The Kansas City Royals have a new manager.
Quatraro has been a member of the organization for a long time and most recently served as their bench coach. The fired Mike Matheny was replaced by him.
Quatraro spent seven minor league seasons with the organization, mostly at catcher, after being an eighth-round draft pick.
He joined Terry Francona's staff in Cleveland as an assistant hitting coach after serving as a coach in the Indians' farm system. He was the bench coach for the Rays in the second half of the year.
The 65-97 season was a disappointing one. He was the team's leader for three years.
Poor pitching, struggles from young position players and a lackluster group of veterans doomed the Royals as they finished last in the American League Central.
They have had a lot of troubles in the last few years. They were the worst staff in the majors this season, with the fourth- and fifth-worst records. The pitching coach was fired at the same time.
John Sherman said last month that it was time for change. There is a gap between where we are and what we anticipated. I didn't feel like we made progress in 2022, but I did feel like we did. We are not where we expected to be but there have been some positives.
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