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2. 新闻标题：
Ned Yost Announces Retirement
Latest On Royals’ Managerial Opening
3. 新闻内容：
By Steve Adams | September 23, 2019 at 10:52am CDT
Royals manager Ned Yost will officially retire following the completion of
the 2019 season, the team announced today in a press release. He’ll finish
his career with the most victories in Royals franchise history and is the
only Royals manager to ever make consecutive World Series appearances. Yost
issued the following statement in today’s release:
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“With the development of our young players and our returning veterans, I
feel and hope the worst is behind us in this rebuilding phase of our
organization. My plan all along was to get us through the rough times then
turn it over to a new manager to bring us the rest of the way. I’ve
thoroughly enjoyed my time here as your manager and will never forget the
good and the hard times we had together as an organization and a fan base.
I will never forget the fact that you fans supported us through it all.
Kansas City will always have a special place in my heart, and I look forward
to rooting for the Royals on to their next World Championship very soon.”
Yost, 65, has managed the Royals since the 2010 season, logging a collective
744-836 record in that time. Prior to that, he’d spent parts of six seasons
skippering the Brewers, with whom he won 457 games. Overall, Yost will
complete his managerial career with a 1201-1338 record, two American League
pennants and one World Series title. He’s 32nd all-time in total games
managed at the MLB level, and his current total of 1201 wins ranks 45th —
though he’ll have the opportunity to tack on a few more victories and six
more games managed between now and Sunday’s farewell game.
Yost’s retirement has been widely expected, as the skipper himself has
hinted in the past that he isn’t likely to see a rebuild all the way
through. There’s no firm word yet on a successor to Yost, of course, but it
was speculated last November when the Royals hired former Cardinals skipper
Mike Matheny as a special advisor that he was a strong candidate to take the
reins following Yost’s retirement. The Royals won’t make any formal
announcement on the matter for now. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tweets that
Matheny is indeed “expected” to be the team’s next manager, but MLB.com’s
Jeffrey Flanagan reports that the Royals have yet to commit to Matheny as the
new manager (Twitter link).
Of course, even if that was the plan last November, much has changed in the
Royals organization since Matheny’s hire. Owner David Glass has agreed to
sell the team to Kansas City entrepreneur John Sherman, and while it’s been
reported that general manager Dayton Moore will receive a contract extension
once the new ownership regime formally takes over, it’s not as clear that
the new owners will have the same vision for the manager and his coaching
staff.
By Connor Byrne | September 23, 2019 at 11:56pm CDT
A managerial job somewhat surprisingly opened Monday when Ned Yost announced
he’s retiring from his post in Kansas City after a decade at the helm. The
Royals will spend the coming weeks attempting to fill the position for the
first time since before the 2010 season. Although ex-Cardinals skipper and
current Royals special advisor Mike Matheny looks like a candidate for the
opening, he’s not the only member of the organization who will garner
consideration for the role. Two of Yost’s assistants, bench coach Dale Sveum
and quality control and catching coach Pedro Grifol, “are definitely in the
running,” per Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com.
The 55-year-old Sveum is about to wrap up his sixth season on Yost’s staff
and his second in his current role. He also has two full seasons of
managerial experience at the major league level, having overseen the Cubs
from 2012-13. The Cubs put up an unsightly 127-197 record during Sveum’s
tenure, though those rosters weren’t exactly loaded with talent. He’d face
the same non-contending problem in KC, at least initially, as the club has
sewn up its second straight 100-loss season.
Grifol, who will turn 50 in November, has spent seven years with the Royals –
including the past in the job he has now. While Grifol has only managed in
the low minors (with the Seattle organization from 2003-05 and in ’12), he
was among those who interviewed for the Baltimore job that ultimately went to
Brandon Hyde last offseason.
4. 新闻连结：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/09/royals-manager-ned-yost-retires.html
5. 备注：
(1) 现年六十五岁的皇家队总教练Ned Yost正式宣布本季结束后退休。
(2) Ned Yost是皇家队史上唯一一位连两年进入世界大赛系列赛的总教练。
(3) Ned Yost发表声明表示：“随着我们年轻球员发展和老将陆续回归，我感觉并希望
我们重建期间最困难的时刻已经过去。一直以来，我的计划是让我们度过这段艰难的时期
，然后接棒给下一位总教练。我很享受能在皇家担任总教练，而且永远不会忘记我们一同
经历那段辛苦与快乐时光。我永远不会忘记球迷给予我们的支持。堪萨斯市永远在我心中
占有特别的位置，我期待皇家队很快地再夺得下个世界大赛冠军。”
(4) 去年十一月，皇家队聘请前红雀队总教练Mike Matheny担任球队顾问，有很高的机率
接任皇家队下一任总教练，其他考量的人选如板凳教练Dale Sveum、品管与接捕教练
Pedro Grifol。
A. Mike Matheny生涯执掌球队的成绩表现：
W L W-L% 执教年数 季后赛成绩(W-L,%) 备注
Cardinals 2012-2018 591 474 .555 7 21-22, 0.488 1个国联冠军
B. Dale Sveum生涯执掌球队的成绩表现：
W L W-L% 执教年数 季后赛成绩(W-L,%) 备注
Brewers 2008-2008 7 5 .583 1 0-0, 0.000
Cubs 2012-2013 127 197 .392 2 0-0, 0.000
TOT 134 202 .399 3 0-0, 0.000
C. Pedro Grifol生涯并未有大联盟执教的经验，仅在水手队小联盟体系担任总教练(2003-
05、2012)，但他曾于去年面试金莺队总教练的职位。
(5) 皇家队的老板David Glass同意将球队转卖给堪萨斯市的企业家John Sherman、并延长
总管Dayton Moore的合约，但目前仍不确定新老板对总教练与教练团的安排是否照旧。
(6) Ned Yost生涯执掌球队的成绩表现：
W L W-L% 执教年数 季后赛成绩(W-L,%) 备注
Brewers 2003-2008 457 502 .477 6 0-0, 0.000
Royals 2010-2019 744 836 .471 10 22-9, 0.710 2个美联冠军、
1个世界冠军
TOT 1201 1338 .473 16 22-9, 0.710 2个美联冠军、
1个世界冠军