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Royals Interview Matt Quatraro About Managerial Vacancy

By Mark Polishuk | October 21, 2022 at 2:40pm CDT

Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro is again a popular interview candidate for managerial jobs, as The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (Twitter link) reports that the Royals spoke with Quatraro earlier this week as K.C. looks for Mike Matheny’s replacement in the dugout.

Quatraro has previously interviewed with the Pirates, Giants, Tigers, Mets, Athletics about their managerial openings within the last three years, and he was reportedly a finalist for the jobs in Pittsburgh (before Derek Shelton was hired) and New York (prior to Buck Showalter’s hiring).  Quatraro is also pretty deep in the running for another job this offseason, as both he and Astros bench coach Joe Espada are being interviewed for a second time by the Marlins.

Just a few weeks away from his 49th birthday, a big league managerial post would be quite the early present for Quatraro, and the culmination of an 18-year coaching career.  After seven seasons as a player in the Rays farm system, Quatraro moved onto various roles as a hitting coach, hitting coordinator, and minor league manager for the Rays until he was hired by the Indians prior to the 2014 season.  Quatraro worked as Cleveland’s assistant hitting coach for four seasons, and this job could be a link to his chances with the Royals — as Rosenthal notes, Royals owner John Sherman was a minority owner in Cleveland during Quatraro’s tenure on the coaching staff.

Quatraro then made a return to Tampa Bay as a third base coach in 2018, and he has spent the last four seasons as Kevin Cash’s bench coach.  The Rays’ constant success on a minimal budget has led to several members of the coaching staff and front office being poached by other teams over the years, so Quatraro could be the latest name to join a lengthy list.

It’s a new era in Kansas City, as longtime front office head Dayton Moore was fired after 16 seasons with the team, and Matheny was let go after three seasons as manager.  Hiring Quatraro or another voice from outside the organization would help add some new perspective to the Royals’ operations, as new GM J.J. Picollo is a longtime member of the K.C. front office.  The only other known candidate for the Royals job is an internal candidate in bench coach Pedro Grifol, who was also interviewed by the Marlins and has also reportedly received interest from the White Sox.

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  1. El Chupacabra

    3 years ago

    Actually, KC interviewed Dusty Wathan yesterday for its managerial vacancy. So there are at least two known external candidates.

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    • uvmfiji

      3 years ago

      Father John fourth all-time in win percentage as KC manager

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      • KCMOWHOA

        3 years ago

        Hoping the royals hire this guy

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  2. SliderWithCheese

    3 years ago

    I’ve made more money on OnlyFans in the past 8 weeks than whomever takes the Royals job will make in a year.

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      3 years ago

      Oh SliderWithCheese, you troublemaking rascal!

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        3 years ago

        The Royals were once great, the only thing they grate now is cheese… If its all based on money, they’ll be putting cheese on your pizza for years to come. Way to go Manfred, baseball just isn’t your thing…

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      • .

        3 years ago

        I tell people Slider is practically harmless but they just can’t handle him.

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    • StudWinfield

      3 years ago

      I’d have to admit that your “No Onions Between These Buns” post is dope.

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  3. stubby66

    3 years ago

    I would like to see KC pick Kevin Seitzer as there manger.

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    • KCMOWHOA

      3 years ago

      Would be cool but not sure he’d want to return after being fired as hitting coach. I’m not entirely sure on his experience either. Has he ever been more than a hitting coach? He was my favorite player growing up and I know he still spends time in KC but I don’t see it happening.

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      • stubby66

        3 years ago

        I don’t think he has any experience beside hitting coach. I’m surprised he got fired as a hitting coach. Doing a nice job in Atlanta. I loved him as a player too plus the way he reinvented himself when he went to Milwaukee. Just has always impressed me the hardworking ethic and the way he was carrying himself on and off field .

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  4. futuregm12

    3 years ago

    What are people’s thoughts on him (and the Phillies coach who was also interviewed)? After seeing the comments on Matheny before he was Royals manager I’d like to know what fans think.

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  5. Highest IQ

    3 years ago

    “Royals Interview Matt Quatraro for Manager Job” would be better.

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  6. miltpappas

    3 years ago

    Pick me as manager. I promise to bring back pitchers’ complete games and the sacrifice bunt. Also genius moves like pinch-runners for the pinch-runner.

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  7. Tdat1979

    3 years ago

    I’m more concerned about who the Royals get as their next pitching coach. Pitching has been the Royals main problem for years.

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  8. waters33

    3 years ago

    I’d like to see the new owner care and compete financially with payroll. A manager doesn’t matter until he has a chance to compete.

    Reply
  9. waters33

    3 years ago

    Doesn’t matter who the manager is until the owner cares enough to financially compete in payroll.

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