Mike Shildt sudden decision to retire on Monday should make the Padres’ managerial opening the arguably most attractive landing spot.

Among the teams still looking for managers, the Giants are the lone team to finish the 2025 season with a .500 record. The rest of the teams — the Rockies (43-119), Nationals (66-96), Twins (71-91), Angels (72-90), Orioles (75-87) and Braves (76-86) — all finished well below .500.

The Braves are an intriguing team given who returns to their lineup, but these Padres are looking for a manager to take over a team that’s made back-to-back postseasons for the first time in two decades , is in a win-now mode and employs arguably the game’s most inventive baseball ops chief .

Then again, working for A.J. Preller is not easy. Only Andy Green has lasted mor

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