MLB 2019/20 offseason
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Maddon will have his pick of jobs. My guess is he either takes Angels job or Padres job.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Edit: I forgot that Ausmus is manager for Angels now. I doubt they move on from him.
Last edited by Deftones; 09-29-19 at 06:38 PM.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Well then, maybe the Angels job is available. 

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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Personally, I think Padres are in a better position to compete sooner than the Angels are. They just need some starting pitching. If they get a few decent starters, they could probably compete for the wild card soon. A team like the Padres also seem to suit Maddon's style more than the Angels do.
Edit: I forgot that Ausmus is manager for Angels now. I doubt they move on from him.
Edit: I forgot that Ausmus is manager for Angels now. I doubt they move on from him.
Clint Hurdle got fired by the Pirates today. Sadly, the GM will stay on. Hurdle probably deserved to get fired because of the awful post ASG and the chaos in the clubhouse. But the GM should have been canned as well.
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Joe Madden came into the 2019 season in "lame duck" status because the Cubs FO never offered an extension, and he was on the last year of his contract. So, he simply fulfilled his last year of obligation and is now a free agent manager to go wherever he pleases as Chicago is not going to retain him.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Personally, I think Padres are in a better position to compete sooner than the Angels are. They just need some starting pitching. If they get a few decent starters, they could probably compete for the wild card soon. A team like the Padres also seem to suit Maddon's style more than the Angels do.
I wonder if the Cubs interest in David Ross is real. It would go along the lines of the current trend of young managers who are willing to work with the front office brass and take a heavy analytic approach.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Brad Ausmus officially fired by the Angels.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
I'm not really a baseball fan anymore, but I did follow the Angels from the 90s to mid 2000s. It would not surprise me if they hire Maddon. He spent 30+ years as a coach in their organization. Would be a nice return for him to cap off his career.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Maddon is almost certainly going to the Angels. I don't think he was heartbroken over getting fired from the Cubs. Word on the street is that Maddon and his wife loved living in SoCal with the Angels. The Angels will almost certainly be one of the top bidders for Gerritt Cole, who grew up literally five minutes from their stadium.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
And as the Pads have too much money tied up in Machado's contract everything else gets dropped down in their budget.
Wait and see. The Pads do not have enough money coming in to pay for Machado and Maddon (and the rest of their bargain priced roster).
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I guess Maddon still has had a house in Orange County. That would certainly give the Angels a head start.
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Re: MLB 2019/20 offseason
Do you really think they can outbid the Angels?
And as the Pads have too much money tied up in Machado's contract everything else gets dropped down in their budget.
Wait and see. The Pads do not have enough money coming in to pay for Machado and Maddon (and the rest of their bargain priced roster).
And as the Pads have too much money tied up in Machado's contract everything else gets dropped down in their budget.
Wait and see. The Pads do not have enough money coming in to pay for Machado and Maddon (and the rest of their bargain priced roster).