The Diamondbacks hired a new manager on Friday, reaching into the Red Sox organization once again to pluck Torey Lovullo away from Boston. He receives a three-year contract and will be formally introduced at a news conference on Monday at 10 a.m.
Lovullo was the odds-on favorite to get the job from the moment the Diamondbacks hired Mike Hazen as their general manager last month. The two worked together with the Boston Red Sox – Lovullo was the club’s bench coach the past four seasons – and before that were together with the Cleveland Indians.
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