SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres hired Arizona Diamondbacks third base coach Andy Green as their new manager on Thursday.
Green takes over a team that underachieved despite general manager A.J. Preller’s aggressive off-season roster makeover. The Padres finished 74-88 and fourth in the NL West, 18 games behind the division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
San Diego has had five straight losing seasons and has missed the playoffs for nine straight years.
The hiring of Green gives Preller the chance to continue to remake the team. Preller, hired in August 2014, fired manager Bud Black on June 15, when the team was 32-33.