To say the hiring of Jayce Tingler as the San Diego Padres new manager was questionable is putting things lightly.
Not many in baseball had even heard of Tingler, and certainly, not many fans knew he was.
At the beginning of October, some of the top candidates to be the Padres’ next manager included Joe Maddon, Mike Scioscia, Mark Loretta, Joe Girardi, Ron Washington, and Bruce Bochy.
This article from Gaslamp Ball includes the odds for each of those candidates to become the Padres’ manager.