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Why did the Marlins fire him?
He butted heads with the GM or owner, IIRC. The Marlins fired him as reigning Manager of the Year.Why did the Marlins fire him?
Cashman must have the next guy in mind.
Im guessing the Yankees had a low ball offer on the table and Girardi said no, well the Yankees better nail this next hire with the talent they have on the current team and talent coming up. I wonder if Rothschild and Pena will be back.
Reading some of the NY writers tweets this was basically a mutiny.
The players couldn’t stand him and Cashman decided to wield the axe.
Until the last couple of years I didn’t think he was anything special but these last two years his teams went far and beyond.This year was his best managing job and he gets shtcanned
Would have been fascinating to see cashman have to bring him back for another 3-4 years if they won one more game in the ALCS
I actually wouldn't mind Giardi on the Sox.As former Pistons coach the late Chuck Daley said: sometimes a coaching change is needed just because the players get tired of the same voice. Giardi was fine as manager and Farrell wasn't bad either and both teams were in the playoffs. These will be good jobs with an excellent nucleus of good players.
I like the Cora selection. When Cora was with the Sox a few players said he would be a manager some day so I'm not surprised the Sox hired him . He was well respected.I actually wouldn't mind Giardi on the Sox.
I've seen it suggested in at least one place that Farrell could replace Denbo as the Yankees head of the minor league system. Denbo will be Jeter's GM in Florida, I believe.John Farrell is available.
It all comes down to pitching. If they can maintain their pitching and add/replace successfully,they will contend.Here's the thing. The core of this team is really young. They could be contending for a WS every year for the next decade. Girardi has been manager for 10 years already. If you don't let him go, proactively, now then he either remains as manager for another 10 years, or you find out that the issues he had this year (based on what the writers are saying) are serious, and you have to fire him in the middle of this group's run. Logically speaking, this is the time to do it.
One of the rumors is Jay Bell, is a likely candidate. He's already familiar with a number of the players and is already in the Yankee system at A+ Tampa.
You also have to recognize that that 90% of the team's success is based on the talent on the field. This team wasn't within 1 game of the WS, primarily because of Joe Girardi. Sometimes you need a new voice in the clubhouse, and with a completely changing demographic on the team itself, it makes sense that Joe may not have changed with the team, and that a different voice would be appropriate at this time.
Right now they have 3 front end starters - Severino, Tanaka, and Gray. And a few serviceable guys - CC and Montgomery - with reinforcements on the way in Chance Adams, Acevedo, and German. Plus the next round of guys coming up - Shieffield, Abreu, and Tate.It all comes down to pitching. If they can maintain their pitching and add/replace successfully,they will contend.
No ' way. It would be a like-for-like move, replacing one humorless tightass for another. I think the Sox got it right.I actually wouldn't mind Giardi on the Sox.