Rays name former catcher Cash as manager
(Reuters) – The small-market Tampa Bay Rays named Kevin Cash as their manager on Friday with the hopes that Major League Baseball’s youngest skipper can turn around a team coming off their first losing season in seven years. The Tampa native, who turns 37 on Saturday, was the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians the past two seasons and has no managing experience. He replaces Joe Maddon, who opted out of his contract at the end of the 2014 campaign. “His energy and dynamic personality will fit seamlessly with our clubhouse,” Stuart Sternberg, principal owner of the Rays, said in a …
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