(10-03-2023, 01:00 PM)BobK Wrote: Mick its 502 plate appearances. Estrada had 530!
I stand corrected. Davis, Estrada and Wade all surpassed the 502 PA minimum. The other 29 position players who were on the roster at one time or another had fewer PAs.
Vernon Glenn and others are reporting that Bob Melvin is sticking in San Diego. Glenn is theorizing that Ron Wotus is the lead candidate for next year's managerial role.
Wotus was very successful as a minor league manager. He was California League Manager of the Year in 1991 when he led the Giants to a 92-44 record and he was the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year in 1997 after the Phoenix Firebirds finished 88-55. Unlike Kapler's Giants, they were very strong at the end, winning 41 of their final 51 games. The next year, he was Dusty Baker's third base coach and he served as bench coach from 1999-2017 under Baker, Alou and Bochy. He coached Giants infielders and was in charge of defensive shifts. He retired from active coaching after the 2021 season and before the roof caved in.
He did have unsuccessful manager interviews with the Pirates, Dodgers, Mariners, Rays and Nationals.
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