Friday, November 4, 2016

Torey! Torey! Torey!

The Diamondbacks hired Torey Lovullo as their new manager.

Lovullo, whose hiring was announced Friday, had been considered a leading candidate for the job after Red Sox assistant general manager Mike Hazen was hired as Diamondbacks general manager.

The Red Sox were 50-62 when John Farrell became ill and Lovullo took over the team on Aug. 11, 2016. They went 28-22 the rest of the way under Lovullo, and carried those winning ways into 2016, winning the AL East. I suspect if the Red Sox had really faltered in 2016, Lovullo would have become the manager, so Boston’s winning worked to the Diamondbacks advantage.



from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2ewJZQK

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