger than life or scary personality, who tells each man exactly what they think all the time, and is really, really good at running a ballgame.
Few of those types exist out in the wild. Fewer still, if any, are available.
Two possibles would take your job, AJ. Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy. Your rejecting Bochy out of hand is unfortunate for the masochistic yet ever optimistic Padre faithful. Thus, by default, Ron Washington it is.
Beware, AJ. If you select another pet project long-shot nobody out of your arse, you’ll soon be hiring your 4th San Diego manager since your job is 100% safe for life. Apparently.
It ain’t that easy to win as a manager
“It’s incredibly hard!”
Isn’t he a drug addiction?
Checked in looking for a constructive conversation. What a waste of time this was.
Good to see the pendulum swinging back toward hiring experienced managers.
Me too. LaRussa back in the playoffs in his first year back as a manager shows that experience is still valuable.
The people who are posting disparaging comments about Ron Washington’s past are the same people who aren’t smart enough to separate a person’s personal life from their ability to do a job. Washington’s past has nothing to do with him being an effective manager so let’s get back into the subject of baseball. Washington has plenty more experience than Preller’s other two managerial hires combined. Hiring Washington to manage the Padres will definitely help but it is likely not going to be enough. A lot of Preller’s player moves haven’t worked out. If a new manager doesn’t fix things, Preller should be out.
1. Padres would have never won a championship with that core anyway (as most teams don’t)
2. Whatever success they did have going was ruined by their GM making trades
A martial affair or marital?
You just named Trevor Bauer’s problem.
MLB teams with championship cores: Astros, Red Sox, Giants
Teams without championship cores: everybody else
Camden what does championship cores mean? Sounds sketchy.
Mets should hire Tingler. Tingler was doing well until the GM sunk the team
Are there not any 35 year old minor league managers ready to step up? Why on Earth does MLB keep running out old men with name recognition rather than someone with fresh ideas and the potential for a long term success?
Buck Showalter. Perfect for this team for many reasons. Get it done.
Chico salom; I actually think you could be right Showalter builds a good team.
Buck never won anything
I think too many teams try and buy championship teams without building within and than getting the last pieces needed. The Braves; Dodgers etc. are winning with core grown players. I think their is big maturity issues with the Padres not sure how you correct those
Another Texas Ranger alum. Maybe Preller should broaden his search for the best candidate available
Yea let’s get the cheapest experienced manager since he has baggage galore. Chain smoker, ex coke head, quit on Rangers for alleged sexual harassment only the Padres
Ron Washington – albeit deserves a second chance, but looking at the Padres they would be wise with issues surrounding Washington to stay away, they should get a manager that does not have baggage like that and get a proven name (Bochy would be #1) or a hometown hero that has managerial background that can get players focused on winning spirit.
Padres need a reset and washington is not that reset you need
Ron loves that sweet sweet white powder.
I like Washington. I’d hate for the Braves to lose him, but he deserves another chance.
Good. They need a coach who will CRACK the whip, COKES these guys into HIGHer production, and SPEED up their chances of a championship.
I don’t wanna get DRUG into this discussion. I have HIGH standards.
A 70 year old addict and sexual offender?
What could possibly go wrong?
Chain smoker also
I don’t know about Wash. I think if you want a manager with instant cred who will automatically transform the clubhouse and seriously command the respect of everyone in the organisation and the league as well, the answer is Bruce Bochy. Bochy said he wasn’t retiring, but taking a step back. Could he be lured back to the dugout? If AJ Preller isn’t fired this off season, Bochy might be his only “Hail Mary”
No way Bruce Bochy wants to work under Preller.
there ya go….that is the way to remove preller
MLB has moved completely to the Druggies and Cheaters (and mass murder if in LA).
It would be nice to see Ron manage again, he always have that good energy with the young guys and be part of that group, making the hustle and energy that you want with a group young guys and vet that are needing. All these young managers care more about analytics lap dogs that they forget how to actually play baseball again.
Meh. Not a choice that will make a difference.
I’m not sure why all this is a problem? Wash is like every Foreman I’ve ever had!
What about Will Venable? Red Sox bench coach, young, former Padres player
Just kind of tired of Preller’s affinity for Rangers guys.