Manager Hirings 2025/2026 Offseason

[Vanimal46]

 

I have not been paying attention, and this tweet caught my eye. 8 MLB manager openings? Wow. 

[Vanimal46]

I think I'd rank them this way by attractiveness to top candidates:

Braves - Orioles - Rangers - Giants - Nationals - Twins - Angels - Rockies

[The Great Hambino]

9 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

I think I'd rank them this way by attractiveness to top candidates:

Braves - Orioles - Rangers - Giants - Nationals - Twins - Angels - Rockies

That's a pretty solid ranking.  I see them in tiers like this:

Braves

Orioles/Rangers/Giants

Nationals/Twins/Angels

And then there's the Rockies: the abysmal organization that really has no business being that abysmal.  They get much better attendance than they have any right to get, and ownership, for all its faults, is at least willing to spend.  Their run of ineptitude was recently laid out in The Athletic: entirely insular, loyalty trumping talent, a strange aversion to trades, nearly a decade of drafting in the top 10 without anything to show for it, an analytics infrastructure about 20 years behind the times (for all you anti-analytics folks, this should be your favorite team).  But it also was filled with quotes and comments from rival executives about the untapped potential of the market as well as the possible ways the unique environment of Coors Field could be leveraged to establish "the greatest home-field advantage in professional sports," according to one exec.

This whole article sprung from their GM stepping down and the owner's son/executive VP (sound familiar?) stating that they're opening the search outside of the organization for "fresh ideas."  Depending on who ends up in that seat, this job could rocket up the rankings in terms of attractiveness.  Or it could be more of the status quo and remain in a tier of its own miles below the Nationals/Twins/Angels.  It could be pretty interesting to see how this all plays out.

[Vanimal46]

Will be interesting if this becomes a trend as teams prepare for the 2027 lockout 

[Mike Sixel]

3 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Will be interesting if this becomes a trend as teams prepare for the 2027 lockout 

Good point, but that's not a ringing endorsement!

[Vanimal46]

 

[Danchat]

3 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

 

Is he related to Drew Butera?

[The Great Hambino]

55 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Is he related to Drew Butera?

This discussion of his family didn't mention him, and it seems like it would've come up if they were.

However, both have been involved with the Italian WBC team at different times, so maybe cousins or something?

[gil4]

58 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Is he related to Drew Butera?

Google AI says yes, but if that was true, I think I would have found some confirmation of it somewhere (or I would have at least heard of the guy before today.)  My guess is the AI is about as accurate with this as it is with NFHS baseball rules.   (It's useless.)

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, gil4 said:

Google AI says yes, but if that was true, I think I would have found some confirmation of it somewhere (or I would have at least heard of the guy before today.)  My guess is the AI is about as accurate with this as it is with NFHS baseball rules.   (It's useless.)

Sal was born in NY, Drew was born in Indiana when Sal was playing in the minors there, Blake was born in Louisiana 9 years after Drew.  I couldn't find any online witnesses to Sal's whereabouts in 1992 so it's faintly possible, but Sal's Wikipedia page makes reference to only one offspring, Drew.

Looks like another AI Hallucination.

[Mike Sixel]

They are not related, and you should never use or believe AI. 

Did anyone get a one year deal?

[Parfigliano]

4 hours ago, ashbury said:

Sal was born in NY, Drew was born in Indiana when Sal was playing in the minors there, Blake was born in Louisiana 9 years after Drew.  I couldn't find any online witnesses to Sal's whereabouts in 1992 so it's faintly possible, but Sal's Wikipedia page makes reference to only one offspring, Drew.

Looks like another AI Hallucination.

AI is really good at making things up

[Vanimal46]

Going with an internal hire 

[Hrbowski]

The Padres hired Craig Stammen. Very interesting hire!