MLB rumors: Ex-Yankee Joe Girardi interviews with 2nd team looking for new manager

by Felix Pantaleón

The Minnesota Twins (Paul Molitor), Cincinnati Reds (Bryan Price), Texas Rangers (Jeff Banister), Toronto Blue Jays (John Gibbons), Los Angeles Angels (Mike Scioscia) and Baltimore Orioles (Buck Showalter) are looking for new managers. Will former New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi land a new job for 2019?

With a sports weekend dominated by college football upsets, NFL shootouts and baseball’s final four taking the field for the League Championship Series, this nugget of information about former Yankees manager Joe Girardi fell in between the cracks.

Multiple sources report the Texas Rangers, who are in need of a skipper after parting ways with Jeff Banister, interviewed Girardi on Friday.

Per the Chicago Tribune:

Girardi, the former Yankees and Marlins manager, was the first person with big-league managerial experience interviewed by the Rangers as they look to replace fired manager Jeff Banister.

People familiar with the details said the Rangers interviewed Girardi in Arlington, Texas. The team is making no public comments about the first round of managerial interviews.

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The Rangers previously interviewed Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde, Astros bench coach Joe Espada and Rangers assistant general manager Jayce Tingler.

Yankees keep ’em or dump ’em?

This would be the second known job interview Girardi has taken since the end of the 2018 MLB season.

Girardi, who turned 54 on Sunday, has also met with the Cincinnati Reds, who are replacing Bryan Price. But Cincinnati is said to be focusing on David Bell.

Girardi is still waiting to get a sniff for the following jobs:

The Minnesota Twins are looking at a couple of ex-Yankees to replace Hall of Famer Paul Moltior, but neither one is Girardi.
Toronto Blue Jays parted ways with manager John Gibbons.
Los Angeles Angels are moving on from manager Mike Scioscia, and are considering an ex-Yankee, but not Girardi.
Baltimore Orioles put an end to the Buck Showalter era.

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