Padres Go With Personality Over Experience In Selecting Its New Baseball Manager
Speaker 1: 00:00 It's official. The San Diego Padres have just made the announcement that 38 year old Jace Tingler is the new manager. He replaces Andy green who was fired last month. Tingler comes to the team with little management experience. So what will he bring to the table? San Diego sports writer, Jay Paris joins us now to talk about it. Jay, welcome. Speaker 2: 00:19 Thanks Jade. Always fun to talk a little Padres baseball. Speaker 1: 00:22 So tell me who is Jace Tingler and why did the Padres hire him to be the new manager? Speaker 2: 00:26 You know, that's the, uh, the question of the day in San Diego as a, you know, mr Tingler could walk into the room right now and not many people could, uh, point them out. Uh, what he does have is a strong connection with AGA Prowler, the Padres gentleman, manager, they go back to their days with the Texas Rangers when, uh, a J a selected him in a minor league draft in 2005, uh, he played one more year, then decided that, uh, being five foot a little bit wasn't gonna make it to the major leagues as a player. So he turned his attention to coaching and, uh, uh, front office that work as well. So, uh, he's worked his way up the ladder, but he never played in the majors and he's never managed a major league teams. So there's a few red flags right off the bat. Speaker 1: 01:07 So what's the big deal? What would make general manager a J propeller take a chance on someone who has a little management experience, uh, and never actually played in the major league? Seems like a [inaudible] yeah. Big Speaker 2: 01:16 risk. Yeah. It's a big risk, a comfort level. I think he, uh, respects, uh, what he brings, who respects his knowledge, who respects his, uh, his varied, uh, experiences as a, in the front office. Um, while he didn't play in the major leagues, he's coached at the major league level on a two teams, two ranger teams that went to the playoffs. So I think that in his communication skills, the, here's the guy who went and learned how to speak Spanish because of the influx of Latin players in the Rangers organization. So all that put together, uh, it's a, it's a, it was a candidate that, uh, really AAJ was zeroed in on and, uh, he probably had to sell the organization on it because let's face it, uh, the Padres are built to win. Now you would think a guy coming in with experience, that guy had been around the block, a guy who would be a quote unquote named manager would be with the way they go. Speaker 2: 02:06 But, uh, AGA felt this was the right move and it's a gutsy move on his part. So while he may not have experience, he's got promise, he's got promise and just look at the world series, which we're watching right now, a de Martinez for the nationals and a J Hinch, a former Padre executive. Neither of them had managed to to major league level as well. 10 of the playoff teams, eight of those teams, first time managers. So while there's some of those guys played in the major league, which mr Tingler hasn't, uh, it has been done. And, uh, I think to is ex is an extension, if you will, of how baseball is played with a general manager being so involved. And with the analytics being such a big part of it that the old, uh, the old model, if you will, of having to have experience has kinda gone out the window. Speaker 2: 02:49 How do you think this choice will sit with the players? Uh, that's a great question. I mean, uh, th one deal with the, or one aspect of, of having a proven manager or somebody who can, a room, somebody who has a presence, somebody who when they walk in the door, you sit up a little straighter as you respect him, you know what he's done, you know what the back of his baseball card says he's been around. And uh, let's see if that works. Uh, Manny Machado, Eric Kosner. I think those guys, we're, we're leaning into a more veteran guy coming through that door and, uh, it's going to be interesting to see how they respond. And you know, the Padre season wasn't the best. 70 ones, 92 losses. So what went wrong? Uh, 92 in San Diego. And that wasn't the temperature. Yeah, that was a number of losses. Speaker 2: 03:31 Four straight years, the 90 losses. Uh, what went wrong was, uh, the starting pitching the falter in the second half. Uh, what went wrong was Fernando tatties, one of the most exciting young players in baseball wasn't able to play, uh, last couple of months because of a bad back and they simply couldn't get on base. They set her franchise record for most strikeouts. And, and strikingly that's what Tingler did. He did get on base and that was his calling card as a player. So they're hoping maybe that can transfer over to the big league club. So what will it take, do you think, to fix it? It'll take more players and uh, you know, uh, the greatest manager in the world, uh, it could be sitting on that top step and, uh, if he doesn't have the players, you're not going to do anything. I mean, you can train a Shetland pony. Speaker 2: 04:11 You need to run in the Kentucky Derby, but he's probably not gonna win it. You know, you got to have players and uh, this is the first of many moves or the Padres this off season, hopefully for the fans' sake cause they have to, they have work to do on that roster. It's all gonna come down to the talent level and creasing that town in level and letting mr Tingler have something to maneuver with. And you know, some Padres coaches like pitching coach Darren Bosley have been with the team a long time, possibly 13 years there are there jobs on the line? Absolutely. Glenn Hoffman, the longtime through base coach would be another guy to look at. Uh, you know, when you build your staff, you usually want to build guys that you know and know well and, and appreciate their talents. Certainly says nothing about mr ball's Lee and Mr. Hoffman. Speaker 2: 04:52 Those guys are all time pros, but you know, it could be time for a, you know, the old, uh, same message, different messenger and I bet they'll give him some leeway to build that staff. But both those gentlemen are very well respected with the Padres and throughout baseball. I'm just curious what you thought about Donald Trump. He was at the world series yesterday and at received booze from the audience. Is that correct treatment do you think? Uh, well, we know we're talking about guys getting jobs with little experience with mr Tingler. I didn't know that was a segway into Mr. Trump as well, but, uh, that's usually not the, uh, the response of the commander in chief or the president gets a, there's a long tradition of the president, uh, throwing out the first pitch and that Mr. Trump, uh, didn't think that would be a wise move to, to throw out the first pitch in front of everybody is a little telling of what he thought the reaction might be. I thought the, uh, the nationals were coy in, uh, in introducing them while they were also introducing the veterans as well. But, uh, the, um, the response was mixed in as being charitable. I've been speaking with San Diego sports writer, Jay Paris. Jay, thank you very much for joining us. Nice. See any Jayden? Likewise. Speaker 3: 06:09 [inaudible].
