Ned Yost has announced he will retire as manager of the Kansas City Royals after 10 seasons at the helm. Yost led the Royals to back to back AL pennants in 2014 & 2015 winning the World Series in 2015. But the Royals have fallen on hard times with back to back 100 loss seasons. Nevertheless, Yost is the club's winningest manager and got to leave on his own terms. With five games remaining, Yost is 744-836 in his tenure in Kansas City. Yost previously managed the Milwaukee Brewers between 2003 until late in the 2008 season. His overall managerial record is 1201-1338.
The Royals are likely to name an internal candidate as Yost's successor. Bench coach Dale Sveum (who succeeded Yost in Milwaukee), catching coach Pedro Grifol and former St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny are the prime candidates. After being dismissed by the Cardinals last season, Matheny was hired by the Royals as a special assistant to GM Dayton Moore. I wonder if ex-Royals players Carlos Beltran or Raul Ibanez would be given consideration.
Despite their 100 losses this season, the Royals are an exciting team that likes to run. The Royals have nowhere to go but up. The question is how quickly they will get there.
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