新總教練公布 - 美國職棒

Well the worst-kept secret in baseball seems to be a reality now. According toLB.comeporter Jeffrey Flanagan, Mike Matheny will become the 17th full-time manager of the Royals.

The former Cardinals manager had been serving as a special advisor with the Royals since last November. Mike Matheny won 591 games in six and a half seasons with the Cardinals, losing 474 for a .555 winning percentage. His teams won 88 or more games and reached the post-season in each of his first four seasons. He led the Cardiuals to the 2013 National League pennant, falling to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, and his club won an MLB-best 100 games in 2015.

His teams declined in his last three seasons, missing the playoffs all three years, and he was dismissed midway through the 2018 season with a 47-46 record. Matheny was criticized for clashes with players and a tense clubhouse, and things came to a head when an article athe Athleticetailed Matheny’s approvalf veteran pitcher Bud Norris riding rookie pitcher Jordan Hicks hard, to theispleasure of the Cardinals front office. Matheny was dismissed a few days after that article was published

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