Will Padres hire Bruce Bochy? San Diego reportedly interested in luring manager out of retirement

Saturday afternoon, a report indicated the Padres are planning to fire manager Jayce Tingler in the coming days. After being 18 video games over .500 in the course of August and firmly within the playoff image, the 78-82 (getting into Saturday) Padres are going to overlook the playoffs and find yourself with a dropping report.

Because the Padres doubtless get able to seek for a brand new supervisor, one recognizable identify will likely be well-liked in hypothesis: Bruce Bochy.  And is sensible. 

Bochy is 66 and phrase across the sport is he’d prefer to function a supervisor once more. He definitely has loads of expertise, with 25 years as a skipper underneath his belt. Many will keep in mind his stint with the Giants, which was his final 13 years. He received two division titles, three pennants and three World Sequence titles there earlier than retiring after the 2019 season. Previous to that, nevertheless, Bochy spent his first 12 years as a supervisor with the Padres. 

In his stint in San Diego, Bochy received the division 4 instances — the Padres haven’t received a division title since he left — and took the crew to the 1998 World Sequence, the final such journey for the membership. 

Hiring Bochy can be an enormous pivot for the Padres after the a lot youthful and inexperienced — on the time of hiring — Tingler. Tingler’s predecessor, Andy Inexperienced, was additionally underneath 40 years previous and a first-time supervisor when he was employed, so maybe the timing is correct for Padres decision-maker A.J. Preller to go in a special route. 

Earlier this week, longtime baseball reporter Peter Gammons dropped this information: 

The three names of potential new managers in there are a lot older and have much more expertise than Tingler and Inexperienced, so it appears attainable that is the route issues are headed. 

Then once more, a report in The Athletic from Friday stated the next relating to a attainable Bochy rent: 

A number of individuals expressed doubt that Bochy, who managed the Padres from 1995 to 2006 and led them to their final World Sequence look in ’98, would come out of retirement to work for a GM as hands-on as Preller.

“There is not any approach f—ing Bochy goes in and offers with all that,” stated one former big-league supervisor. “There is not any approach.”  

It is all the time attainable that is the phrase round these circles as a way of negotiation (“he actually does not need that job, so you may must pay him a ton to take it”), nevertheless it’s on the market. 

The place does this go away us? I believe the takeaways are: 

• Tingler is sort of definitely gone.
• Bochy makes plenty of sense to be employed and may even be their first alternative.
• We will not ensure he is within the job, although. 

We’ll see how issues play out because the Padres look to get again to the postseason with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado in 2022.