In the National League East, the Washington Nationals, New York Mets, and Philadelphia Phillies made moves in the offseason geared towards catching the Atlanta Braves and returning to the postseason. With the moves made, it put each of their respective managers on the hot seat. With the Washington Nationals making it to the second NLCS in franchise history, Dave Martinez’s job is safe. The...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports the New York Mets have reached out to the Minnesota Twins to interview their bench coach, Derek Shelton. Shelton was a candidate for the Twins job last year which went to Rocco Baldelli. The interview will take place next week according to Sherman. For the past two years, he’s been the Twins bench coach. His previous stops included his being the...
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By John Sheridan Starling Marte Position: CF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: October 9, 1988 (31) Traditional Stats: .295/.342/.503, 31 2B, 6 3B, 23 HR, 82 RBI Advanced Stats: 2.9 bWAR, 2.0 fWAR, 120 OPS+, 119 wRC+ Defensive Stats: Contract: 2020 $11.5 million team option ($2 million buyout),, 2021 $12.5 million team option ($1 million buyout) Seeing everything that happened with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
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Bob Geren Current Position: Dodgers Bench Coach (2016 – present) Age: 9/22/61 (58) Managerial Experience: 2007 – 2011 Oakland Athletics (334-376) Short of Bruce Bochy and Tony La Russa, two Hall of Fame managers who had the opportunity to dictate when they wanted to retire, managerial tenures typically end badly. Of course, there are degrees to which tenures end badly, but...
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Mark Feisand of MLB.com reports Joe Maddon will be meeting with the Los Angeles Angels to discuss the team’s managerial opening. As many have reported, Maddon seems to set to begin his second stint as the Angels manager, but first the team is going to interview other candidates for the position. What we do not know at the moment if the Angels hiring other candidates is the team doing their...
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