The Royals officially introduced Mike Matheny as the 17th full-time manager in club history and the new skipper expressed humility and a willingness to learn from his mistakes in his first managerial job since he was dismissed by the Cardinals in the middle of the 2018 season.
“I feel there are people that either grow or are stuck,” said the 49-year old Matheny. “I talked with Dayton a lot about blind spots, I need to identify blind spots so I don’t make the same mistake twice whether that’s tactically or relationally.”
Matheny was the first manager to make the playoffs in each of his first four seasons as manager of the Cardinals, but he was fired amid clubhouse tension and a disappointing 47-46 record in his last season.