Next Royals Manager Odds: Carlos Beltran opens as favorite

The Toronto Blue Jays are sticking with their management team, but their bench might be down a key figure next season. According to a report by Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic, Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly is being considered as a candidate to take over as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. When fired by the Blue Jays, Mattingly was seen by…

The San Diego Padres are officially in the market for a new manager after Bay Area native Bob Melvin departed for division-rival San Francisco on Wednesday. The Padres have two internal candidates to potentially replace Melvin: bench coach Ryan Flaherty and senior advisor Mike Shildt. They have been installed as the+500 and+600 favorites,…

The San Francisco Giants got a head start on what is shaping up to be a busy managerial market this offseason by firing Gabe Kapler before the start of the team's season-ending series last week. The Giants failed to make the postseason for the third time in four seasons under Kapler, who National League Manager of the Year in 2021 when he led the…

The Los Angeles Angels were among the most aggressive teams ahead of the trade deadline, seeking to make a postseason run powered by stars Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. Two months later, the Angels are at home for the playoffs, Ohtani is heading for free agency, Trout is the subject of trade rumors and the team is without a manager after announcing…

In 2022, the Kansas City Royals scuffled their way to a 5th-place finish in the American League Central Division. Kansas City got out of the gate slowly, falling 20 games under-.500 (17-37) by June 7. Things got better, but the Royals still finished more-than-a-run in the hole in their per-game scoring profile (3.95 runs for, 5.00 runs against)…

In 2022, the Kansas City Royals scuffled their way to a 5th-place finish in the American League Central Division. Kansas City got out of the gate slowly, falling 20 games under-.500 (17-37) by June 7. Things got better, but the Royals still finished more-than-a-run in the hole in their per-game scoring profile (3.95 runs for, 5.00 runs against)…

2022 record: 65-97, fifth in American League Central Offseason headlines: Mike Matheny is out and Matt Quatraro is in as Kansas City's manager. The former Tampa Bay Rays bench coach is being heralded as someone who listens to his players and is in tune with the analytics world. "There's a ton of information to start, and it works its way to the…

You would be forgiven for admitting that you haven't thought about the Royals much lately. After nearly 30 years of no playoff baseball, Kansas City finally made it back in 2014 and won the World Series the following year. However, they fell back to.500 the next year and haven't cracked that mark again in the years since.

Another baseball season on the way, another rebuild year for the Royals. Kansas City's two miracle runs to the World Series in 2014 and'15 are almost distant memories now. Two teams that got the perfect amount of hot at an even more perfect time and earned their respective spots in baseball history. Now, it's the same old Royals way. Develop a…

CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox hired Kansas City Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol to replace Hall of Famer Tony La Russa as their manager, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the hiring. ESPN first reported the move. The 52-year-old Grifol will try…

The Miami Marlins are reportedly hiring former Cardinals bench coach Skip Schumaker as their manager. The 43-year-old will replace Don Mattingly, who served as Miami's manager for seven seasons and left as the franchise's all-time leader in wins before retiring. Miami eliminates one of the White Sox's biggest competitors for Joe Espada. According…

Chicago White Sox' fans hoping the organization makes an outside-the-box managerial hire will be happy to hear today's updates. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that the White Sox will interview Houston Astros' bench coach Joe Espada. Espada will also interview with the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, according to Heyman. Additionally, the White…

A fresh set of odds have been released for the next White Sox manager and there is another shake-up at the top. Former St. Louis Cardinals manager and current Padres third base coach Mike Shildt is the latest betting favorite, according to SportsBetting.ag. The change comes not long after USA Today's Bob Nightengale listed Shildt as one of the…

The Chicago White Sox' 2022 season concluded with an abysmal 10-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. It was a fitting ending in a few ways. First and foremost, the South Siders were abysmal all season. Taking shellackings from below-average teams was a common theme throughout the campaign. And, to add to that, the Sox were below average themselves…

Just one day after the first set of betting odds were released, there's already a new favorite sitting atop the list for next White Sox manager. The site Sports Betting (SportsBetting.ag) released their latest odds for who would be the next White Sox manager, and leading the list was none other than Ozzie Guillen. The former skipper replaces Bochy,…

Get your bet slips in, everybody because odds are coming in on who will be the next manager in the dugout on the South Side. The site Sports Betting (SportsBetting.ag) released their latest odds for who would be the next White Sox manager, and atop the list was former Giants and Padres manager Bruce Bochy. The full list can be seen in the tweet…

A presumptive future Hall of Fame member could replace a current one as the next manager of the Chicago White Sox. Following Tony La Russa's retirement from the White Sox for health reasons, longtime San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has been installed as the favorite to come out of retirement to lead Chicago in 2023. Bochy managed the San…

Could Joe Maddon find his way back to Florida and manage a fourth different Major League Baseball club? Maddon was installed as a 4-1 favorite by SportsBetting.ag to become the next manager of the Miami Marlins now that the team has parted ways with Don Mattingly. Mattingly will not return to Miami following a fourth-place finish in the National…

Despite coming into the 2022 season with expectations of hovering around.500 or possibly even pushing for more (depending on who's asked), the Kansas City Royals' 63-93 record entering Friday's play has cast a dark cloud over the organization. All year long, Kansas City has tried to walk the tightrope between fielding veteran players and getting…

Where do the White Sox fall in the AL Central race? " originally appeared on Sox on 35th. You can read more of their coverage at SoxOn35th.com, and follow them on Twitter at @SoxOn35th. As the offseason begins to fade away and the first spring training games creep closer, it's a good time to evaluate the White Sox' division foes and their outlook…