![]() ![]() McClendon compiled records of 87–75 in 2014 and 76–86 in 2015. On October 29, 2015, Don Mattingly was named the new manager. Jennings returned as GM and was subsequently fired from that role. The change failed to spark a turnaround, and the injury-riddled Marlins finished at 71–91, their sixth consecutive losing season. Jennings made the unusual move from GM to manager when the Marlins fired Mike Redmond in May after a 16–22 start. On October 29, 2015, Andy Green was named the new permanent manager of the Padres. ![]() ![]() He finished the 2015 season with a record of 42–53. Pat Murphy was named interim manager on June 16, 2015, after Bud Black was fired. On November 3, 2015, the Nationals announced that Dusty Baker will be their new manager for the 2016 season. He guided them to the division title in 2014 before losing to the San Francisco Giants. Matt Williams was fired on October 5, 2015, after two seasons with the team. The Twins fired Terry Ryan and replaced him with Vice President and Assistant General Manager Rob Antony on an interim basis. ![]() Michael Hill was named as his replacement. Jennings was fired on October 29, 2015, as general manager of the Marlins. Īnthopoulos resigned on October 29, 2015, after six seasons as the general manager of the Blue Jays. On September 28, 2015, Jerry Dipoto was named the new permanent general manager of the Mariners, replacing interim GM Jeff Kingston, who replaced Jack Zduriencik. David Forst was promoted as the new general manager. On October 5, 2015, General Manager Billy Beane was promoted to executive general manager. On October 24, 2015, Matt Klentak was hired as the new permanent general manager to replace interim GM Scott Proefrock, who was a temporary replacement for Ruben Amaro Jr., who was fired on September 10. On September 21, 2015, David Stearns replaced Doug Melvin who resigned from the club as general manager. On October 4, 2015, the night after the regular season ended in a loss to the Rangers, the Angels hired Billy Eppler as their new permanent general manager, replacing Bill Stoneman, who was the interim GM after Jerry Dipoto who resigned earlier in the season. On November 4, 2015, Dick Williams was promoted to General Manager, replacing Walt Jocketty, who will stay on as director of operations for at least one more year. On October 1, 2015, John Coppolella was promoted to General Manager, replacing John Hart, who will continue in his role as President of Baseball Operations. Managerial changes General managers Offseason Team The second rule change limits managers and coaches visits to the mound to 30 seconds and shortens between innings break times by 20 seconds to match television commercial breaks.This is intended to protect infielders while still allowing for aggressive baserunning. Rule 6.01(j) delineates criteria for a legal slide while trying to break up a double play, which is defined as making contact with the ground before reaching the base, being able to and attempting to reach the base with a hand or foot, being able to and attempting to remain on the base at the completion of the slide (except at home plate) and not changing his path for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder.In February 2016, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to two rule changes. A two-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins was also scheduled for Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico in May 2016 however, on May 6, 2016, Major League Baseball announced that the Puerto Rico games would be postponed due to the ongoing Zika virus epidemic, and moved back to Marlins Park. It was the first professional, regular-season sporting event held on an active military installation. On July 3, 2016, the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins played the Fort Bragg Game, a special neutral-site game at Fort Bragg Stadium, a newly constructed field in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in observance of the Independence Day long weekend. For 2016, the interleague matchups were to be AL East vs. The Civil Rights Game was not played this year.Īll teams were scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season. Main article: 2016 MLB Postseason Bracket Īs was the case in 2015, 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. ![]()
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