Baker, 70, has 3,500 games of managerial experience, having last skippered the Washington Nationals to 97 wins in 2017. Hinch, who, along with general manager Jeff Luhnow, was fired by owner Jim Crane on Jan. 13 in the wake of the electronic sign-stealing scandal that gripped the sport for much of this offseason and tainted the Astros’ 2017 World Series title. The Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora after Cora, as bench coach for the 2017 Astros, was named as a primary conspirator behind the sign-stealing scheme. ADADThe New York Mets fired Carlos Beltrán as their manager after Beltrán, a designated hitter on the 2017 Astros, was named in MLB’s report as an active participant in the scheme. Roberts’s Dodgers lost to Hinch’s Astros and Cora’s Red Sox in the World Series.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2020 21:44 UTC