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• Mike Shildt on leaving managing, new Orioles job, relationship with Ripken

For the past two seasons, Mike Shildt led the San Diego Padres to the postseason, but in October, he suddenly stepped away from his job. In November, he joined the Orioles as the team’s upper-level field coordinator. The 57-year-old Shildt also managed the St. Louis Cardinals for four seasons. In his four seasons of managing […]...2026
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• New Padres Manager Has 4-Word Message For Dodgers

Newly hired San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen sent a message to the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of the 2026 season. Stammen took the helm in San Diego following the sudden retirement of Mike Shildt after the 2025 season, and…...2026
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• Pads hire ex-reliever Stammen as new manager
The Padres have hired Craig Stammen, a former relief pitcher who retired just three years ago, to a three-year deal as their new manager, replacing Mike Shildt....2025
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• New details prove Cardinals made the right decision to fire Mike Shildt in 2021

Jon Heyman of the New York Post revealed that there was tension between Shildt and the Padres' coaching staff, and that similar issues arose when he was fired from the Cardinals in 2021....2025
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• Padres' Shildt retires, cites 'severe toll' of job
Mike Shildt is retiring as Padres manager with two years remaining on his contract, citing a "severe toll" the job has taken on him "mentally, physically and emotionally."...2025
• Padres manager makes a bold statement about team's closer situation

One day after his closer gave up a game-winning home run, San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt gave a strong endorsement to Robert Suarez remaining in the role as the regular season winds down....2025
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• Padres Michael King’s return seen as significant trade deadline addition

San Diego Padres Michael King | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Friars’ starting rotation is missing their star pitcher The San Diego Padres did some roster maneuvering to bring Yu Darvish back on the 40-man roster and start the opening game of a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The team transferred Michael King to the 60-day injured list, but the m...2025
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• Padres To Activate Yu Darvish On Monday
Yu Darvish is set to make his first big league appearance of 2025, as Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters (including Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune) that the right-hander will be activated from the 60-day injured list to start Monday’s game with the Diamondbacks. Darvish developed elbow inflammation in the middle of March,…...2025
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts, Padres’ Mike Shildt, and Robert Suarez Receive Suspensions After Thursday’s Fight

The suspensions for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres scuffle Thursday night have been unveiled by Major League Baseball. Read more: Mike Shildt Seems to Admit Padres Hit Shohei Ohtani on Purpose as Retaliation vs Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts and Padres Mike Shildt have both received a one-game suspension. Robert Suarez will be …...2025
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• Suarez, managers suspended for Padres-L.A. feud
Major League Baseball has suspended Padres reliever Robert Suarez three games (pending appeal) and managers Mike Shildt and Dave Roberts one each, the aftermath of a feud between the teams that boiled over Thursday night in L.A....2025
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• Where’s your curveball, Spencer Strider?

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Spencer Strider has been a two-pitch artist lately, and he’s putting together masterpieces Spencer Strider is cruising for the Atlanta Braves lately. The fastball velocity, although not quite at his pre-surgery levels right now, is returning. He averaged 96.2 MPH on Saturday and hit 98 with ease last night. The numbers since June 8th are ...2025
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound

San Diego Padres Yu Darvish | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The veteran righthander too valuable for postseason run. Let us all take a deep breath. Injuries dampened the mood of the San Diego Padres after snapping their six-game losing streak. However, the team received good news on one of their mending starting pitchers. Yu Darvish has begun a rehab assignment with Trip...2025
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• What to expect with the return of Padres Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth

San Diego Padres Jake Cronenworth and Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friars should have their starting lineup intact by next weekend. As we begin the second month of the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the postseason pretenders and contenders start to take shape. Usually, baseball fans do not pay attention to the division standings until Memorial Day. The S...2025
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• Yu Darvish To Begin Season On Injured List
Right-hander Yu Darvish will begin the season on the injured list. Manager Mike Shildt informed reporters today, including Dennis Lin of The Athletic and AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. The righty was diagnosed with elbow inflammation earlier this week. “We feel pretty comfortable that some rest and getting ramped back up will be the answer,” Shildt…...2025
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• Yu Darvish Questionable For Opening Day Due To Elbow Inflammation
Padres right-hander Yu Darvish has recently been slowed in camp. While it was initially conveyed that he had some general fatigue, manager Mike Shildt today provided a more specific and more ominous diagnosis. The skipper told members of the media, including Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, that the veteran righty experienced elbow inflammation…...2025
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• Matt Waldron Suffers Oblique Strain, May Begin Season On IL
Right-hander Matt Waldron sustained a mild oblique strain yesterday, Padres manager Mike Shildt told MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell and other reporters. Waldron suffered the injury while warming up in the bullpen for a scheduled relief appearance in the Padres’ Cactus League game. While Waldron is officially considered day-to-day, Shildt said the knuckleballer is “going to need…...2025
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"Stammen took the helm in San Diego following the sudden retirement of Mike Shildt after the 2025 season, and…"

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"More news: Mike Shildt Seems to Admit Padres Hit Shohei Ohtani on Purpose as Retaliation vs Dodgers Now, the Dodgers will have to pivot and begin …"

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"Padres manager Mike Shildt told members of the media today that Xander Bogaerts will be moving from shortstop to second base, with Dennis Lin of The Athletic among those to relay the news."

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"The Padres are set to name former Cardinals skipper Mike Shildt their new manager, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports."

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"Giants coach Antoan Richardson, whose ejection led to Alyssa Nakken's historic debut, has accused Padres coach Mike Shildt of yelling an expletive at him that "reeked undertones of racism."

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"Louis to a wild-card berth, Mike Shildt is out as Cardinals manager."

2020
"Manager Mike Shildt told Goold and other reporters…"

2019
"Goold further tweets that Ozuna is headed for an MRI tomorrow, and manager Mike Shildt expressed some concern about a potential intercostal strain."

2018
"With president of baseball operations John Mozeliak noting last week that it's "highly probable" the club's eight starting position players are already on the Cardinals' roster, the task now falls on manager Mike Shildt to put those pieces in place."

2016
"Minor League managers Mike Shildt and Oliver Marmol have been added to the Cardinals' 2017 Major League coaching staff, the organization announced on Thursday."

2015
"“It’s a heck of a story,” said Mike Shildt, who was Harris’ manager last season at Double-A Springfield (Missouri)."

• Padres' Shildt retires, cites 'severe toll' of job
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• Padres’ first-half takeaways: patchwork starting rotation and bottom of the order struggles

San Diego Padres Elias Diaz | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The odds are high that A.J. Preller will be active on the trade market before the July 31 deadline. The San Diego Padres are in a difficult position. They had a decent week, going 4-3 and leading the final Wild Card spot by a half game. However, the Padres must play better in the second half to achieve a postseason berth...2025
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• Padres Michael King’s return seen as significant trade deadline addition
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• Where’s your curveball, Spencer Strider?
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• Possible Padres 2025 All-Star Game candidates

San Diego Padres Manny Machado | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Friars have more than few National League roster options It is hard to imagine that we are approaching the halfway point of the 2025 Major League Baseball season. After reaching this milestone, we push towards the All-Star break. Online voting has begun, and there are many deserving candidates to choose from. The Friar Faithful i...2025
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• What to expect with the return of Padres Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth
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• Padres 8, Cubs 7: This space intentionally left blank

David Banks-Imagn Images That was one of the weirdest games you will ever see. I’m going to put this right out there first thing, and then get to the recap of this bizarre game. You might disagree with my conclusion here, but I think Craig Counsell made a mistake in the ninth inning. After batting for Matt Shaw with Michael Busch, Counsell put Gage Workman at third and left Justin Turner a...2025
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• San Diego Padres signing Jackson Merrill was the next logical move

Jackson Merrill at the San Diego Padres contract extension press conference | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friars agree to a 9-yr/$135 million contract extension with the young star The San Diego Padres may have stumbled upon their next homegrown star after asking top prospect Jackson Merrill to make a position change two springs ago. His impressive 2024 breakout campaign resu...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Padres

Okay, so we don’t usually post a pic of the opposing starter, but this is for nostalgia’s sake. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images The two teams with the worst Cactus League records battle for the bottom Yep, the San Diego Padres (4-12) have been even worse than the Sox (5-11), who are trying for their first two-game winning streak of the spring. This will be a day to see whether Jonathan Canno...2025
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• Is signing Yuli Gurriel the right move for the Padres

New Padre Yuli Gurriel | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Gurriel will compete for a bench role in spring training The San Diego Padres needed a veteran bat after Jurickson Profar left town via free agency. The team agreed to a minor-league deal with first baseman Yuli Gurriel. However, determining if this is the right move for the Padres will not be that simple. Gurriel ...2025
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• Padres hope drop in batting order will awaken Jackson Merrill’s bat

San Diego Padres Jackson Merrill | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The young hitting phenom is in a dreadful batting slump. The San Diego Padres thought they were lucky to have Jackson Merrill return to the lineup so quickly after spending time on the concussion injured list. But he has been unable to find his footing at the plate. Merrill’s hitting struggles have been the biggest...2025
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• Padres Michael King’s return seen as significant trade deadline addition
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• Where’s your curveball, Spencer Strider?
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• Possible Padres 2025 All-Star Game candidates
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• What to expect with the return of Padres Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth
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• Jackson Merrill is the San Diego Padres’ next breakout star

San Diego Padres Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Petco Park crowd believes in their young star The Friar Faithful loves to cheer for homegrown talent. From Tony Gwynn to Jake Peavy, the crowd support has been phenomenal. The fans find it rewarding to witness a young prospect advance through the minor league system before becoming a breakout star for their belove...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Why the Padres are headed back to the postseason

Things came together for the Padres who are headed back to the postseason after a 93 win season. The San Diego Padres are going to the postseason for the first time since their run to the NLCS in 2022. Here are some reasons—in no particular order—why they bounced back from their most disappointing season in franchise history: Jackson Merrill’s impact Trent Grisham (.198 AVG, .666 OPS, 50 RBI) was...2024
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• Padres raising season ticket prices again in 2025

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Erik Greupner wrote an email today to members giving them a heads up Today Padres season ticket holders learned they will be paying more for their same seats again next season. According to Annie Heilbrunn, this will be the fourth consecutive raise and Kevin Acee reports it will be a “3 percent weighted average across the board”. CEO Erik Greupner wrote...2024
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• Padres’ first-half takeaways: patchwork starting rotation and bottom of the order struggles
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• Matt Seidler guarantees Padres won’t relocate

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The San Diego Padres aren’t going anywhere if Matt Seidler has anything to do with it. San Diego Padres fans may have had a bit of a scare earlier this week when reading Sheel Seidler’s complaint that relocation could be on the table for the franchise. However, Matt Seidler, one of late owner Peter’s brothers, wrote in a statement that suc...2025
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• It’s time for the Padres to go all out for the NL West

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images They’ve gone this far and now have the opportunity to take it. Don’t let up now On November 21, 2023 Mike Shildt was introduced as Padres manager. He mentioned the team’s goal: to win the National League West. I’m not sure many fans were thinking that would actually come to fruition in Shildt’s first season as the manager but here we are. There’s a chance ...2024
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• What does the Padres outfield depth look like right now?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images There’s Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill and then there’s everybody else Eddie Rosario and David Peralta are among the outfield free agents who have come off the board on cheap deals that the Padres perhaps decided to pass on, which is questionable considering their outfield situation. Yes, Tommy Pham is still out there and he is go...2024
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• Padres agree to deals with all arbitration eligible players

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A.J. Preller is great at not fighting with his players The Padres have avoided arbitration with all of their arbitration eligible players, according to the team. We have avoided arbitration with 4 players, agreeing to terms with RHPs Enyel De Los Santos and Michael King, C Kyle Higashioka and LHP Adrian Morejon on 1-year contracts thro...2024
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• Ryan Flaherty is going to be named Cubs bench coach

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports He’s a former Cubs draft pick. One vacancy on the Cubs coaching staff has been filled, per Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic: Ryan Flaherty is expected to be named Cubs bench coach, sources tell The Athletic. Flaherty was a finalist for the Padres managerial job that went to Mike Shildt. Had previously served as Padres bench coach. Now will hold the same ro...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The future is foretold by the Cards

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Cardinals make two free agent signings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been posted. The Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes are mysterious. And other news from MLB. Good morning. I hope you are all ready for a great holiday weekend. Normally, when I hear that the Cardinals have a pitcher with the last name of “Gibson,” I get scared. But in this case, the Cardina...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 22, 2023

At Defector ($), David Roth wonders if the Royals know something about shoulders, following the acquisitions of Kyle Wright and Nick Anderson, who are both recovering from shoulder injuries: As Michael Baumann writes at FanGraphs, there’s an equally legible subtext to the two most notable transactions of the offseason so far—Milwaukee’s decision to non-tender injured co-ace Brandon Woodruff and At...2023
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• Giants coach: Shildt expletive 'reeked' of 'racism'

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• Shidlt out as Cards manager after wild-card run

Despite a 17-game winning streak in September that carried St. Louis to a wild-card berth, Mike Shildt is out as Cardinals manager....2021
• Cardinals Fire Manager Mike Shildt
The Cardinals have fired manager Mike Shildt, as first reported by Rob Rains of StLSportsPage (Twitter link). At a press conference announcing the news, St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak told reporters (including Jeff Passan of ESPN) the organization made the decision based on “philosophical differences” between Shildt and the front office about…...2021
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• Padres Expected To Interview Mike Shildt
Mike Shildt might not be out of a job for long, as The Athletic’s Dennis Lin and Brittany Ghiroli (Twitter link) report that the Padres are looking to interview Shildt for their managerial vacancy. After being fired by the Cardinals just three days ago, Shildt enters a market thin on dugout openings, as the Mets…...2021
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• Cardinals to name Carlos Marmol as manager after firing Mike Shildt
Marmol served as the St. Louis bench coach under Shildt last season...2021
• Cardinals expected to name Oliver Marmol as next manager on Monday
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• Cardinals Release Yairo Munoz
The Cardinals announced this morning that they’ve placed infielder Yairo Munoz on unconditional release waivers. The move leaves an opening on the 40-man roster. In an important detail, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch adds that Munoz “left the team, flew home” without notifying the Cardinals. Manager Mike Shildt told Goold and other reporters…...2020
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• Padres Interview Ozzie Guillen In Managerial Search
The Padres interviewed Ozzie Guillén last week as part of their ongoing managerial search, report Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). Guillén joins Brad Ausmus, Mike Shildt and Luis Rojas as known candidates for the position. Guillén’s sit-down with San Diego is his first known managerial interview since he was let…...2021
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• Padres’ first-half takeaways: patchwork starting rotation and bottom of the order struggles
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• Padres hope drop in batting order will awaken Jackson Merrill’s bat
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• Padres Michael King’s return seen as significant trade deadline addition
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• Possible Padres 2025 All-Star Game candidates
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• The struggles of Padres Jason Adam are concerning but not alarming

San Diego Padres reliever Jason Adam | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friars’ bullpen has been the strongest part of the 2025 roster. The San Diego Padres bullpen has been riding high all season. The recent struggles of setup reliever Jason Adam are concerning, but not alarming. It is unthinkable to believe Adam would have been struggling a few months ago. He has not fallen apa...2025
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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• What to expect with the return of Padres Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth
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• Jackson Merrill is the San Diego Padres’ next breakout star
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• Matt Waldron Suffers Oblique Strain, May Begin Season On IL
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: San Diego Padres

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports After a supremely disappointing 2023 and an offseason full of cutting salary, the Padres will look to compete in 2024 with a pared-back roster The San Diego Padres entered the 2023 season with championship aspirations and a star-studded roster, but pulled off an epic faceplant and missed the postseason entirely. The offseason has been a sea change both on an...2024
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• Padres interview Phil Nevin for manager vacancy

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports So AJ Preller wasn’t putting the manager search on hold during the GM meetings... Dennis Lin and Kevin Acee have reported that the San Diego Padres interviewed Phil Nevin on Wednesday. Talks are scheduled to continue today. The Padres formally interviewed Phil Nevin for their managerial opening Wednesday, sources tell me and @Britt_Ghiroli. A.J. Prell...2023
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• Could Ryan Flaherty be Bob Melvin’s successor?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images AJ Preller hired Flaherty and didn’t allow him to interview for the Mets bench coach job Bob Nightengale wrote in his Sunday notebook today that “if the Padres don’t reach the postseason, Bob Melvin could take the fall with bench coach Ryan Flaherty a strong candidate to succeed him.” Oh yeah that'll fix things(via @BNightengale) pic.twi...2023
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• Details On The Cardinals’ Firing Of Mike Shildt
The Cardinals surprised the baseball world when they parted ways with manager Mike Shildt on Thursday, and speculation has only grown about the situation in the subsequent days. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak cited “philosophical differences” as the reason for the firing, declining to discuss specifics and instead telling reporters (including The Athletic’s Katie...2021
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• Latest On Cardinals’ Managerial Opening
The speculation has already begun on who might replace Mike Shildt as the next manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The popular internal candidates appear to be Oliver Marmol and Stubby Clapp, per Jon Morosi of the MLB Network (via Twitter). St. Louis usually likes to promote from within, and both Marmol and Clapp have…...2021
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• Cardinals fire Mike Shildt after shocking late-season playoff run

The St. Louis Cardinals have parted ways with manager Mike Shildt, the team announced on Thursday....2021