November 6: The Padres made it official today, announcing that they have agreed to a two-year extension with Shildt to keep him through 2027.
November 5: The Padres are finalizing an extension with manager Mike Shildt that’ll keep him in San Diego through 2027, reports Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. President of baseball operations A.J. Preller told reporters last month that the team would look to work out a new deal with their skipper, who signed a two-year contract when he was hired over the 2023-24 offseason.
San Diego tasked Shildt with stabilizing the clubhouse after Bob Melvin’s departure. Tension between Melvin and Preller reportedly played a role in the former’s decision to leave the Padres and take the managerial role in San Francisco. The Padres considered a few external candidates but opted to turn the reins to Shildt, who had been in the player development department for the preceding two seasons.
That came on a relatively short two-year commitment. Shildt oversaw an excellent rebound year after the Friars had underperformed during Melvin’s final season. The Padres went 93-69 to secure the top Wild Card spot in the National League. They won 11 more games than they had in ’23 despite trading Juan Soto and losing Blake Snell, Michael Wacha, Seth Lugo and Nick Martinez in free agency.
It’s certainly not all a testament to the managerial change. The front office hit on the Soto return that landed Michael King and indirectly enabled them to acquire Dylan Cease. The Jurickson Profar signing was probably the best value pickup of the offseason. Jackson Merrill had a fantastic rookie year. The Padres also simply played better in one-run and extra-inning contests after faring terribly in those regards during the previous season.
All that said, it’s not hard to see why the Padres are making a longer commitment to Shildt after that season. San Diego played fantastic ball down the stretch and proved the Dodgers’ biggest challenge on their championship run. The Padres pushed L.A. to the brink of elimination in the Division Series after sweeping the Braves in the Wild Card round. Their season ended on a sour note, as Dodger pitching shut them out in consecutive games to win the series, but that was by far the closest anyone came to threatening Los Angeles. Seeing the Dodgers fairly easily knock off the Mets and Yankees to win the World Series hammers home how close the Padres were to fielding a championship-caliber roster in their own right.
Before landing in San Diego, Shildt spent three-plus seasons managing the Cardinals. He led St. Louis to a pair of 90-win campaigns and three straight playoff appearances between 2019-21. The Cards surprisingly moved on from him after the ’21 season, with president of baseball operations John Mozeliak citing philosophical differences between Shildt and the front office. The 56-year-old has been fortunate to work with talented rosters, but his teams have posted excellent results at both stops. Shildt carries a career 345-268 managerial record, resulting in a .563 win percentage that translates to a roughly 91-win pace over a full season.
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no soup for you
MR. Q
AJ Preller masterclass
Holee Cow!
Cardinals never should have let him go.
17dizzy
Mike Schildt is a winning Manager!!!
While with the Cardinals, he proved that by advancing through the playoffs toward a National League title both seasons.
A key distinction of Schildt’s Managing skills was during his second and last season with the Cardinals.
Hanging on the brink of elimination from the playoffs, Schildt orchestrated a 17-game winning streak assuring the Cardinals of their playoff berth!!
Schildt had a winning philosophy!!!
Quite possibly…. That is the difference in Mozeliak and Schildt’s philosophies which got him fired!!! Schildt wanted to win it all
Cost. John Mozeliak did not!!!
He knew what and who the team needed to land on the World Series Stage!
John Mozeliak refused to agree to or even listen to what Schildt addressed as glaring needs to win a 12th World Series Championship —- so Mozeliak Fired him!!!
Cardinals Fans wish Mike Schildt well with San Diego!!!
He should have never been Fired as the Cardinals Manager!!!!
rizdakc99
Jayce Tingler says hi
Lindor's Bodyguard
What about me?
Eric Hosmer
Big whiffa
Best gm in baseball !
Loose one of the best players, hire the right manager, and then win a bunch more games ! Take note TOR, Boston, Cubs- all these teams loaded with talent yet can’t win – hire the right manager!
Brew’88
next up Niebla!
no soup for you
This is “Soup” and I approve of this message
TruePadresFan411
YESSS SHILDTY really needed him back, better than flippen MELVIN THE BUMMM
Samuel
Yes!
One of the best managers in MLB.
Anyone that doesn’t think a manager makes a difference – good or bad – simply has no clue.
It’s as much fun to watch him manage a game as it is to watch the players play.
dvmin98
Well deserved. I wanna hear that nerdy laugh in SD for a long time.
Ranger Danger19
Cardinals are not having a good day.
Gwynning
Idk mate, they made out like bandits on the Chance Sisco re-signing…
Ranger Danger19
They love him in Memphis
Gwynning
Legend!
17dizzy
If your favorite team had John Mozeliak as their President of Baseball Operations—— they would be Tanking into a Rebuild too!!!
BaseballGuy1
Excellent MLB manager. STL and Mozeliak screwed the pooch on Shildt. Excellent person, excellent manager. Glad to see him rewarded for his skill and efforts.
Gwynning
Calm down Roger. And great extension Pads! We ❤️ Schildt
LFGSD
Acoss1331
Roger Beshens out here hustling his services!
websoulsurfer
He can’t get a job anywhere, so he has to try to hustle his services. it hasn’t worked so far. He can’t even get people to view his videos on YouTube. Guess that is why he has a dozen burner accounts on this board.
YankeesBleacherCreature
@YourDreamGM? Seen that account post similar stuff a few times.
Butter Biscuits
Was outmanaged by Roberts in the NLDS
James Midway
So they should hire Roberts?
Lindor's Bodyguard
Yup. Shildt just stopped hitting.
Fernando Ringworm Jr.
Only real mistake he made was not benching Dylan “Big Game James” Cease.
HiredGun23
On to the next order of business…improving the size of the tri-tip nachos and adding some pitching!
Gwynning
I think it was game 4 of the regular season when I leaned over to my girl and said “I feel like Seaside is going cheap on us…”
Haha, cheers Gunner
HiredGun23
G-W-Y…I smell a conspiracy when I should be smelling tri-tip!!!
James Midway
We need the tri-tip nachos in a helmet.
HiredGun23
James…now you’re talking!!!
websoulsurfer
I 2nd that motion. A FULL helmet. not those little ice cream helmets.
HiredGun23
For what they charge, I want Barry Bonds’ helmet measurements. Hahaha
websoulsurfer
Or Bochy’s. He wore a size 8 1/8.
Brew88
But then we’d get fat?
JoeBrady
We need the tri-tip nachos in a helmet.
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I remember a few years back, the NYY had nachos. They’d split open a bag chips of some sort, and then pour on whatever you wanted. Nothing like chicken and jalapenos after you’ve had a few brews.
And it was maybe $7.50, making it easily the best food deal in the joint.
Brew’88
unless you’re the chicken
diphthong
Prefer to hit Grand Ole Bbq in North Park enroute. Fill up on the good stuff at better prices and save a c-note pp. Not that you won’t spend another c-note fiddy/two bills pp (not including tix/parking/lyft) to/at/from Petco.
HiredGun23
Grand Ole is legit. Great place to chow down, Dip…
920falcon
The tri-tip nachos need to be addressed first. I can always find some pitchers, I can’t always find good nachos.
HiredGun23
I like the way ya think, 920…how are you not a gm!?!?
Reynaldo's
What about Benji Gil?
Acoss1331
Mike Schildt is a dude that manages some dudes that play for San Diego.
Brew88
But none are The Dude
Acoss1331
Hey man!
websoulsurfer
We started hearing about Shildt extension this morning but guessing that election news slowed it getting out beyond San Diego.
Gwynning
What election?
JoeBrady
What election?
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I appreciate the attitude. I’m glad Trump won, but I was fully prepared to carry on no matter who won. People worry too much about who’s president and not enough on their own junk,
Lindor's Bodyguard
I heard about it on the internet. It made it 1000 miles without a problem.
Gwynning
Amen gentlemen! I support ALL presidents, we want them to do well. I don’t understand the “divisive” stuff. Go Pads
Brew’88
Gwynning for president!
Gwynning
I’d settle for National League Prez!
Brew’88
I’ll ask the commish, and also get consensus from the ghosts of Bartlett Giamatii and Chubb Feeney, should be no problem
Old York
I’m still upset that my Padres in the WS call didn’t work out. You could have dumped the Dodgers and you let them back in to win. Terrible!
Gwynning
Safe to say we’re more upset, Yorkie. Here’s to 2025
kws001
He’s got a lot to work with there thanks to an aggressive front office, but he’s a good steward of that team. Well deserved!
rodcarew
Cardinals screwed the pooch in letting this guy go!
playhard9
Congrats Shildty! Ya got the BS axe from clueless John Mozeliak now you get the reward of respect plus a better budget, incredible year round sunshine AND a team that actually wants to WIN. Karma is not such a biznatch afterall.
Informed Sportsball Discussion
Unsurprising news, and it should be. Shildt should be in San Diego for as long as he wants to manage.
Glad to see.
spudchukar
Baseball is too complicated for philosophy. Which makes it so special!
costas4commish
Mike Shildt is a top-notch MLB manager, baseball lifer, and a great human being. San Diego is lucky to have him.
Meanwhile, in St. Louis, we’re considering enacting the 25th amendment on BDW. Is he selling the team, or has he just completely forgotten how baseball franchises work? Seems their philosophy was more real-estate centered, and less about winning baseball games.
Glad to see a GREAT BASEBALL guy get rewarded for doing what he does well — winning baseball games.