Bloom Don’t mess this hire up and don’t drag your feet .Jimy is our guy !!!!

[Larry Cook]

@mlbtraderumors

Tigers Interview George Lombard For Manager's Job

 

Welp, Bloom may need to cross Lombard off his list!

 

Ouch!

[mvp 78]

Let's check in on old friend Che Hsuan Lin!

 

https://twitter.com/ElevenSportsTW/status/1317079636111548417

 

@ElevenSportsTW

2020/10/16...........MAGIC.................#LinCheHsuan #林哲瑄 Play a Magic play!!!

@FubonGuardians

#CPBL

[mvp 78]

Yes, that's basically putting up my "Dojji" signal.

[mvp 78]

Let's check in on old friend Che Hsuan Lin!

 

https://twitter.com/ElevenSportsTW/status/1317079636111548417

 

@ElevenSportsTW

2020/10/16...........MAGIC.................#LinCheHsuan #林哲瑄 Play a Magic play!!!

@FubonGuardians

#CPBL

 

For the 2nd shifters, watch this video. It's just great.

[Larry Cook]

What ever happened to wave’em in Kim!

[notin]

What ever happened to wave’em in Kim!

 

He passed away 5 years ago...

[dgalehouse]

He passed away 5 years ago...

 

I remember seeing Wendel Kim's father , Phil " Wildcat" Kim fight former lightweight champion , Carlos Ortiz circa mid to late 50's .

[mvp 78]

” I would love Alex Cora to return as manager," Vazquez said, “and the bench coach to be Carlos Beltran.”

 

Uh...

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

” I would love Alex Cora to return as manager," Vazquez said, “and the bench coach to be Carlos Beltran.”

 

Uh...

 

I actually thought of Cora and Beltran reuniting somewhere (most likely in the PR winter league). All the scapegoats are going to get jobs in baseball again, maybe even by next season.

 

But can you imagine the nationwide ammo for New England haters -- even among the sinless puritans of Red Sox Nation -- if both Cora and Beltran joined Boston...

 

People would be calling for Bloom's head (to hold underwater, to see if he was indeed a warlock).

[notin]

I actually thought of Cora and Beltran reuniting somewhere (most likely in the PR winter league). All the scapegoats are going to get jobs in baseball again, maybe even by next season.

 

But can you imagine the nationwide ammo for New England haters -- even among the sinless puritans of Red Sox Nation -- if both Cora and Beltran joined Boston...

 

People would be calling for Bloom's head (to hold underwater, to see if he was indeed a warlock).

 

And should we also hire AJ Hinch to be the bullpen coach?

[mvp 78]

@Rotoworld_BB

Will Venable interviews for Red Sox mgr opening

 

Look forward to "Will Vulnerable" comments going forward.

[mvp 78]

Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the Red Sox have interviewed Cubs coach Will Venable for their managerial opening.

Venable joined the Cubs' front office in 2017 after retiring as a player and then served as the team's first base coach in 2018 and 2019 before shifting to third base coaching duties in 2020. The 37-year-old graduate of Princeton University should eventually get a chance to manage somewhere, even if he doesn't ultimately land the job in Boston. Heyman notes that Alex Cora "has been viewed as the favorite" coming off his one-year suspension related to the Astros' sign-stealing operation from 2017. Dodgers coach George Lombard and Pirates coach Don Kelly are among the other known managerial candidates for the Red Sox.

[oldtimer]

Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the Red Sox have interviewed Cubs coach Will Venable for their managerial opening.

Venable joined the Cubs' front office in 2017 after retiring as a player and then served as the team's first base coach in 2018 and 2019 before shifting to third base coaching duties in 2020. The 37-year-old graduate of Princeton University should eventually get a chance to manage somewhere, even if he doesn't ultimately land the job in Boston. Heyman notes that Alex Cora "has been viewed as the favorite" coming off his one-year suspension related to the Astros' sign-stealing operation from 2017. Dodgers coach George Lombard and Pirates coach Don Kelly are among the other known managerial candidates for the Red Sox.

 

It's not surprising that the Sox would do due diligence by interviewing a slate of qualified candidates. He sounds like a reasonable interview candidate.

[mvp 78]

https://twitter.com/JoeGiza/status/1158201282949259264

[mvp 78]

@Enrique_Rojas1

Source: #RedSox interviewed Luis Urueta for manager position for the second time in 10 months

[mvp 78]

Urueta, 40 in January, has held his current position in Arizona for three seasons. He’s previously served as Arizona’s minor league field coordinator in addition to managing the Diamondbacks’ Rookie-level affiliate, managing in the Dominican Winter League and managing Team Colombia in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

 

The 40-year-old Kelly has fast risen as a popular managerial candidate after retiring as a player following the 2016 season. The longtime Tigers utilityman began working in Detroit’s player development part upon retiring and moved to their scouting staff the next year. He was hired as Houston’s first base coach for the 2018 season and hired as the Pirates’ bench coach under rookie skipper Derek Shelton last offseason.

[mvp 78]

Almost a month after parting ways with manager Ron Roenicke, the Red Sox continue to evaluate candidates to serve as his replacement, with interviews already held with at least two.

 

Notably, however, they will not be talking to one name who had been linked to the opening: Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.

 

Quatraro would seem a natural target, since he has spent most of his coaching and managerial career with the Rays, starting in 2004, filling a variety of roles from minor league catching instructor, hitting coordinator, hitting coach and manager. He's also been part of the major league coaching staff since 2018 -- first as third base coach and then as bench coach. In every year but this past one, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was with the Rays, too.

 

But per an agreement with the Rays, forged a year ago when Bloom left Tampa Bay to join the Red Sox, Bloom is prohibited from hiring anyone from Tampa Bay -- both front office and uniformed personnel -- for a period of two years.

[notin]

Almost a month after parting ways with manager Ron Roenicke, the Red Sox continue to evaluate candidates to serve as his replacement, with interviews already held with at least two.

 

Notably, however, they will not be talking to one name who had been linked to the opening: Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.

 

Quatraro would seem a natural target, since he has spent most of his coaching and managerial career with the Rays, starting in 2004, filling a variety of roles from minor league catching instructor, hitting coordinator, hitting coach and manager. He's also been part of the major league coaching staff since 2018 -- first as third base coach and then as bench coach. In every year but this past one, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was with the Rays, too.

 

But per an agreement with the Rays, forged a year ago when Bloom left Tampa Bay to join the Red Sox, Bloom is prohibited from hiring anyone from Tampa Bay -- both front office and uniformed personnel -- for a period of two years.

 

So much for my prediction, which was clearly so accurate Tampa took steps to prevent it from happening...

[mvp 78]

So much for my prediction, which was clearly so accurate Tampa took steps to prevent it from happening...

 

It’s why I posted it.

[Kimmi]

Almost a month after parting ways with manager Ron Roenicke, the Red Sox continue to evaluate candidates to serve as his replacement, with interviews already held with at least two.

 

Notably, however, they will not be talking to one name who had been linked to the opening: Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.

 

Quatraro would seem a natural target, since he has spent most of his coaching and managerial career with the Rays, starting in 2004, filling a variety of roles from minor league catching instructor, hitting coordinator, hitting coach and manager. He's also been part of the major league coaching staff since 2018 -- first as third base coach and then as bench coach. In every year but this past one, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was with the Rays, too.

 

But per an agreement with the Rays, forged a year ago when Bloom left Tampa Bay to join the Red Sox, Bloom is prohibited from hiring anyone from Tampa Bay -- both front office and uniformed personnel -- for a period of two years.

 

With Quatraro out, welcome back, Alex Cora!

[Larry Cook]

With Quatraro out, welcome back, Alex Cora!

 

Or Lombard!

[Kimmi]

Or Lombard!

 

I am not really familiar with Lombard.

 

I'm on team Cora, but if Lombard becomes a serious candidate, I will look into him!

[Larry Cook]

Very odd that hang’em Chaim has not interviewed Kotsay yet! I thought he would be high on the list of candidates.

[cp176]

I think that it might be time for a clean break. I would be surprised if Bloom brings Cora back. He might still for sure but I get the feeling that he wants to be able to put his own stamp of approval on the next manager. Managers come and go. Whoever Bloon brings in likely won't disappoint.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I think that it might be time for a clean break. I would be surprised if Bloom brings Cora back. He might still for sure but I get the feeling that he wants to be able to put his own stamp of approval on the next manager. Managers come and go. Whoever Bloon brings in likely won't disappoint.

 

I agree, however if Cora does return we'll probably never know for sure what kind of arrangement he agreed to last winter with the owners, Kennedy and Bloom when "mutually" stepping aside last winter...

[mvp 78]

Very odd that hang’em Chaim has not interviewed Kotsay yet! I thought he would be high on the list of candidates.

 

I believe the Sox have interviewed him in the past. Maybe he wasn’t impressive then?

[mvp 78]

@JoeGiglioSports

“Dave Dombrowski, architect of two World Series winners, is more interested in the Phillies job than the Los Angeles Angels' GM vacancy, according to two sources, but only if he has complete autonomy.”

 

Well, it's not like Dombrowski can ruin that pen.

[notin]

@JoeGiglioSports

“Dave Dombrowski, architect of two World Series winners, is more interested in the Phillies job than the Los Angeles Angels' GM vacancy, according to two sources, but only if he has complete autonomy.”

 

Well, it's not like Dombrowski can ruin that pen.

 

I sense a wager...

[mvp 78]

Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza has emerged as a candidate for two different managerial openings, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Both the Red Sox and Tigers have spoken with the 40-year-old Mendoza, who just completed his third season on New York’s big league coaching staff.

[jacksonianmarch]

@JoeGiglioSports

“Dave Dombrowski, architect of two World Series winners, is more interested in the Phillies job than the Los Angeles Angels' GM vacancy, according to two sources, but only if he has complete autonomy.”

 

Well, it's not like Dombrowski can ruin that pen.

 

Dombrowski can take an underperforming star laden team and make them win. The Phillies should be better. That isnt a bad spot for DD