This past weekend, the Kansas City Royals became the latest MLB team to hire a manager, announcing Matt Quatraro (former Tampa Bay Rays coach) to lead the team for the 2023 campaign.
Before that, the Texas Rangers had appointed multiple-time World Series winner Bruce Bochy to lead the team for the foreseeable future.
The Miami Marlins also interviewed a long list of candidates, and ended up going with former St. Louis Cardinals bench coach Skip Schumaker.
Joe Espada, Miguel Cairo, Ozzie Guillen, Luis Rojas, and other solid candidates remain on the market, hunting for a job as skippers.
Teams Haven’t Been Giving Lots Of Chances To ‘Diverse’ Managers Lately
Marly Rivera, who covers baseball for ESPN, complained that “diverse” candidates haven’t gotten a chance this year.
“SEVEN managerial openings in MLB. And not a single opportunity so far for at least ONE of the MANY qualified and respected diverse candidates. Not one. What a shame,” she tweeted.
“And this is no knock on the people hired. But you have no idea the amount of coaches who reach out to tell me what a sham their token interviews have been. Or the ones that know that, if given a chance, when they fail (because we all do!) will never get another one. SHAMEFUL,” she tweeted.
And this is no knock on the people hired. But you have no idea the amount of coaches who reach out to tell me what a sham their token interviews have been. Or the ones that know that, if given a chance, when they fail (because we all do!) will never get another one. SHAMEFUL. https://t.co/6EJ3Lrpvlv
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) October 31, 2022
Many of these diverse candidates were interviewed in the past month for at least one of the managerial openings, but none of them got their chance.
The Chicago White Sox are, as of now, the only team in baseball with a managerial opening, as they are trying to find the right candidate to replace Tony La Russa.
Cairo and Guillen are reportedly in the running.
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