Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 8:55:57 GMT -8
Andy Green, Padres
Green has a knack for rubbing opponents and scouts the wrong way with his edgy style, but his greatest challenges will come from within: Holding together his clubhouse. Satisfying the win-now desires of upper management. Taking the team to the next level after eight straight losing seasons, the last three with Green at the helm.
The Pads are an intriguing mix of talented youngsters such as Tatís and Paddack and high-profile veterans such as Machado, Eric Hosmer and Ian Kinsler. Green, meanwhile, has averaged just 68 wins, and his undistinguished playing career is the type that — if you’re not Jim Leyland or Tony La Russa — occasionally causes players, rightly or wrongly, to lose respect for a manager.
Green, starting a three-year extension he signed in Aug. 2017, enjoys a certain measure of security, but it will matter little if the Padres fail to show progress. As noted by Joel Sherman of the New York Post, some in the industry believe GM A.J. Preller’s first choice for a replacement would be Moises Alou, a special assistant for the Padres in player development. Alou was the GM for the Dominican Republic’s entry in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a team that included Machado.
The Padres’ landscape has changed, and Green will need to change with it. He no longer is managing overmatched kids. He is managing stars.
theathletic.com/899725/2019/04/02/rosenthal-six-managers-on-the-hot-seat-this-season/
Green has a knack for rubbing opponents and scouts the wrong way with his edgy style, but his greatest challenges will come from within: Holding together his clubhouse. Satisfying the win-now desires of upper management. Taking the team to the next level after eight straight losing seasons, the last three with Green at the helm.
The Pads are an intriguing mix of talented youngsters such as Tatís and Paddack and high-profile veterans such as Machado, Eric Hosmer and Ian Kinsler. Green, meanwhile, has averaged just 68 wins, and his undistinguished playing career is the type that — if you’re not Jim Leyland or Tony La Russa — occasionally causes players, rightly or wrongly, to lose respect for a manager.
Green, starting a three-year extension he signed in Aug. 2017, enjoys a certain measure of security, but it will matter little if the Padres fail to show progress. As noted by Joel Sherman of the New York Post, some in the industry believe GM A.J. Preller’s first choice for a replacement would be Moises Alou, a special assistant for the Padres in player development. Alou was the GM for the Dominican Republic’s entry in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a team that included Machado.
The Padres’ landscape has changed, and Green will need to change with it. He no longer is managing overmatched kids. He is managing stars.
theathletic.com/899725/2019/04/02/rosenthal-six-managers-on-the-hot-seat-this-season/
