Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hales was fired Monday afternoon along with general manager Dave Stewart, whose team finished 69-93, 22 games out of first place.
"We are very grateful to Dave and Chip who are widely respected throughout the game of baseball," said Arizona managing partner Ken Kendrick. "Ultimately, the results have not been what we had hoped and while that responsibility is shared by all of us, we have decided that a change is necessary. We are still discussing what the appropriate role for [chief baseball officer] Tony La Russa will be going forward."
Stewart was hired as the Diamondbacks general manager at the end of the 2014 season after serving as pitching coach for the Brewers and Padres and assistant GM for the Blue Jays.