Maddon leaves Rays

[Elliotte Friedman]

Buster Olney reports it. Rays have confirmed it.

LA-bound?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Gotta be. That isn't a guy who wants out of baseball.

 

[Chef2]

I just posted it on other thread.....

Mattingly prolly lining up moving vans right now.

 

[JackReacher]

Heyman says Maddon not considering LA at all. That Friedman is committed to Mattingly. Uh huh.

Apparently, his opt out was triggered by Friedman leaving.

 

[Chef2]

Has Esptein had enough of Renteria?

Maybe the Royals fire Yost immediately after winning World Series? That would go over well.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Heyman says Maddon not considering LA at all. That Friedman is committed to Mattingly. Uh huh.

Apparently, his opt out was triggered by Friedman leaving.

I don't follow baseball nearly as much as some on here, but the second I saw that hit the news, I assumed he was going to the Dodgers.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I'm becoming more and more convinced with Raul Ibanez doing all these interviews during the World Series he's being groomed. Ned's back next year, but if his crazy decisions aren't panning out and the Royals aren't winning, by mid-summer they'll make the switch.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Coaches/managers have that weird hang-up about not being seen as taking another guy's job even when that's clearly what happens. So the Dodgers will get rid of Mattingly and then start talking to Maddon, and he will forever feel like he has plausible deniability because the job wasn't even open when he became a free agent, so how could he have been angling for it?

Nobody on the outside ever sees it that way, of course, but they do seem to satisfy their own consciences.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Coaches/managers have that weird hang-up about not being seen as taking another guy's job even when that's clearly what happens. So the Dodgers will get rid of Mattingly and then start talking to Maddon, and he will forever feel like he has plausible deniability because the job wasn't even open when he became a free agent, so how could he have been angling for it?

Nobody on the outside ever sees it that way, of course, but they do seem to satisfy their own consciences.

It's really true. This is why there are some college teams that fire a guy midseason if there is a specific guy they want to pursue.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Olney just said he thinks it is the Cubs

 

[JackReacher]

Everyone is screaming "DODGERS!!!!!" so I'll take the field, please.

 

[LongTimeListener]

So the Rays are pretty much a non-franchise again, right?

 

[Huggy]

Is Dave Martinez the leader in the clubhouse to succeed Maddon?

 

[Chef2]

Is Dave Martinez the leader in the clubhouse to succeed Maddon?

Logical choice.

Which means it won't happen.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Olney just said he thinks it is the Cubs

I'm assuming it will be a team that is willing to pay an ungodly sum to get him.

 

[Huggy]

Is Dave Martinez the leader in the clubhouse to succeed Maddon?

Logical choice.

Which means it won't happen.

True enough, might be Tony Dungy.

 

[cranberry]

So the Rays are pretty much a non-franchise again, right?

Maybe they can bring back Chuck Lamar and coax Vinny Castillo and Greg Vaughn out of retirement.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

So the Rays are pretty much a non-franchise again, right?

Maybe they can bring back Chuck Lamar and coax Vinny Castillo and Greg Vaughn out of retirement.

I think Jose Canseco still plays a handful of games each year in the independents. He's worked hard to stay in shape.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Olney just said he thinks it is the Cubs

I'm assuming it will be a team that is willing to pay an ungodly sum to get him.

And they'd have to buy out the last two years of Renteria's contract.

As several people have noted Theo interviewed Maddon in 2003 when he ultimately hired Francona.

 

[BDC99]

Olney just said he thinks it is the Cubs

I'm assuming it will be a team that is willing to pay an ungodly sum to get him.

And they'd have to buy out the last two years of Renteria's contract.

As several people have noted Theo interviewed Maddon in 2003 when he ultimately hired Francona.

Well, it's a bit different now, isn't it? He has a track record of success with a terrible payroll. Rays couldn't/wouldn't pay him fair value for his level of success. It won't be the Dodgers unless he sits out a year. I'd actually be very surprised if it's not the Cubs. And Davey Martinez is a no-brainer. If he doesn't get it, there's something wrong with him as a candidate. And I just don't see him having the impact to keep the franchise afloat. Could be the end of the Rays as we have recently known them. Both local beat writers have mentioned Gabe Kapler as a candidate, which would be a disaster on multiple levels.