Former Padre: Ryan Flaherty will manage one day

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty ImagesRyan Flaherty has been a topic of discussion among San Diego Padres fans this offseason because he was in the running to be the next manager before Mike Shildt ended up winning the job. The Padres don’t really allow members of the coaching staff to speak with the media so we don’t know a ton about what Flaherty has done as the offensive coordinator/bench coach.

But former Padre Greg Garcia went on the Talking Friars Podcast/YouTube show to talk about good the former major league infielder is in the dugout.

“The thing about Flash is that he will be a manager at some point. There’s no question,” Garcia told me. “He has so much knowledge of the…