According to MLB Network’s Jon Morosi, Buck Showalter is allegedly among the front-runners to take over as the Los Angeles Angels’ next manager. Since it was revealed that Showalter would not be playing for the New York Mets in 2019, his name has been associated with the managerial opening with the Angels for about a month. The Angels’ search for a new manager appears to have advanced, based on Morosi’s update, despite the fact that the complete list of applicants is not widely known.

Apart from Showalter, Benji Gil, the infield coordinator, Ron Roenicke, the former manager of the Brewers and Red Sox, and former Angels players Torii Hunter, Darin Erstad, and Tim Salmon have also been cited as potential contenders for the manager job. The number of official interviews conducted with these candidates is unknown. Contrary to the rumour that the team has already selected a finalist list, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Angels intend to interview Hunter, Erstad, and Salmon. Since Roenicke is the only other candidate with prior managerial experience, Showalter seems to have an advantage over the other contenders due to his vast experience as a big league manager.

Let’s move on to additional coaching and managerial roles throughout the league.

Andy Martino of SNY has stated that Craig Counsell and Carlos Mendoza may be the only candidates left in the New York Mets’ hunt for a new manager. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic has learned that Athletics manager Mark Kotsay is no longer in the discussion for the Mets managerial position, despite Martino’s earlier in the week comment that Kotsay was still under consideration. The Athletics gave Kotsay permission to talk with the Mets, but it looks like he’s staying in Oakland. Having managed an A’s team going through a significant reconstruction for the previous two seasons, Kotsay has a less-than-ideal record of 110-214.

Cesar Ramos will coach the Philadelphia Phillies’ bullpen in 2024, the team has announced. Ramos has spent the last four seasons in the Phillies system; in 2022–2023, he was the Triple-A affiliate’s pitching coach. His eight-year major league pitching career, during which he played for the Padres, Rays, Angels, and Rangers from 2009 to 2016, is what made him most famous.

According to Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi, the Toronto Blue Jays have moved Dave Hudgens, their hitting strategist, to a new position within the team. This season, the Jays had three batting-related coaches on staff, including Hudgens. After Toronto’s lineup struggled in 2023, improvements were anticipated in this area. Hudgens, who was the team’s bench coach before, joined the Blue Jays during the 2018–19 offseason.

Mike Daly, the Padres associate farm director, will oversee the team’s Triple-A affiliate in 2019–20, according to Dennis Lin of The Athletic. Given that Daly has never had a managerial, coaching, or playing position at any level, this is an interesting hire. Daly, though, has a long history in front office operations, having worked with Padres general manager A.J. Preller when working for the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians. Daly became a member of the Padres organisation in 2021 through Preller’s network of former Rangers teammates.