Look what Jerry Dipoto got to do today:
| Lloyd McClendon will not return as manager in 2016 |
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| 2016 Mariners Staff Changes |
| Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto announced today that Lloyd McClendon will not be returning as Mariners manager in 2016.
Among the coaching staff, batting coach Edgar Martinez and infield coach Chris Woodward have been invited to return to the big league staff. Pitching coach Rick Waits and coach Chris Prieto have been invited to return to the Mariners organization.
Bench coach Trent Jewett, third base coach Rich Donnelly, outfield coach Andy Van Slyke and bullpen coach Mike Rojas will not be returning to the Mariners organization in 2016.
“I have a great deal of respect for Lloyd, as a person and as a manager,” Dipoto said. “It is a credit to his professionalism that the team continued to play hard through the final day of the season. However, after extensive conversations it became clear to me that our baseball philosophies were not closely aligned. On behalf of the Mariners I want to thank Lloyd and his staff for their hard work the past two seasons, and I wish him the best moving forward.”
Dipoto will begin his search immediately for a new manager.
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My team didn’t live up to its preseason billing, either, but I don’t have anybody to fire. I suppose I could fire me… but that kind of defeats the purpose of being in the league.
We have over 20 degrees in this league. You’d think with all that brainpower we could come up with some way to be able clean house and get new management. Or if that’s too hard for us, at least some way to hold our winter meetings at a nice resort like they do in MLB.
Am I allowed to hire interns? I won’t pay them, and they won’t really get any useful real-life experience, but the EFL is also pretty-clearly not a money-making venture.
If only I knew a lawyer to tell me if this was on the up-and-up…
You really ARE a major league franchise owner. You can even whine “we’re not making any money” like a pro.