(San Diego) Mike Shildt has been hired as manager of the San Diego Padres, which means he will be back in the Major League Baseball dugout two years after being surprisingly fired by the San Diego Cardinals. a third consecutive season.
The announcement was made by the Padres on Tuesday, specifying that it was a two-year contract.
Shildt succeeds Bob Melvin, who was signed by the San Francisco Giants on October 25 with one year remaining on his contract with the Padres. The departure ended a tumultuous two-year relationship with general manager AJ Preller.
Shildt was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2019 while with the Cardinals. He will take control of a club with an imposing payroll that has largely disappointed in 2023, a year after reaching the National League Championship Series.
The Padres then invested $258 million in their workforce at the start of the 2023 campaign while posting the third-highest payroll in the major leagues.
