The Padres are hiring veteran coach Mike Shildt as their new manager, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports.
This will be Shildt’s second stint as a manger in the majors, having already managed the Cardinals between 2018 and ’21. In that span, Shildt led St. Louis to 90-win seasons in two full seasons, and had winning records both after taking over midseason in 2018 and in the shortened ’20 season.
Overall, the veteran went 252-199 with the Cardinals, including an NLCS appearance in 2019, but the organization moved on from him following a Wild Card berth in ’21. He joined the Padres last year as an assistant coach.