MLB Trade Rumors and News: Which managers are on the chopping block

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• Rays Matt Wisler has aggravated a finger injury, but will always remain on the squad roster. Manager Kevin Cash is reluctant to send him to IR so quickly, he says Adam Berry of MLB.com, stating that Wisler is “too valuable to go away”.
• At this time of year, managers start to be chosen one by one in their clubs. The one who always seems to be in the hot seat is Philly Captain Joe Girardi. At this point, he is under contract until 2022, a fact that the president of baseball operations admitted to Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer. But beyond that, is there a long-term future for Joe in Philadelphia?
• With the joker games in the books, the real MLB playoffs the series kicked off Thursday night with the first game between the White Sox and Astros. The Astros jumped everywhere Lance Lynn early in the game and continued to add as they quickly took the lead with a 6-1 win.
• There were rumors at the end of the season that the Padres were going to make some pretty big changes to their coaching staff, including the managerial position. These rumors turned out to be correct because the Padres relieved Jayce Tingler of his leadership role, although it seems they would like to keep him in the organization in some capacity.
• Tuesday’s edition of Yankees–Red Sox the rivalry wasn’t much of a contest, as the Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first set and never hung out again, beat Bronx Bombers 6-2 in AL Wild Card game to advance to ALDS. They will face another rival from AL East, taking on the Rays in the five-game series.
• Need an introduction on competing teams for a World events title in October? Check out our preview of Andersen Pickard’s playoffs.
• New Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt got to work Tuesday signing first baseman CJ Cron – whose 2021 campaign has been the most productive for a Rockies first baseman since Todd Helton was at its peak – to a $ 14.5 million two-year extension and right-hander Antonio Senzatela to a new five-year $ 50.5 million deal with a $ 14 million club option for 2027. While those moves won’t necessarily improve the Rockies in 2022, they should at least prevent them from stepping back this offseason like they have in recent years.
• The Nationals embarked on an interesting recovery project in July when they acquired infielder Alcides Escobar and gave him his first major league opportunity since 2018. They were impressed enough with the 34-year-old’s performance to bring him back into the fold for 2022 on Tuesday..
• Clayton Kershaw avoided damage at UCL but won’t return to playoffs. With the 33-year-old set to hit free agency at the end of the season, it is possible that he threw his final pitch for the Dodgers after 14 seasons in blue and white.
• The rumor that the upheaval of the Food the coaching staff started in a hurry on Monday as the Mets relieved Luis Rojas from his managerial post. The Mets are simply declining his option for the 2022 season and it looks like the organization wants him to stay with them in another role.
• The Padres set to fire manager Jayce Tingler. Considering the Padres collapsed in the second half of the season like a house of cards in a tornado, this decision shocks very little. It is said on the street that GM AJ Preller will be looking for a veteran manager to replace Tingler.
• Max Muncy left Sunday’s game after a collision at first base caused an apparent wrist injury. Now this injury will prevent him from playing the National League Wild Card Game, reports Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times. While he has yet to rule him out, manager Dave Roberts says he’s not sure Munchy can join the squad if the Dodgers continue to advance.
• Sometimes players cannot go out of their own way. The Brewers recently celebrated the NL Central title and normally that’s awesome. However, Devin Williams apparently took the “celebration” a step further and not only hit a wall, but broke his hand to throw in the process, which is likely to keep him sidelined for the entire Brewers playoff run. Phew.
• With the Mets eliminated from the playoffs, they will stop Jacob deGrom rather than activate him from the injured list for the final week of the season.. One wonders what could have been for deGrom, who had a 1.08 ERA in 15 starts this season, if he hadn’t been injured just before the all-star break.
• The Giants have been able to overcome virtually every obstacle thrown at them this season, but now they will have to overcome another as their hottest hitter, Brandon Belt, will miss the rest of the regular season and potentially all of the playoffs with a broken thumb.
• In what has been one of the strangest controversies of this season, the fallout continues. Kevin Kiermaier came into possession of one of the Blue Jays’ game plan cards after a game at home and then refused to return it to them. Toronto objected to this and threw Kiermaier, causing a ruckus. MLB obviously opposed teams that intentionally pitch at players, hence the pitcher in question, Ryan Borucki and Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo have been suspended for one game as they both say it was unintentional.
• After only four starts with the Padres, Veteran starter Jake Arrieta has been nominated for an assignment. This could be the end for the 2015 NL winner Cy Young, who joined the Bear cubs before this season, but was released by Chicago after posting a 6.88 ERA. He joined San Diego last month in hopes of helping an injury-plagued rotation, but he threw for a 10.95 ERA as the Padres fell more or less out of the playoffs with a collapse in the end. of the season.
• MLB Should Demand COVID-19 vaccinations for all non-playing staff in the playoffs.
• While we’ve seen a unique situation with the All-Star Game leaving Atlanta this season, the location of ASG is usually set well in advance and it stays that way. The league announced Seattle to host the 2023 All-Star Game
• The Royals became the latest MLB organization to adopt a more modern front office structure last week, promote longtime GM Dayton Moore to president of baseball operations while elevating assistant general manager JJ Picollo to general manager. While Moore will still oversee day-to-day operations, the move will give Picollo, who has attracted interest from other clubs in recent offseason, more authority and will keep him in Kansas City for the long haul.
• Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer remain on administrative leave for the rest of the season. The real problem that remains is that this is paid administrative leave. The police and the MLB are still working on their own investigations, and it is very possible that Bauer will face criminal charges. Bauer hasn’t pitched a pitcher in a major league game since June 28 of this year.
• While we knew that Yankees‘Lifter Zack Britton had had elbow issues that were going to require surgery, there was some optimism that he could avoid major surgery and the subsequent recovery period until recently. Unfortunately for Britton and the Yankees, he couldn’t dodge that bullet because he has undergone reconstructive surgery at UCL that will keep him on the sidelines for the remainder of this season and most of the 2022 season at least.
• Given the team’s recent streak of success with a very limited payroll, many teams have expressed interest in the availability of Rays Vice President and General Manager Erik Neander to help lead their own teams. Those teams couldn’t get him away and it now looks like he’ll be with Tampa for the foreseeable future as Neander was promoted to president of baseball operations.