Keep track of the latest MLB coaching staff and front office personnel moves here — from news on managerial hirings to executive-level changes to other comings and goings, including scoops from The Athletic ’s team of MLB reporters. Bookmark this tracker to stay up to date on the MLB coaching staff and front office changes throughout the offseason.
Latest News
• The San Francisco Giants’ managerial search was put on a brief pause for team president Farhan Zaidi to fly to Japan to watch superstar pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is expected to be one of the top free agents on the market this winter, reports The Athletic ’s Andrew Baggarly. The pause in the search comes at a time when the Giants are waiting for one potential candidate, Donnie Ecker of the Texas Rangers, to be available to interview. Another potential candidate is San Diego manager Bob Melvin, who could also be granted permission to interview with the Giants later this month. Mariners bullpen and quality control coach Stephen Vogt is scheduled to interview for the job later this week. (Oct. 19)
• One of the candidates for the Boston Red Sox’s open head of baseball operations job is Chicago Cubs’ executive and former MLB reliever Craig Breslow. The Athletic ’s Patrick Mooney reports on why the Red Sox are interested in Breslow and what he will be considering if he is offered the job. (Oct. 18)
• The New York Mets’ new manager will not be someone currently employed by the team, reports The Athletic ’s Will Sammon. This would presumably take Carlos Beltrán, Eric Chavez and Joey Cora, among others, out of the running. There is no publicly known timeline for when new president of baseball operations David Stearns plans to make the new managerial hire. (Oct. 18)
• The Los Angeles Dodgers are left grappling with yet another disappointing postseason performance, but the team isn’t likely to make drastic changes to the coaching staff heading into next season, writes The Athletic ’s Fabian Ardaya. (Oct. 17)
• Though they haven’t made any official moves yet, the St. Louis Cardinals are considering changes to their major-league coaching staff under manager Oli Marmol, who is expected to return despite the Cardinals’ losing season, reports The Athletic ’s Katie Woo. One potential addition to the staff is recently retired catcher Yadier Molina. (Oct. 17)
• The Boston Red Sox have hit a few roadblocks in their search for a new head of baseball operations, reports The Athletic ’s Chad Jennings. According to Jennings, several candidates for the job have declined to be interviewed, including the Phillies’ Sam Fuld and the Dodgers’ Brandon Gomes. (Oct. 16)
• Coming off a postseason berth, the Miami Marlins will be looking for a new general manager. The team announced that Kim Ng had declined her half of a mutual option for 2024 and is leaving the organization. The Athletic ’s Brittany Ghiroli reports that Ng left the Marlins after numerous instances when she “felt like she was being stripped of her power and underappreciated.” Ghiroli also reports the Marlins didn’t offer Ng a three-year extension — standard practice for someone who has succeeded in the role but is coming into the final year of their contract — and that the team was considering hiring a director of baseball operations above Ng. Ng became the first woman general manager to lead an MLB team to the postseason earlier this month. (Oct. 16)
• The San Francisco Giants have interviewed major-league assistant coach Alyssa Nakken for their open managerial position, reports The Athletic ’s Andrew Baggarly. Nakken is believed to be the first woman to interview for an MLB manager role. The Giants intend to fill their open managerial position as quickly as possible, aiming for no later than five days after the World Series concludes. Internal candidates interviewed include Nakken, bench coach Kai Correa and third base coach Mark Hallberg. Potential external candidates include Stephen Vogt, Mark DeRosa, and perhaps even San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin. (Oct. 15)
• The Washington Nationals have hired away Brad Ciolek from the Baltimore Orioles to be their new director of amateur scouting, reports The Athletic ’s Keith Law. Ciolek previously served as the Orioles’ director of draft strategy. He joins a beefed up Nationals’ scouting department that recently welcomed a new vice president of amateur scouting, Danny Haas, who came over from the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. (Oct. 14)
After a rough second half of the season, Gabe Kapler was fired as Giants manager with a year remaining on his contract. (Andy Kuno / San Francisco Giants / Getty Images)
Current managerial openings
• Cleveland Guardians — Longtime manager Terry Francona retired at the end of the season. He took over as Cleveland’s manager in October 2012.
• Los Angeles Angels — Phil Nevin took over as the Angels’ manager on an interim basis midway through the 2022 season when the team fired Joe Maddon, and he was brought back without the interim title for 2023. But after a season in which the Angels missed the postseason, Nevin was let go.
• New York Mets — Buck Showalter won the National League’s Manager of the Year award in 2022, when the Mets won 101 games in his first season as the team’s manager. The Mets lost in the NLDS, however, and then won only 75 games this season in one of the most expensive flops in MLB history. He was fired with a year left on his contract.
• San Francisco Giants — The Giants were in postseason position coming out of the All-Star break, but a lackluster finish left them out of the playoffs and left Gabe Kapler out of a job just two years after he won the NL’s Manager of the Year award.
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Team-by-team personnel changes
American League East
Baltimore Orioles
**Open positions: **Director of draft strategy
**Latest news: **The Washington Nationals have hired away Brad Ciolek from the Baltimore Orioles to be their new director of amateur scouting, reports The Athletic ’s Keith Law. Ciolek previously served as the Orioles’ director of draft strategy. (Oct. 14)
**Positions filled: **N/A
Boston Red Sox
Open positions: Chief baseball officer/general manager, pitching coach, third base/infield coach
**Latest news: **One of the candidates for the Boston Red Sox’s open head of baseball operations job is Chicago Cubs’ executive and former MLB reliever Craig Breslow. The Athletic ’s Patrick Mooney reports on why the Red Sox are interested in Breslow and what he will be considering if he is offered the job. (Oct. 18)
The Boston Red Sox have hit a few roadblocks in their search for a new head of baseball operations, reports The Athletic ’s Chad Jennings. According to Jennings, several candidates for the job have declined to be interviewed, including the Phillies’ Sam Fuld and the Dodgers’ Brandon Gomes. (Oct. 16)
The Boston Red Sox fired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and reassigned general manager Brian O’Halloran. (Sept. 14)
They will also not be retaining pitching coach Dave Bush and third base/infielder coach Carlos Febles. (Oct. 11)
Positions filled: None officially announced
New York Yankees
Open positions: None officially announced
Latest news: The Yankees will be conducting an internal audit of the entire organization. (Oct. 3)
Positions filled: N/A
Tampa Bay Rays
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Toronto Blue Jays
Open positions: Third base coach
**Latest news: **Luis Rivera, who served as the team’s third base coach, is retiring. Discussions remain ongoing for the rest of manager John Schneider’s staff. (Oct. 7)
Positions filled: None officially announced
American League Central
Chicago White Sox
Open positions: First base coach, hitting coach, assistant hitting coach, bullpen coach
Latest news: The Chicago White Sox announced that four members of their 2023 major-league coaching staff will not be returning to that staff in 2024. First base coach Darryl Boston and hitting coach José Castro will not be part of the organization next season, while bullpen coach Curt Hasler and assistant hitting coach Chris Johnson were offered positions in their player development system. (Oct. 13)
Positions filled: Assistant general manager, director of player personnel, senior advisor to pitching
Moves: New general manager Chris Getz filled several big spots in his front office, adding Josh Barfield as assistant GM, Gene Watson as director of player personnel and Brian Bannister as senior advisor to pitching. All three have experience in high-level roles with other organizations. (Sept. 22)
Cleveland Guardians
Open positions: Manager
Latest news: Manager Terry Francona retired after 11 years as Cleveland’s manager. (Oct. 3)
Positions filled: None officially announced
Detroit Tigers
Open positions: None officially announced
**Positions filled: **General manager
Moves: The Tigers hired Jeff Greenberg away from the Chicago Blackhawks to be their GM. (Sept. 21)
Kansas City Royals
**Open positions: **None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Minnesota Twins
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
American League West
Houston Astros
Open positions: Assistant general manager, farm director
Latest news: The Astros parted ways with assistant general manager Bill Firkus and farm director Sara Goodrum. (Oct. 9)
**Positions filled: **None officially announced
Los Angeles Angels
Open positions: Manager
Latest news: After another losing season, the Angels did not pick up the option on manager Phil Nevin’s contract. (Oct. 2)
Positions filled: None officially announced
Oakland A’s
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Seattle Mariners
Open positions : None officially announced
Latest news: Bullpen/quality control coach Stephen Vogt is a candidate for the Giants’ open managerial position. (Oct. 13)
Positions filled: N/A
Texas Rangers
Open positions: None officially announced
Latest news: Associate manager Will Venable was expected to be a strong candidate for several of the open managerial positions, but he told MLB Network’s Jon Morosi that he plans to stay with Texas. (Oct. 11)
Positions filled: N/A
National League East
Atlanta Braves
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Miami Marlins
Open positions: General manager
Latest news: The Marlins announced that general manager Kim Ng had declined her half of a mutual option for 2024 and is leaving the organization. The Athletic ’s Brittany Ghiroli reports that Ng left the Marlins after numerous instances when she “felt like she was being stripped of her power and underappreciated.” Ghiroli also reports the Marlins didn’t offer Ng a three-year extension — standard practice for someone who has succeeded in the role but is coming into the final year of their contract — and that the team was considering hiring a director of baseball operations above Ng. Ng became the first woman general manager to lead an MLB team to the postseason earlier this month. (Oct. 16)
Positions filled: None officially announced
New York Mets
**Open positions: **Manager, general manager
**Latest news: **The New York Mets’ new manager will not be someone currently employed by the team, reports The Athletic ’s Will Sammon. This would presumably take Carlos Beltrán, Eric Chavez and Joey Cora, among others, out of the running. There is no publicly known timeline for when new president of baseball operations David Stearns plans to make the new managerial hire. (Oct. 18)
In a surprise move, general manager Billy Eppler resigned from the position on Oct. 5. After his resignation, it was revealed he was being investigated by MLB for potential violations involving injured list placements. (Oct. 7)
The Mets fired manager Buck Showalter on the final day of the regular season with one year remaining on his contract. (Oct. 2)
Positions filled: Director of baseball operations
Move: In a long-rumored move, the Mets hired former Brewers director of baseball operations David Stearns to fill that same role in New York. (Oct. 2)
Philadelphia Phillies
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Washington Nationals
Open positions: Bench coach, third base coach, first base coach, assistant hitting coach, farm director
Latest news: _ The Athletic_’s Britt Ghiroli reports that the Nationals are making significant changes to their major-league coaching staff, letting go bench coach Tim Bogar, third base coach Gary Disarcina, first base coach Eric Young Jr. and assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler. (Oct. 9)
The Nationals also parted ways with several members of their player development department, including farm director De Jon Watson. (Oct. 2)
Positions filled: VP of amateur scouting, scouting director
Moves: The Nationals have hired away Brad Ciolek from the Baltimore Orioles to be their new director of amateur scouting, reports The Athletic ’s Keith Law. Ciolek previously served as the Orioles’ director of draft strategy. Ciolek joins a beefed up Nationals’ scouting department that recently welcomed a new vice president of amateur scouting, Danny Haas, who came over from the Diamondbacks organization. (Oct. 14)
**National League Central **
Chicago Cubs
Open positions: Bullpen coach, game strategy coach
**Latest news: **One of the candidates for the Boston Red Sox’s open head of baseball operations job is Chicago Cubs’ executive and former MLB reliever Craig Breslow. The Athletic ’s Patrick Mooney reports on why the Red Sox are interested in Breslow and what he will be considering if he is offered the job. (Oct. 18)
Bullpen coach Chris Young and game strategy coach Craig Driver were let go. (Oct. 11)
Positions filled: None officially announced
Cincinnati Reds
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Milwaukee Brewers
Open positions: None officially announced
Latest news: Manager Craig Counsell’s contract expires at the end of October and he has yet to decide whether to return to Milwaukee, pursue another manager opening or take time away from the game to spend with his family. (Oct. 5)
Positions filled: N/A
Pittsburgh Pirates
Open positions: None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
St. Louis Cardinals
Open positions: None officially announced
**Latest news: **Though they haven’t made any official moves yet, the St. Louis Cardinals are considering changes to their major-league coaching staff under manager Oli Marmol, who is expected to return despite the Cardinals’ losing season, reports The Athletic ’s Katie Woo. One potential addition to the staff is recently retired catcher Yadier Molina. (Oct. 17)
Positions filled: N/A
National League West
Arizona Diamondbacks
Open positions: None officially announced
**Positions filled: **N/A
Colorado Rockies
**Open positions: **None officially announced
Positions filled: N/A
Los Angeles Dodgers
Open positions: None officially announced
**Latest news: **The Los Angeles Dodgers are left grappling with yet another disappointing postseason performance, but the team isn’t likely to make drastic changes to the coaching staff heading into next season, writes The Athletic ’s Fabian Ardaya. (Oct. 17)
**Positions filled: **N/A
San Diego Padres
Open positions: None officially announced
Latest news: Although the Padres released a statement saying manager Bob Melvin will return in 2024, the situation isn’t as settled as it seems, reports The Athletic ’s Andrew Baggarly. San Diego may not want to fire Melvin with $4 million owed to him for next season but could be amenable to having another team take on Melvin’s contract. (Oct. 13)
Positions filled: N/A
San Francisco Giants
Open positions: Manager
Latest news: The San Francisco Giants’ managerial search was put on a brief pause for team president Farhan Zaidi to fly to Japan to watch superstar pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is expected to be one of the top free agents on the market this winter, reports The Athletic ’s Andrew Baggarly. The pause in the search comes at a time when the Giants are waiting for one potential candidate, Donnie Ecker of the Texas Rangers, to be available to interview. Another potential candidate is San Diego manager Bob Melvin, who could also be granted permission to interview with the Giants later this month. Mariners bullpen and quality control coach Stephen Vogt is scheduled to interview for the job later this week. (Oct. 19)
The Giants have interviewed major-league assistant coach Alyssa Nakken for their open managerial position, reports The Athletic ’s Andrew Baggarly. Nakken is believed to be the first woman to interview for an MLB manager role. She joins bench coach Kai Correa and third base coach Mark Hallberg as internal candidates who have received interviews. (Oct. 15)
The Giants intend to fill their open managerial position as quickly as possible, aiming for no later than five days after the World Series concludes, reports Baggarly. Potential external candidates include Stephen Vogt, Mark DeRosa, and perhaps even San Diego manager Bob Melvin. (Oct. 13)
Positions filled: None officially announced
(Top photo of former Marlins GM Kim Ng: Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images)
