Padres manager owns winning record, eight playoff berths. World Series title would be his first.
Dusty Baker’s first World Series title lifted Bob Melvin ever closer to an MLB ladder’s top rung. Melvin’s now second among active managers with the most games and no World Series titles.If Manny Machado and Joe Musgrove need more incentive to win it all in 2023, there’s this: First on the same list is Buck Showalter, the ear detective who messed with Musgrove in the playoffs.all time in career games managed, putting him atop the job’s “no trophy” list until his Astros won Saturday.
Remember the toothpick-chewing candidate Padres CEO Sandy Alderson and staff interviewed for Bochy’s job? You probably don’t. As baseball insiders whispered Black had the job, Baker’s candidacy registered barely a ripple. Color their first journey as promising, while understanding that pitching health — a Padres strength last year — is fickle.
Importantly, he had the chops to educate Preller in ways that Preller’s previous managerial hires could not.His move to a six-man rotation panned out, as the starters drove a successful first half to the season in forging a win-loss cushion that held up. The bullpen, rested by the starters, thrived late in the season and in October. When Melvin lit into his team for the first time, not until September, the players responded with a timely hot streak.
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