2015 offseason hirings and firings*

[jersey cubs fan]

*emphasis on firings

[ctcf]

lol nationals

[ctcf]

Also, interim manager Pat Murphy was not retained by the Padres, so count them among the teams looking for a new manager.

Early talk has them looking at former Cubs great Phil Nevin.

[mul21]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....out of the frying pan and into the fire. Rizzo is a giant idiot if they do this.

[NonProfitCow]

That's just Nightengale being Nightengale.

[NonProfitCow]

Fired Williams entire staff too.

[Tryptamine]

Looks like Cal Ripken Jr may end up the Nats next manager.

[BigSlick]

what was even the point of keeping Matt Williams after like, August, when the team was completely lost. I never get that when its completely obvious a guy is gonna get fired, but they let him play out the string anyway

[Cubswin11]

what was even the point of keeping Matt Williams after like, August, when the team was completely lost. I never get that when its completely obvious a guy is gonna get fired, but they let him play out the string anyway

It made zero sense, the only thing I can think of is since they fired the entire staff they had nobody they wanted to take over on the interim basis and just decided to let the thing crash and burn. I also think Rizzo clearly thought higher of Williams than literally anyone else and probably was hoping they could cobble together a non-dumpster fire finish so he could bring him back.

[Sammy Sofa]

Looks like Cal Ripken Jr may end up the Nats next manager.

Holy [expletive], that would be a complete disaster.

[jersey cubs fan]

[Banedon]

Wait, does that include Counsell?

[Cubswin11]

So does that mean Counsell is out??

[mul21]

DiCaro asked him and he clarified he meant coaches only and Counsell is staying.

[Derwood]

what was even the point of keeping Matt Williams after like, August, when the team was completely lost. I never get that when its completely obvious a guy is gonna get fired, but they let him play out the string anyway

Manager of the Year, bruh

[CubInOK]

Looks like Cal Ripken Jr may end up the Nats next manager.

Holy [expletive], that would be a complete disaster.

So what would it take for us to get Harper after he asks to be traded away from that [expletive]?

Vogelbach, McKinney, and Edwards? /s

[Banedon]

Lloyd McClendon fired.

[abmillis]

Looks like Cal Ripken Jr may end up the Nats next manager.

Holy [expletive], that would be a complete disaster.

So what would it take for us to get Harper after he asks to be traded away from that [expletive]?

Vogelbach, McKinney, and Edwards? /s

This inspired me to look up a list of youngest players in the majors, and while it took more work than anticipated, here's a short list of players older than Bryce Harper:

Mookie Betts
Xander Bogaerts
Blake Swihart
Joc Pederson
Gregory Polanco
Maikel Franco
Manny Machado
Kris Bryant
Jorge Soler

Baez is a little over a month younger than Harper
Schwarber about 6 months younger

Good grief is it insane to think of how good Harper is even though he is so young

[yanrslatr]

Looks like Cal Ripken Jr may end up the Nats next manager.

Holy [expletive], that would be a complete disaster.

So what would it take for us to get Harper after he asks to be traded away from that [expletive]?

Vogelbach, McKinney, and Edwards? /s

Coach, I think I might need a day off tomorrow.

[David]

LMAO

[Banedon]

LMAO

The better version:

@JonHeymanCBS

dusty baker, who never should have been fired by reds, interviewing with nats today, says @Bruce_Jenkins1

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Please hire him before he can do any more TBS studio work.

[jersey cubs fan]

Please hire him before he can do any more TBS studio work.

I'd kind of like to see him have to watch the Cubs win the NLCS from the studio.

[Rondon Fan]

Please hire him before he can do any more TBS studio work.

I'd kind of like to see him have to watch the Cubs win the NLCS from the studio.

Not to mention he'd almost certainly still be on the telecast. They have current players all over the place. Archer was on ESPN for the AL WC game, Pierzynski was doing color for FS1...

[Tryptamine]

Damn it, I like the Nationals, but my god are they just awful when it comes to choosing managerial talent.