Padres Name A New Manager Mike Shildt

By: Steve Atkinson

The Padres have announced Mike Shildt as their new manager. It came after last week’s passing of chairman Peter Seidler whose dream was to bring a championship to San Diego. That might bring some motivation to 2024 and bring a World Series Championship to San Diego for Peter.

Bob Melvin didn’t really connect with the Padres clubhouse and that showed throughout last season. He had a boring personality which showed throughout the season. What will Shildt bring? For starters, his resume is pretty good. He managed the Cardinals with a record of 252-199 in four seasons as manager of the Cardinals. He said at his press conference the other day he’s excited to get going

Can Mike Shildt Deliver A Championship?

I’m really grateful for a second act,” Shildt said at a Petco Park news conference. “Not everybody gets it. You take for granted there are only 30 of these jobs. I promise you I won’t take this one for granted. I’m excited about our team.”

He’s not the young manager I would’ve liked to have but he does have experience in the Padre system being an advisor for a couple of seasons. He was a mentor to Blake Snell, Juan Soto, and Fernando Tatis Jr. Shildt talked about working with A.J. Preller that there is only one goal in mind and that is a World Series.

“I look forward to the opportunity to work with A.J.,” Shildt said. “I think it’s really important right now that there’s alignment, which there is, with what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. The functional teams win, and I’m looking forward to stability and collaboration with what we’re doing with the front office, with our club all the way vertically down the organization.”

A.J. is also excited and says Shildt has a ton of experience in the game.

Preller said Shildt “is a baseball expert. His acumen in the game, X’s and O’s, strategy, how to teach the game, how to progress the game on the field, has been built for many years of managing, many bus rides, many conversations in clubhouses, chalk talks, instructional leagues, eventually as a major league coach and a major league manager. Mike Shildt teams are very prepared and detailed oriented. His style is open and transparent.”

The question would be who will the Padres sign? I think they should sign Blake Snell cause he was good even when they were losing last year. Juan Soto I doesn’t like San Diego so I think he will get traded. He made some comments last year that weren’t great. When the Padres traded for Soto it was to hopefully put them over the top. That didn’t happen and they ended up losing in the NLCS in 2021.

They need to add to their pitching and bullpen because that was clearly not enough last year. Even with that stacked lineup, they seemed disengaged. Hopefully with a new manager and because Peter Seidler unfortunately passed away they’ll be some motivation to bring a championship to San Diego.

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