I think any manager would like to find out what he could do on a team that doesn’t have to constantly trade away their top stars. The Rays had a great run but you can’t maintain a championship level team dealing your best players for prospects and relying on washed up vets like James Loney to fill in the gaps.
The question, of course, is who’s going to hire him?
The Braves should think of him instead of opting with Fredi.
While Mattingly has many managerial faults, he is nevertheless quite strong, no doubt from his days in New York, at dealing with the big egos that go along with the big contracts in LA, something Madden hasn't had much occasion to confront. So, perhaps Joe acts as a TV analyst for a year while Friedman evaluates Mattingly up-close.
lol. I clicked the link to find out what a Rays Rays was
Maybe Joe wants to take a long cruise in his RV. It takes a day for the back end to catch up to where the front end starts.
Let’s go Mets!!!!
Tomorrow we find out they are moving.
Didn’t surprise me a bit, especially after Andrew Friedman left. Will hate to see him but we can’t expect him to stay in this small market forever.
Maddon will sign on with Los Angeles....after Arte Moreno wises up and fires Mike Scioscia.
Why wouldn’t he want to re-up to manage a team where the payroll is only going down and which plays in a concrete mausoleum?
I’m a Tampa Bay Ray fan and I have mixed feelings on this. Sometimes Joe Madden is, no pun intended, maddening with his decisions to either stick with people or otherwise. He sticks by the batting coach to the bitter end even though there is a track record of players having their worst hitting years here in St. Pete. He didn’t re-sign Delmon Young at the end of the season because he was “a distraction in the clubhouse” but he did fine in Baltimore. Pitchers have got to be the most frustrated, with the number of games they have lost over the last several years by 2-1 or 1-0. There is NO hitting to speak of by the Rays and I just hope that Shelton leaves with Madden so we can get a hitting coach in who isn’t afraid of the long ball.
Rays,
With already a comparative small player pay roll unloaded Price, their best pitcher and have made it known next years pay roll will be less.
Rays play in a horse crap stadium that is difficult for those in Tampa, clearwater or Bradenton to get to.
When you get there it sucks,
never will pull in fans there.