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Bench coach Jim Riggleman will serve as interim manager. He has managed 12 seasons in the big leagues with the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals. His career record is 662-824.
Pat Kelly was promoted from Triple-A Louisville to serve as interim bench coach. Double-A Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin will be the Redsâ pitching coach.
The Reds have announced they are replacing manager Bryan Price and pitching coach Mack Jenkins. Effective immediately, bench coach Jim Riggleman is interim manager, Louisville manager Pat Kelly is bench coach, and Pensacola pitching coach Danny Darwin is major league staff.
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 19, 2018
The Reds announced they âwill conduct a thorough managerial search for a permanent replacement.â
The Reds fell to 3-15 on Wednesday with a loss in Milwaukee. They are off today and start a three-game series in St. Louis on Friday. They have the worst record in baseball. This is their worst record through 18 games since they were 2-16 in 1931.
This was Priceâs fifth season as Reds manager. His final record was 279-387. The Reds never had a winning record in his tenure, finishing 76-86 in his first season and then 64-98 in 2015, 68-94 in 2016 and 68-94 in 2017.
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Price, 55, replaced Dusty Baker after the Reds won the wild card in 2013. Price served as Reds pitching coach from 2010-13.
On Sunday at Great American Ball Park after the team fell to 2-12 with a loss to the Cardinals the previous day, Price expressed confidence the Reds would turn the season around.
âItâs not fun,â Price said. âItâs not comfortable. It always turns; it will turn. When youâre in it, you feel, âWhen is it going to turn?â You get impatient. Weâre all impatient and frustrated, but inevitably, it will turn.â
Last September, Price talked about his job prospects, knowing the Reds would have to improve if he wanted to remain manager.
âYou should get what you earned,â he said. âSince Iâve been the manager here we havenât been real competitive. That shouldnât put me on sound footing as the manager. What should is that from 2017 to 2018 we make significant improvements or theyâre going to have to look at the direction of the club. One thing we do is we play hard. I donât feel like Iâm getting questioned a ton about managerial decisions, bullpen usage, lineup issues, etc. The last thing Iâm going to worry about is the contract, because All-Star break 2015, the baseball community had me out of here â but Iâm still here, and thatâs really a credit to our ownership and front office to understand what weâre doing and whatâs ahead of us. You get what you earn here. Until we show signs of great improvement, Iâm in exactly the position I should be in.â
Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer
Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer
Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer
Credit: David Jablonski - Staff Writer
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