On DecemKevin Cash was named the new manager of the Rays. Maddon was American League Manager of the Year after the 20 seasons. He managed them for nine years and finished with a 754–704 record with two division titles and led them to four post-season berths and the 2008 World Series. Maddon exercised an opt-out clause on Octoand resigned from the Rays. Paul Molitor was announced as the new manager of the Twins on November 4, 2014. He finished with a 1,068–1,039 record and led the Twins to six division titles and was American League Manager of the Year after the 2010 season. Gardenhire was fired on Septemafter 13 years as manager of the Twins. Former Athletics and Mets coach Chip Hale was named manager on October 13, 2014. He finished with a 353–375 record and led the Diamondbacks to the division title during the 2011 season while capturing the National League Manager of the Year award. Gibson was fired on Septemafter four years as manager of the Diamondbacks. Banister was named the manager on October 16, 2014. Washington led the Rangers to four straight 90 win seasons, three playoff appearances, and back to back American League championships during his tenure. He finished with a 664–611 record and is the franchise's all-time leader in regular seasons wins and games managed. Washington resigned on Septemfor personal reasons, later revealed to be an affair, after eight seasons with the Rangers. Hinch was announced as the new manager on September 29, 2014. Porter finished with a record of 110–190 in under two seasons. Porter was fired on Septemalong with bench coach Dave Trembley. Assistant GM Scott Proefrock was named interim GM during the search for a permanent general manager.įield managers Offseason Īt the end of the 2014 season, the following teams made replacements to their managers. Kingston, who has been the team's assistant general manager since 2009, will handle the GM duties for the remainder of the season.Īmaro, whose contract was set to expire after this season, was fired after seven seasons as general manager. Hazen was the assistant general manager for the last four years. Dombrowski then was hired as the president of baseball operations and hired Hazen on September 24 as the new general manager. Ĭherington stepped down as the general manager of Red Sox on August 18. Stearns was the assistant General Manager for the Houston Astros. The night after the 2015 baseball regular season ended.Īvila was the assistant General Manager before being promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations and General Manager. Jerry Dipoto Resigned on July 1 Bill Stoneman was named interim General Manager until the night of October 4. Former Rays GM Andrew Friedman was named president of baseball operations the same day. On October 14, 2014, Colletti was removed from his position as general manager of the Dodgers but would remain with them in a new position of senior advisor to the president. On October 14, 2014, it was announced that Friedman would leave the Rays to become the president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bridich spent 10 seasons in the Rockies' front office before becoming the general manager. O'Dowd resigned as general manager on October 8, 2014, after 15 seasons at the position, and Bridich was immediately named his replacement. Managerial changes General managers Offseason Team MLB hoped that this would add excitement and drama during the final day, and also limit teams' ability to rest starters at the last minute based on early game results. Eastern Time, reminiscent of the English Premier League's last-day " Survival Sunday" scheduling. The 20 interleague games each team played consisted of two three-game series (one home, one away) against its natural rival (total of six games), two two-game series (one home, one away) against each team for two other opponents (total of eight games one of the matchups took place back-to-back within the same week), and a single three-game series against each team for the last two (one home, one away total of six games).ĭuring the final day of the regular season, all games were scheduled to start simultaneously at 3:00 p.m. Since "natural rivalry" matchups will be part of the three-year divisional rotation (for the first time), the schedule format for interleague games was different from previous years. For 2015, the interleague matchups were AL East vs. Main article: 2015 MLB Postseason Bracket Īs was the case in 2014, teams were scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games.Īll teams were scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season.
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