Joe Espada had a split doubleheader of sorts when he interviewed for both the White Sox and Marlins managerial jobs Wednesday, as The Post reported.
Other potential candidates include Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro, Brewers bench coach Pat Murphy, Braves bench coach Walt Weiss, former Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo, former Jays manager John Gibbons, Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren, Braves third-base coach Ron Washington, White Sox interim manager Miguel Cairo, Mets third-base coach Joey Cora, former Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, former Giants manager Bruce Bochy, Cubs bench coach Will Venable, A’s bench coach Brad Ausmus, former Mariners...
Padres general manager A.J. Preller took the biggest risk trading five big prospects , but Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto, Phillies president Dave Dombrowski, Yankees GM Brian Cashman and to a lesser degree Astros GM James Click also took chances by trading prospects. Three of the players Cashman traded for — Andrew Benintendi, Frankie Montas and Scott Effross — are hurt, but Bronxville product Harrison Bader now looks like a big plus after earlier fan concern about the loss of Jordan Montgomery.
Padres manager Bob Melvin had a meeting all set with Mets owner Steve Cohen when Melvin had to cancel after deciding to take the Padres job, as Joel Sherman reported. The Mets didn’t have a GM at the time but the bigger issue was geographic: Melvin lives in Arizona and prefers to be out West. Melvin looked for Sandy Alderson in New York this week to explain his choice, but no explanation probably was necessary.
The Yankees may have felt a little bit better when Reds people told them there was nothing they could have done to get Luis Castillo once they turned down the requested Anthony Volpe-Oswald Peraza package. The Reds ended up getting three of Seattle’s top five prospects, including Noelvi Marte, though the prospects they got aren’t close to the bigs .