[外電] Padres Planning To Fire Manager Jayce Tingler

1. 新聞來源：

mlbtraderumors

2. 新聞標題：

Padres Planning To Fire Manager Jayce Tingler

3. 新聞內容：

By TC Zencka | October 2, 2021 at 2:31pm CDT

After a disappointing season with high expectations, the Padres are planning
to part ways with manager Jayce Tingler after two seasons at the helm, per
MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (via Twitter). The decision has not been confirmed
by the club, who calls the news of Tingler’s fire “premature,” tweets AJ
Cassavell of MLB.com. Still, expectations are that Tingler will be let go.

The Padres shocking collapse this year has been well-documented, and it
appears that Tingler will be left holding the bag. Despite the frustrating
season, Tingler will finish his tenure in San Diego with a winning record,
sitting currently at 115-105, a .523 winning percentage.

The Padres were the “it” team of 2020, Tingler’s first season as manager.
A relative unknown at the time of his hire, Tingler nonetheless led the
Padres to the playoffs for the first time since 2006 and finished second in
manager of the year voting. Though they were swept by the eventual champion
Dodgers, it was a competitive and spirited three-game series, setting the
stage for a tight divisional race in 2021.

The future looked bright for Tingler, who was hand-picked to manage the club
by A.J. Preller, who himself was promoted to president of baseball operationsand extended through 2026 in February. Preller’s promotion came amid a busy
winter, after which the Friars were all but assumed to push the Dodgers for
the NL West crown. The Padres extended Fernando Tatis Jr., locking in their
star shortstop as the future of the franchise, and they overhauled their
rotation with trades for Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove, among
other moves.

The 2021 season began on script with the Padres having a share of the best
record in MLB as late as 54 games into the year, as MLB.com’s Sarah Langs
recently tweeted out. They were 34-20 at that point in the season on May
30th. The injuries began to pile up, and from that point on, the
rollicking-good-fun Padres have been nothing short of a disaster. They’ve
gone 44-62 since, guaranteeing a losing campaign yesterday with their 82nd
loss. The loss came at the hands of the Giants, who took the Padres’
Cinderella season right out from under them and wore it for themselves.

The Padres on-field failures are wide-ranging, though injuries no doubt
played a role. The inflexibility of a roster weighed down with hefty
contracts for under-performing veterans also played a part. It certainly
seems a touch hypocritical for Preller to send Tingler packing, and yet it
would hardly be a surprising development. There have been quite a few front
office people let go, in fact, as repercussions of the difficult season have
been felt throughout the organization. Recent weeks, as well, have been
marred by rising tensions and in-dugout altercations that drew national
attention, perhaps even providing cause for a Tingler dismissal.

Development failures have also been central to the Padres narrative. With
that in mind, the futures of MacKenzie Gore, Adrian Morejon, and Ryan
Weathers will be of particular interest for anyone in a leadership role
moving forward. It wasn’t long ago that these young arms were the crown
jewels of a deep farm system, but trades have depleted the system’s depth
while their young hurlers have yet to establish themselves as
difference-makers at the Major League level.

The spotlight will shine ever brighter on Preller in the days and weeks to
come. Given his recent extension, it seems he’ll continue as the primary
driver within the organization, though his next managerial hire will likely
be his last unless the team can get itself back on track.

4. 新聞連結：

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/10/padres-to-fire-manager-jayce-tingler.html

5. 備註：

(1) 經過個寄予厚望卻帶來失望的球季，教士隊打算解雇兩季總教練Jayce Tingler，
MLB記者AJ Cassavell雖表示言之過早，但外界預期他仍將離開。儘管本季有個失望的賽季，他這兩季的戰績仍高於五成(115-105、勝率.523)，且去年MOY票選位居第二。然而，在此之前教士已異動如投手教練與農場主管。

(2) 教士隊總管A.J. Preller在二月跟球團續約至2026，休季也做了不少動作，像是延長Fernando Tatis Jr.的合約、補強先發如Blake Snell、Yu Darvish、Joe Musgrove。

(3) 整季戰績剖析：

5/30前 5/30後 10/1

戰績 34-20 44-62 78-82

備註 戰績NL最佳 傷兵潮爆發 本季第82敗

(4) 教士隊崩盤的原因：

A. 傷兵潮：帶來輪值不穩定性。

B. 大約球員表現不如預期。

(5) 教士隊未來還有MacKenzie Gore、Adrian Morejon和Ryan Weathers等潛力接掌重任，不久前農場也是教士隊極具深度的一環，不過隨著幾筆大交易發生不僅逐漸消耗農場深度，也間接顯現這些農場大物尚未具有站穩大聯盟的實力。

(6) 完整深度內容可參考Ken Rosenthal、Dennis Lin和Eno Sarris寫的付費文章：
https://reurl.cc/vgm7ek

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