Royals Sign Raul Ibanez
The Royals have signed Raul Ibanez to a Major League contract, the team announced. The 42-year-old was released by the Angels last week after signing a one-year, $2.75MM deal with the Halos in the...
View ArticleEast Notes: Ibanez, Phillies, Mathis
The Yankees have spoken with veteran Royals outfielder Raul Ibanez about their hitting coach position, George A. King III of the New York Post writes. Since Ibanez was still technically a Royal during...
View ArticleCentral Notes: White Sox, Royals, V-Mart
Rebuilding is no longer a word the White Sox want to be associated with, Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune reports. “We sit here on the one hand realizing that we have the prime of Chris Sale‘s...
View ArticleRays Managerial Finalists Are Wakamatsu, Cash, Ibanez
The Rays have whittled their list of managerial candidates down to three and will select either Royals bench coach Don Wakamatsu, Indians bullpen coach Kevin Cash or Raul Ibanez to serve as their next...
View ArticleLatest On Rays Managerial Opening
Raul Ibanez has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Rays managerial opening, writes Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. That leaves Indians bullpen coach Kevin Cash and Royals bench coach Don...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Hart, Phillies, Davis
CJ Nitkowski of FOX Sports takes a look at the upcoming generation of MLB managerial candidates. He provides some interesting notes on five names to watch: D’Backs scout and special assistant Todd...
View ArticleLatest On Mariners’ Managerial Opening
Just-hired Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto decided largely to start from scratch in constructing his team’s field staff, parting ways with incumbent skipper Lloyd McClendon and many of his coaches. Now, the...
View ArticleAL West Notes: Mariners Coaches, Ibanez, Angels, Astros
The Mariners announced today that Angels special assistant Tim Bogar has been hired as the bench coach to serve under newly minted manager Scott Servais (as Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times reported...
View ArticleDodgers Hire Greg Maddux, Raul Ibanez As Special Assistants
The Dodgers have hired former MLB stars Greg Maddux and Raul Ibanez as special assistants to president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and the club’s baseball operations department, per a team...
View ArticleHeyman’s Latest: Kapler, Hosmer, Kennedy, Werth, Ibanez, Bell
The Phillies’ choice of Gabe Kapler as manager has drawn mixed reviews from around the game, FanRag Sports’ Jon Heyman writes, as Kapler’s unique approaches to baseball have brought him praise as an...
View ArticleThe Yankees’ Managerial Search
After the announcement that Joe Girardi won’t be back to manage the team in 2018, the Yankees are now looking for just their third skipper in the last 22 seasons. The new manager will step into an...
View ArticleDodgers Notes: Roberts, Urias, Ibanez, Ryu, Kershaw
Though Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts technically isn’t under contract for the 2019 season, the organization has a club option on him that could still be exercised. General manager Farhan Zaidi, though,...
View ArticleManagerial/Coaching Notes: Callaway, Cubs, Ibanez, Bucs, Shelton, Reds
Let’s take a look at several managerial and coaching updates from around the majors… The Mets could decide beleaguered manager Mickey Callaway’s fate as soon as Wednesday, David Lennon of Newsday...
View ArticleManagerial Rumors: Angels, Maddon, Giants, Ibanez, Farrell, Gibbons
Joe Maddon is reportedly a leading candidate to take over as the Angels’ next manager, but he’s not the lone possibility to replace Brad Ausmus. General manager Billy Eppler stated Tuesday that the...
View ArticleLatest On Giants’ Managerial Opening
Before the Athletics’ season ended earlier this week, quality control coach Mark Kotsay made it known he’d be interested in managing a major league club in 2020. A few days later, at least one team is...
View ArticleRaul Ibanez Not Interested In Interviewing For Managerial Posts
Long-time big leaguer Raul Ibanez has popped up from time to time as a managerial candidate. But he has thus far declined requests to interview and is doing so again during the current hiring cycle,...
View ArticleLatest On Astros’ Managerial Opening
After firing suspended manager A.J. Hinch on Monday, the Astros suddenly find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to find a new skipper just weeks before the start of spring training. But...
View ArticleMLB Hires Michael Hill, Raul Ibanez, Rajai Davis, Bo Porter
12:35pm: The league has announced that both Hill and Ibanez have been named senior vice presidents of on-field operations. Specifically, Hill will oversee umpiring and on-field disciplinary matters at...
View ArticleNL East Notes: Dombrowski, Phillies, Duquette, Diaz, Mets, Ibanez
Dave Dombrowski’s contract as the Phillies’ president of baseball operations runs through the 2024 season, and it contains a special clause that would allow him to leave if offered a job with an...
View ArticleDodgers Hire Raul Ibanez In Baseball Operations
The Dodgers have hired Raúl Ibañez as their vice president of baseball development and special projects, tweets Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic. He returns to the L.A. organization, where he worked in...
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