San Diego Padres: Three candidates to replace Andy Green
The San Diego Padres fired Andy Green on Saturday. These three candidates would be great picks to be the next manager.
Andy Green was on the heat seat at the beginning of the season, and his seat kept getting hotter and hotter as the season went on.
He made a lot of questionable decisions like continuously bringing in closer Kirby Yates in a non-save situation when the stats showed that he doesn’t pitch well in those situations.
In the first half of the season, he would bat Eric Hosmer second while Franmil Reyes would hit fourth instead of flipping the two when the numbers showed that Hosmer produced more in the four spot.
There was a report from Forbes that he already had lost the clubhouse before the All-Star Break.
It seemed like he just wasn’t a great fit in the San Diego Padres clubhouse when it came to motivating the team and being the right communicator to all of the young guys.
Green should have noticed that his time in San Diego would be coming to an end when former Triple-A manager Rod Barajas was brought in to be the bench coach.
Why? Because Barajas was able to communicate with the young players, unlike Green.
His time was up and after Friday night’s 9-0 loss to the Diamondbacks, management believed it was time to make the decision so prospective managers who either got fired or are looking to get back in the dugout would know at the beginning of the offseason that the Padres have an opening.
Here are the best candidates to replace Green to manage the most interesting team in baseball.
Joe Maddon
Joe Maddon is currently employed by the Chicago Cubs, but just like Green, he has been on the hot seat the entire season since his contract is up after the season.
If Maddon were to be fired as the Cubs manager it wouldn’t be because of winning, as he has made the postseason ever since he arrived in Chicago. It would be because he isn’t the right communicator.
The Cubs aren’t going to make the playoffs, as the Brewers have an easy schedule and are already two up on them in the Wild Card race. And forget about the division because they have lost both of the first two games at Wrigley this weekend and are now 5 back of the Cardinals for the NL Central.
I would assume he isn’t coming back to the Cubs, as they want a new voice who can get them back to a World Series.
Maddon would fit perfectly with the Padres because he took a young team in Chicago and took them to their first World Series in over 100 years. San Diego hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2006 and has never won a World Series, so Maddon could come to the padres and do the same thing he did for the Cubs with the Padres.
I think Maddon would enjoy managing the Padres because there is a combination of young talent with superstar players.
Fernando Tatis Jr. is like Javier Baez and Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer can be his Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo.
Kirby Yates and young phenom reliever Andres Munoz are going to stabilize the Padres bullpen while Chris Paddack and MacKenzie Gore (at some point next year) will lead the rotation.
The next candidate also has won a World Series with one of the best teams ever…
San Diego Padres Managerial Candidates
Joe Girardi
Joe Girardi is recognized as one of the best managers of the past decade, and he has been at MLB Network this last season.
In a segment on MLB Tonight, he voiced that if the right opportunity comes to him he would want to manage again.
Well, I think the Padres is the right opportunity.
He would get to live in San Diego all season and would get to lead one of the youngest teams in the league, but one that can make the postseason next season.
Once the club acquires a frontline starter like Noah Syndergaard it would make it very appealing to a prospective manager to come manage the Friars.
I think Girardi is a good fit because he has the experience of going deep into the playoffs and winning the World Series, something that will be invaluable for such a young team.
My next candidate is currently with Joe Maddon, but Padres fans might like this candidate more because he is a former Padre…
San Diego Padres Managerial Candidates
Mark Loretta
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Mark Loretta played for the Padres from 2005-2008 and worked in their front office before being lured to be the bench coach of the Chicago Cubs.
Dave Martinez, the current manager of the Washington Nationals, was Joe Maddon’s bench coach before he got the Nats job and Loretta could follow suit with the Padres.
I am sure A.J. Preller and co would want to give him an interview to see if he is ready to manage and if he would want to lead his former team.
Loretta would be a good fit because he has had to be on a coaching staff this season that has high expectations with a sold-out crowd every home game, so he would be able to deal with the scrutiny and expectations for 2020 and beyond.
Next. San Diego Padres fire manager Andy Green. dark
Some fans might think that Bruce Bochy would come back, but he is retiring at the end of the season and I don’t think he would want to manage again. Now, he could go to a front-office role, but I just don’t believe he wants to manage again, especially since he made the decision to retire at Spring Training, meaning he was good with his decision.