The San Diego Padres have announced that they have relieved Bud Black as manager and name bench coach Dave Roberts as interim manager beginning tonight, until an interim manager is found. A.J. Preller will address the media in the dugout at 3:30 today.
Manager Bud Black has been relieved of his duties. pic.twitter.com/OhE7A5dLa2
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 15, 2015
For Black the writing has been on the wall since Josh Byrnes was fired a year ago a week from today.