MLB Rumors: Bob Melvin is leaving the Oakland A’s to join the San Diego Padres as their new manager, per reports. This is a bit of a bombshell, as Melvin has been the manager of the A’s since the middle of the 2011 season, and while there had been talk about him possibly being a fit for the New York Mets job, I had seen little indication that the A’s were willing to let him leave.
Melvin managed the Seattle Mariners from 2003-04, and then was the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2005 until early in the 2009 season.